tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post4444975336569130109..comments2024-02-09T06:24:16.626+00:00Comments on upside down in cloud: death of a local bookshopDru Marlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-7491829914106651462012-02-07T02:46:12.418+00:002012-02-07T02:46:12.418+00:00The last indie in my little town has long since go...The last indie in my little town has long since gone, the pound or two I used to spend on a second hand book during my lunchtime visits were sadly never going to sustain it on my own.Lucie Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07099506232447224949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-4562830405669662012012-01-13T06:55:11.065+00:002012-01-13T06:55:11.065+00:00I have started making a point of buying or orderin...I have started making a point of buying or ordering books (some books, at least) from my local indy bookshop, because they need support and they're trying hard - book events, reading groups, etc- which seems to be the way forward. Bath seems quite fortunate in having two good bookshops, doesn't it, Bella¬? (Though Toppings wanted me to discount the books I was representing, rather more than I am used to, hrumph...)<br />I was in that Oxfam bookshop yesterday, Anji- dropping off a pile of books. Seems to be my biggest contribution to charity, buying their books and then taking them back... do you have charity bookshops in France?Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-16194411117422501332012-01-12T16:43:50.530+00:002012-01-12T16:43:50.530+00:00...It was the Oxfam bookshop...It was the Oxfam bookshopAnjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562210585479814093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-62949479765244927272012-01-11T16:12:03.694+00:002012-01-11T16:12:03.694+00:00Dom and J-M were talking about their visit to Bris...Dom and J-M were talking about their visit to Bristol 18 months ago at Christmas. Especially a bookshop that had caught their imaginations, I hope that it wasn't this one. It's sad to see real shops go.Anjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562210585479814093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-11653365598138891362012-01-10T21:28:48.239+00:002012-01-10T21:28:48.239+00:00Such a shame. I liked that shop and the books they...Such a shame. I liked that shop and the books they used to sell.<br /><br />And the smell.Webrarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975303713948128132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-69913873418715423022012-01-10T12:49:42.946+00:002012-01-10T12:49:42.946+00:00What a shame. Loving independent stores, I try to...What a shame. Loving independent stores, I try to use them but like many am reigning in my purse right now. (Feeling guilty about buying on line from Amazon now instead of the little shop in Bath).<br /><br />Maybe, in years to come, you could open something similar to that lost yourself?Flotsamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06667133671787405215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-69112052806521222912012-01-10T12:14:06.499+00:002012-01-10T12:14:06.499+00:00Just back from a jaunt to St Andrews which until l...Just back from a jaunt to St Andrews which until little more than a decade ago was almost all locally owned stores. Now it could be anywhere, the bookstores were some of the first to go. Now that the Art Centre has been closed down because the university stopped the lease, even though they had no other use for the space, we hardly ever go now...<br /><br />University town without bookstores, interesting concept...Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133031265351841626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-34723730784855287702012-01-10T09:12:30.437+00:002012-01-10T09:12:30.437+00:00yet another one goes.
As does the source of hours...yet another one goes.<br /><br />As does the source of hours of delight. (and my back up employment was always bookshops as well)gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.com