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Comment by Berni Stevens on October 1, 2011 at 12:33

 

Perhaps someone will invent a smell of new books which comes through a computer :)

Good to know you look at covers Deena!

Here's my website if you'd like a peek.

http://http://bernistevensdesign.com/

Comment by Deena Remiel on October 1, 2011 at 1:07

You are very right when you say you can't smell an ebook! lol I love the paper smell, feel, and I'm a cover-holic! If I don't love the cover, more than likely, I won't read the book. I know that's terrible, but I can't help it. I'd love to see your covers, Berni!!! :D

Comment by Berni Stevens on September 30, 2011 at 17:43

 

I browse in bookshops quite often . . . I am the mad lady turning any covers I designed face front! But I confess I rarely buy a book in a bookshop, mainly because they're so much more expensive than Amazon. Sad but true.

Although if I'm buying a child's picture book, I do tend to buy that in a bookshop, so I can make sure it's not damaged in any way.

 

I love the smell of new books - sounds silly I know - but  you can't get that from browsing on Amazon. I still prefer reading actual books to reading them on my iPad, that may change, but at the moment I don't think so.

Comment by Deena Remiel on September 27, 2011 at 2:26

Caroline, that sounded divine! What a luxury to spend an hour in a bookshop! I only get to do it when I get gift cards from students... I treasure that time! :)

Lynne, I find I love the ease of purchases, but I DO miss the paper. I miss returning easily to view the cover. Luckily, my books come out in both eBook and paperback! lol

Comment by Lynne Connolly on September 27, 2011 at 2:01

We have the standard book stores where I live - WH Smith and Waterstones. They're okay, and if I need a particular book that's where I go, but I tend to read on my e-devices these days. More convenient to hold, to buy and it saves all that shelf space!
I still love to browse, and go into a shop to see what's new, though.

Comment by Caroline Bell Foster on September 26, 2011 at 15:37

Hiya Deena,

Last week I spent a glorious hour with my 11 year old son getting lost in Waterstone’s.

To make his pocket money go further he’ll look at the titles, read the blurbs, make sure the font isn’t too big and ‘babyish’ and then as soon as we get home, he’ll go on Amazon and buy an almost new book for very little.

Our lifestyle has changed and we aren’t shopping like we used to 5 years ago. We save where we can and shopping online allows us to browse, compare and buy with very little effort.

But I do feel guilty. It’s becoming harder and harder to find those atmospheric indie bookshops so much like Meg Ryan’s in ’You’ve Got Mail’

But what to do?

Comment by Francine Howarth on September 26, 2011 at 8:49

Hi Deena,

 

Book buying within a book store (for me) has become one of searching out little independent bookshops: antiquarian book shops or antique shops. I love collecting old leather/beautiful bound books with glorious gold embossed titles and inlaid filigree work. We have an oldish book shop in Narberth, and lovely elderly proprietor. It's a shop that consists of so many books one can hardly move in the place. But, in amongst selective new books and gaudy paperbacks dating back years, many of which I come away with, also the odd gem/s are to be found lurking in boxes! Sometimes he may have a collection of gorgeous bound books, and I'm then in my element but dilemma, too: which one/s to choose, or go the distance on a big spend.

 

Other than that I shop on-line at Amazon. I stock up on Kindles once a fortnight, and on occasion will purchase paperbacks by specific authors. The trouble is my paperback book shelves are double stacked already, so where to put them becomes a problem. More book cases? That, or they may begin to appear in stacks on the kitchen stairway. ;)