There was an interesting article by Simon Heffer in The Daily Telegraph about his preference for brick-and-mortar bookstores over online ones. He says the the experience of physically looking for and examining a book in a book store trumps looking for them in cyberspace. But that experience is fast becoming a thing of the past as bookstores shut down and move to the Internet. I agree with that sentiment, even though I bought a couple of books this weekend from Ebay and Alibris. The selection is wider at online bookstores, but Heffer is right that there is something special about browsing in a bookstore.
"There's No Smell on the Shelves of Cyberspace": http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/simonheffer/5994624/Theres-no-smell-on-the-shelves-of-cyberspace.html
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