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shaitanibaccha t1_j9zwohy wrote

A big part of the reason I visit used bookstores is the book discovery process. If I want a book then I know where to get it. It will take be couple of clicks on Amazon to buy the book and save me the hassle of going to a store. However, even after reading consistently on a Kindle for almost a decade, Amazon still hasn't figured out what I enjoy reading. Bookstores, on the other hand provide that experience in abundance. More often, the personal letters written inside the covers can sell a book better than the story/subject matter itself.

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Volcano_Tequila t1_ja08o8i wrote

Yes, I think that is what it is: the sense of discovery. A good used bookstore may look random but it is not, it has an organization to it, and if you master it, you find discoveries scattered among more conventional offerings. I still recall the glee I experienced at Strand Bookstore in New York in 2000 when I fell upon a copy of an old mystery book that you could not find anywhere, online or on eBay or anywhere, and it was $4.00 to boot. The book is still next-to-impossible to find, but hey world, I've got a copy of it, so there! :)

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Y_Brennan t1_ja2abt4 wrote

I have been looking for a book through second hand bookstores across the world. Yes I could buy it of Amazon, I would take it from the library if they had it but I really want to find this particular book in a second hand bookstore, I have come close I found traces of it but no luck yet.

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