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Thought I'd post this here, given that I know we have a few members from the Puget Sound area:
Picked this one (photo below) up over the weekend...not a big deal in the scheme of things, worth perhaps five or ten bucks on a good day, but it is one I'd wanted to read for a while.
The special thing -- well, maybe "unfortunate" is a more apt term -- is that it may be the last book I buy from one of my favorite used bookstores in the Seattle area, probably THE favorite, given that while I like visiting U Books and Third Place, I don't often come away with much from those two. The Half-Price Book store in the University District is closing down in late March / early April. I went there this weekend and shelves were being cleared and inventory reduced. I thought, No, this can't be right... But after talking to a couple of employees, it was: The place is being shuttered in about a month. Not sure if it's due to lack of business, or overdue repairs that need to be made to the building, or a planned gentrification, or...??, but whatever reason, it really, really sucks.
For those in the area, this is the two-story HPB on Roosevelt. If you're a plan of the place like me, best get in for a last visit before the doors are locked forever.
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Damn. I always hate seeing bookstores close.
I've only been to the University HPB once since I don't get that far north. My regular store in Tacoma so I spend most of money there. I've been to Tukwila a few times but it's always disappointing.
Have you visited Tacoma Book Center yet? To me, it blows Powells out of the water in regards to finding treasures plus the lack of tourist destination is nice.
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Originally posted by TacomaDiver View PostDamn. I always hate seeing bookstores close.“Reality is a nice place to visit, but you wouldn’t want to live there.”
-John Barth
https://bugensbooks.com/
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Originally posted by TacomaDiver View Post
Have you visited Tacoma Book Center yet? To me, it blows Powells out of the water in regards to finding treasures plus the lack of tourist destination is nice.Twitter: https://twitter.com/ron_clinton
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Nothing to see here!Ok, I really can't come up with anymore of these stupid things...
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Originally posted by TacomaDiver View PostDamn. I always hate seeing bookstores close.
I've only been to the University HPB once since I don't get that far north. My regular store in Tacoma so I spend most of money there. I've been to Tukwila a few times but it's always disappointing.
Have you visited Tacoma Book Center yet? To me, it blows Powells out of the water in regards to finding treasures plus the lack of tourist destination is nice.
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It's worth the drive!
They remind me of my hometown hardware store - aisles with barely enough room to walk through. Shelves piled to the ceiling. That old bookstore smell.
Originally posted by Martin View PostHate to see another book seller close their doors. I feel very fortunate to live in Powell's country. I am not familiar with Tacoma Book Center, I will have to check them out and maybe take a drive up there this summer.
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Nice! I always try to tell as many book lovers I can about it. Just wish that I discovered it earlier.
Which reminds me, I'm due for another visit.
Originally posted by RonClinton View PostI have been to Tacoma Book Center, yes...probably a dozen times or so. I don't get down south too often, but I'll periodically hit TBC on my way back from a family visit in Oregon (and Powells! )...so I'd guess a dozen times or so over the many years. It's a neat place, a big place stuffed full of books in lots of different rooms...almost a throwback to the great old boookstores of our area (Shorey's, et al), now most gone. I never seem to come away with much, but I have a heckuva fun time browsing there.
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Originally posted by Theli View PostYou can get some nice Heritage Press books for relatively cheap. I'm not familiar with that particular book though. Still need to read some Henry James.
CapBooks are weapons in the war of ideas.
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I think that used to be more of a practice in general for older fine press books. I've seen (and have) little inserts of varied length (some just a pamphlet, others more like a chapbook) that came with Franklin and Easton press, even some of Reader's Digest's books, like my girlfriend's copy of Robin Hood. I'm not really certain on the purpose of this practice. Why not print it in the book? Cheaper I maybe, and maybe it would get reprinted in later editions. Still seems strange to me.
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