Comments on: It’s Literally Wednesday: News from B&N

By: sitting pugs

sitting pugs — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 01:19:30 +0000

Seconded!

By: sitting pugs

sitting pugs — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 01:14:44 +0000

Something that amazes me, though, is that despite the reported declines in print readership, there seem to be more print magazines being published than ever, and for nearly every conceivable niche or subculture.

While there are magazines for niche audiences that I know have disappeared in the last five or so years, I am equally perplexed that other publications have replaced them on the periodicals’ display area.

I love browsing bookstores and I buy an average of $20-$30 worth of merchandise 70% of the time. I liked having two big bookstores to visit within reasonable driving distance of each other no matter where I was in or outside of the perimeter.

Ironically, I’ve probably bought more DVDs from various B&N’s across town in the last 3 years than I had five years ago.

By: TeeRuss

TeeRuss — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 10:13:35 +0000

Don’t tell Chris Billingsley, but banks can be converted into bars. The vaults make for excellent Elvis shrines.

By: Rick Julian

Rick Julian — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 09:41:43 +0000

AHD asked, “Kind of makes me wonder what they WERE doing back in 1957 if they weren’t reading a book . . .?”. Walter’s comment was apropos to that.

By: brianc

brianc — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 03:19:51 +0000

Maybe I missed it but WalterM didn’t mention any reading at all, much less anything that indicated a higher quality of reading. Don’t understand how the response was relevant to the post.

By: Rick Julian

Rick Julian — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 00:15:03 +0000

i don’t think you’re a downer, Chris–not one bit.
your perspective is as valuable here as anyone else’s, and i enjoy it.

you’re also one of my favorite Decaturites because of your long and loyal service to our schools and children, and, perhaps most of all, because had you and your students not cleaned my gutters over the last few years, they’d likely be laying on the ground.

By: Chris Billingsley

Chris Billingsley — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 23:15:02 +0000

Thanks WalterM. Yours was one of the best responses I’ve read at DM over the past year. I would place the literacy IQ of the children of the Fifties at almost the same level of those of the Thirties and Forties, the Greatest Generation. It’s not only how much you read that is important, but also what you read and how much you comprehend. In my opinion, the children of the Thirties, Forties and Fifties were like triple awesome Bro!
As to the decline of B&N, I will miss the Moreland Ave/Little Five Points store, not because I buy a lot of books but because it gives me a chance to do something with my son, a true book lover. But to those of you who think I’m always a big DM downer, I would like to end this posting on a positive note, Let me recommend the latest book from Jack E. Levin, “The Crossing”. You can get it at almost any book store, including Walmart. It is perfect for Independence Day.

By: Invincible Summer

Invincible Summer — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 19:50:36 +0000

+1 Borders, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Amazon, Target, insert any evil empire here. The “problem” isn’t that these organizations exist, it is that they are very attractive to a large population, making them too successful for some people’s tastes.