tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33128425.post6987391278402390661..comments2024-03-26T23:36:31.362-04:00Comments on What I Believe: Book BurnerBrad Meltzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04957774177356015078noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33128425.post-54545023791997641822007-05-31T19:07:00.000-04:002007-05-31T19:07:00.000-04:00This bothers me so much. I had already heard abou...This bothers me so much. I had already heard about this book burning guy when you posted the story and it's just been gnawing at me. I find it difficult to believe that reading has dropped that much given that almost every strip mall I drive by has a B&N, Borders, Books-A-Million or some other bookstore chain. That said, I try to avoid those places like the plague, perferring to shop at the almost extinct independent bookstores, like Women & Children First here in Chicago, or at a used bookstore. I ALWAYS buy books as gifts for my friends and family and easily lose track of time in even the smallest bookstore. I spend more money on books than I would ever admit. <BR/><BR/>Is the problem really that people aren't reading OR is the problem that between Amazon.com and these huge chains that can offer obscene discounts, the independents & used bookstores can't keep up?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33128425.post-35952292957527419662007-05-30T12:09:00.000-04:002007-05-30T12:09:00.000-04:00Yeah, it's pretty awful how little people read the...Yeah, it's pretty awful how little people read these days. My 17 year-old cousin was psyched to see <I>300</I> and demanded that I take him. So I told him he had to read the graphic novel first. You'd have thought I asked him to eat a turd sandwich from the look of horror and revulsion on his face.Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13502023232868840902noreply@blogger.com