tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post5419769976983605419..comments2024-03-27T10:50:17.270-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: A Sad StoryJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-86042883704405526482009-07-16T21:47:37.410-05:002009-07-16T21:47:37.410-05:00I just returned from my vacation through Central T...I just returned from my vacation through Central Texas. I stopped at every bookstore I could and made out with three gems. However, today, as we drove home, we knew we were going to stop in Calvert, TX, and visit all the antique stores there. Nearly half the stores we visited in 2005 are gone. The remaining ones were closed for the day. The worst part, for me, was peeking in the windows, seeing books, and just wondering what gems were there. In one antique store up in Whitney, TX, there were a lot of old westerns. It even had a William Colt MacDonald Gregory Quist novel but it was one I already owned. Natch. But, James, back to your thread, yeah, my stomach turned over when I read your post.Scott D. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293540073601809197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-86362598222044742512009-07-16T20:50:06.009-05:002009-07-16T20:50:06.009-05:00Jeez, that's a tough story...had a similar thi...Jeez, that's a tough story...had a similar thing happen once with a great old comic book shop.Richard Proschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314680709014254183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-22915911600055592002009-07-16T18:51:31.264-05:002009-07-16T18:51:31.264-05:00I really wonder why the SAS Malko books never caug...I really wonder why the SAS Malko books never caught on here in the US. They are still being published today with current event topics. I'm sure they would sell. I'd buy them for sure.....Chris.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-29089043689033753162009-07-16T12:15:02.234-05:002009-07-16T12:15:02.234-05:00I feel your pain for sure.budI feel your pain for sure.budCharles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-85200526192689381642009-07-16T09:17:56.110-05:002009-07-16T09:17:56.110-05:00Imagine, Cullen, my feelings when I started collec...Imagine, Cullen, my feelings when I started collecting fiction magazines in the late 1970s, and my folks, noting that I was starting to gather up older titles as well buying new, pointed out that their sf and crime-fiction digests of the 1950s and 1960s had been among the victims of a 1967 flood that had messed over the household, and much of Fairbanks, Alaska, when I was about 2.5 years of age. I had already known of the general pain and loss of that disaster, but it was suddenly Blues that kept on bluesing.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-54773372257039999802009-07-16T08:35:55.418-05:002009-07-16T08:35:55.418-05:00When I started reading old detective novels, my da...When I started reading old detective novels, my dad told me that his parents had been big fans of them and there was a huge box of old paperbacks just sitting in the garage.<br /><br />What happens when we go to the garage? He realizes he threw them out. All of them. Sigh.<br /><br />I was heartbroken.Cullen Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236957954996740924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-21612964493834512272009-07-16T08:19:46.779-05:002009-07-16T08:19:46.779-05:00Unlike many writers, I'm not a book collector....Unlike many writers, I'm not a book collector. Even so, I can not bear the thought of throwing away a book. Any book. Even really, really awful books that I couldn't finish reading.<br /><br />Every book that leaves my hands goes to someone I hope will enjoy it.Michael Brackenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072019804281421944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-73381746442044983022009-07-16T05:57:24.407-05:002009-07-16T05:57:24.407-05:00I don't know about it closing. We have a coup...I don't know about it closing. We have a couple used bookstores in our area that focus on more recent books, (say 90s onward) and they seem to be doing fine. I'm seeing more of these type stores than the ones that offer books from any decade, the older the better. <br /><br />I was in one used bookstore that i recently discovered, couldn't find what i was looking for, and i asked the attendant if they had any Gold Medals. She said, "What are those?"Frank Loosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564007564601986631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-67427092509009682532009-07-16T05:28:35.306-05:002009-07-16T05:28:35.306-05:00And the recent bestsellers they're peddling yo...And the recent bestsellers they're peddling you can find in any bookstore's budget bin. So what's the point of that? I suspect you will see the store close within a few years.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.com