tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213960489026233473.post2565742494807383134..comments2023-10-18T04:57:09.569-04:00Comments on Why are all the good blog names taken?: My own worst enemy.Random Thinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424966921651648450noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213960489026233473.post-44236090600549633412010-06-11T00:20:12.341-04:002010-06-11T00:20:12.341-04:00I think I will finally give up if browsing amongst...I think I will finally give up if browsing amongst bookshelves and piles of specials is reduced to flicking through electronic titles...nodt while I am on the right side of the grass - a world without real books...nah!!!there is the tactile thing of touching and feeling - <br />hopefully enough of us will be around in the years to come to keep the stores open...maybe both can exist side by side...says she hopefullyMiddle Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09962830669606760640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213960489026233473.post-13449436203695214902010-06-10T14:40:13.074-04:002010-06-10T14:40:13.074-04:00All the big booksells see the writing on the wall,...All the big booksells see the writing on the wall, and are currently (or soon to) selling their own version of a reader. <br />They'll soon go the way of the music store...too bad, I love books...Pat Tilletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699973774273291205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213960489026233473.post-54630347957390997762010-06-10T13:10:26.225-04:002010-06-10T13:10:26.225-04:00MHP - Can't we deem them to be too big to fai...MHP - Can't we deem them to be too big to fail and bail them out. Not for the stake of my puny investment but for the sake of all the thinkers with no bookstore coffee shop to hang out in.<br /><br />Sling - Noted. Superconductors seems like a sound investment. Assuming they create a big black hole that sucks in all known existence before I get my dividend.<br /><br />JR - Agreed. I actually work right next to their world HQ. Witnessed two layoffs over the past two years. You know it's about to happen when you see all the hired security in the parking lot.Random Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07424966921651648450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213960489026233473.post-11672888817751140522010-06-10T10:14:20.693-04:002010-06-10T10:14:20.693-04:00I love my Kindle. Despite two rounds of getting ri...I love my Kindle. Despite two rounds of getting rid of books, I still have way too many. <br /><br />I don't think that the e-books are the source of Borders' problems; from what I've read, some seriously bad business decisions are. <br /><br />I have a wonderful little bookstore in my neighborhood, The Book Cellar, that seems to be doing well, bringing in authors for readings and other events. I suspect that their cafe is their cash cow-- a good business decision.Johnny Rojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07396305046398530397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213960489026233473.post-3863061052779573222010-06-09T19:58:26.785-04:002010-06-09T19:58:26.785-04:00I don't have any room for books either,and I h...I don't have any room for books either,and I hate that.<br />I've taken to reading the books in the clubhouses of our complexes.<br />..Two words..Superconductors!<br />One day they come up with one that let's you run the entire house on a 9 volt battery.<br />That's where I'd put my disposable cash..You know,..if I actually had any.Slinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12156315627331213427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213960489026233473.post-68781593205692271882010-06-09T00:22:17.153-04:002010-06-09T00:22:17.153-04:00Huh, I wondered how Borders is doing. One of the ...Huh, I wondered how Borders is doing. One of the Borders in our neighborhood (yes, there are two of them in downtown Chicago) was supposed to close in November of last year, but it's still open. I have a feeling, though, that it's only a matter of time...<br /><br />It's sad, but true. I, too, love Borders--but I would also love a Kindle. :)Miss Healthypantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388211920649065327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213960489026233473.post-75239017237632141952010-06-08T12:34:34.892-04:002010-06-08T12:34:34.892-04:00Alice - I had to increase the font size on mine. ...Alice - I had to increase the font size on mine. This messes up the page numbering which disturbs me. How can I be on pg 21 and 22 at the same time. Very unbook-like. I figure I'll get used to it.<br /><br />mi - Borders did announce their version but it doesn't seem to be slowing the death spiral.<br /><br />Rosemary - I think Borders will adjust and survive.<br /><br />Booda - I wish I had the IPad but am holding out until version 2 or a MS version comes out. Whichever comes first.<br /><br />Dawn - Now is the perfect time to buy.... ereaders and stocks.Random Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07424966921651648450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213960489026233473.post-70841443048563328692010-06-08T06:34:43.998-04:002010-06-08T06:34:43.998-04:00I'm resisting temptation...
And I'm too ch...I'm resisting temptation...<br />And I'm too chicken to play the stocks.<br />Sigh. <br />Time to step out of comfort zone? Me thinks so!Dawn Iushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546425873531022196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213960489026233473.post-24491294300019077972010-06-07T22:36:04.936-04:002010-06-07T22:36:04.936-04:00Did you get the sort that has an internet connecti...Did you get the sort that has an internet connection?<br /><br />That's really all I can say until I, too, surrender to the suction and climb on board.booda babyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09424036488795599663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213960489026233473.post-41782724745157153862010-06-07T21:16:50.532-04:002010-06-07T21:16:50.532-04:00You know how I feel....I love, love my Kindle...an...You know how I feel....I love, love my Kindle...and the 47 books it is holding at the moment. I also read several hardbacks by Elizabeth Berg that were calling to me. borders will get on the wagon soon I bet.rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03300107116527320425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213960489026233473.post-38769375149898917772010-06-07T14:57:17.752-04:002010-06-07T14:57:17.752-04:00i am wholly unapologetic about my nook.
i LOVE it....i am wholly unapologetic about my nook.<br />i LOVE it.<br />i also love reading actual, physical books, but i have no space to put them (someday i will, i have promised myself), but until then, thousands of novels can be stored away in my small little nook, and for that i am grateful.<br /><br />i heard a rumor borders will also be jumping in on the ereader game, so hopefully your stock will skyrocket!mihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12846929965982469395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213960489026233473.post-39102731155885484412010-06-07T14:35:11.888-04:002010-06-07T14:35:11.888-04:00I just bought the Sony Daily Edition e-reader yest...I just bought the Sony Daily Edition e-reader yesterday. Unfortunately, I think my eyes are giving out. I really wanted a touch screen reader with the option to annotate with a stylus, but now the text looks blurry and impossibly small unless I blow it up by about 10. The husband doesn't seem to have any problems with it. So it may have to go back and I'll make do until a a touch screen with better contrast comes along. Sigh. Or I have to get new glasses, which will cost more than the e-reader.Bad Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09589572246042881069noreply@blogger.com