tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531553.post6068996110672683413..comments2023-06-27T01:34:35.359-07:00Comments on Ted Burke LIKE IT OR NOT: What's killing bookstores are cheapskates and dead beatsTED BURKEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16610296721891201100noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531553.post-89646038266358707872009-04-08T11:54:00.000-07:002009-04-08T11:54:00.000-07:00i'm blown away that the students there don't use t...i'm blown away that the students there don't use their local library...i mean if they cannot afford to purchase the books they need, then why not use the library. their university must have one, yeah? and certainly their city does...but i'm figuring the info they seek is more likely to be found in their university library. <BR/><BR/>personally, i can't imagine not buying a book. i collect books. not like a collector. i don't mean it that way. i just mean that it's the rare book that isn't worth keeping. so i find myself taking them home. <BR/><BR/>i think anyone who would treat books as that young woman did, harming the spine like that...clearly doesn't like books. she reminds me of the students who sell their texts back to the bookstore at the end of the semester. how can they give up those books? especially since they're obviously going to need the information tucked in those pages at some point in their careers. <BR/><BR/>i can only conclude that they do not like reading. they only do so to get their card stamped. what a waste of brain.dust has a smellhttp://theoddneighbor.blogspot.com/search/label/IFnoreply@blogger.com