We used to have used book shops all over Louisville. Some of them would trade two books for one. The shops in my neighborhood disappeared a long time ago, before Amazon, before Kindle. I eventually discovered a Thrift Store that was apparently the dumping ground for hard back books. Now it is a Goodwill Store.
We used to have used book shops all over Louisville. Some of them would trade two books for one. The shops in my neighborhood disappeared a long time ago, before Amazon, before Kindle. I eventually discovered a Thrift Store that was apparently the dumping ground for hard back books. Now it is a Goodwill Store.
Back until the mid-80s, when "Beautiful downtown Burbank" (which really was a dump) got renewed into "beautiful downtown Burbank" with all kinds of trendy stores I never shopped at, there was a two block section of 1st street (now officially known as "Ikea Avenue") that had four big old used book stores. You could spend all day Saturday in them, and come out with good stuff. Then in 1990 the rents got raised as the area got urban overdeveloped, and they went out. They'd been there 20 years I knew of. The stores that replaced them? Trendy crap that went out of business every other year - after the buildings were vacant for 2 years. I wonder how much money the real estate morons actually made with their rent increases.
We used to have a Paperback Book Store that was just wonderful! Prices were low - if you had an account you could trade in books & they had everything I loved to read. Used to pick up many Dick Francis books that I still have & go back & re-read every now & then, or Sue Grafton. Wish it was still around.
We used to have used book shops all over Louisville. Some of them would trade two books for one. The shops in my neighborhood disappeared a long time ago, before Amazon, before Kindle. I eventually discovered a Thrift Store that was apparently the dumping ground for hard back books. Now it is a Goodwill Store.
Back until the mid-80s, when "Beautiful downtown Burbank" (which really was a dump) got renewed into "beautiful downtown Burbank" with all kinds of trendy stores I never shopped at, there was a two block section of 1st street (now officially known as "Ikea Avenue") that had four big old used book stores. You could spend all day Saturday in them, and come out with good stuff. Then in 1990 the rents got raised as the area got urban overdeveloped, and they went out. They'd been there 20 years I knew of. The stores that replaced them? Trendy crap that went out of business every other year - after the buildings were vacant for 2 years. I wonder how much money the real estate morons actually made with their rent increases.
Turning a quick buck, and then, maybe they could use the loss of revenue as a tax write off?
We used to have a Paperback Book Store that was just wonderful! Prices were low - if you had an account you could trade in books & they had everything I loved to read. Used to pick up many Dick Francis books that I still have & go back & re-read every now & then, or Sue Grafton. Wish it was still around.