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Friday, March 21, 2008
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop
Lewis Buzbee’s celebration of the bookstore springs from his observation that 90 percent of people who buy books still leave home to do their shopping in a bookstore. These are the people who know they could more easily buy the book they are searching for by clicking their mouse around Amazon’s website, but they cannot resist the lure of a real bookstore. There is just something special about being surrounded by books and other people who, to one degree or another, feel the same as we about books. As Buzbee says, even if we do not actually speak to other shoppers, they are part of the experience of shopping for books and they can often accidentally lead us to a book we would have otherwise missed.
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I just started reading this book and I absolutely love it. As the author describes his friend Liz reading A Farewell to Arms..."yelling to the empty house, "yes, yes, that's the way it is, yes, yes, yes, he knows everything, exactly, I love this book."
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that 90% figure about the average book buyer - interesting! Sounds like a good booklovers read.
ReplyDeleteWhen was this book published? is it still 90% today?
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot to like about the book, anonymous, and what is fun is the way that every reader seems to pick out different favorite sections of the book...cool.
ReplyDeleteTed, the book was put to bed around mid-2005, I think, so the 90% figure is probably somewhat lower now.
ReplyDeleteSorry, Jeane, I think I just answered your question in my response to Ted...see above. :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is the second review I've read for this book TODAY! Definitely going on the tbr pile. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI hope you like it, Raych...let us know.
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