tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post6017595716097217720..comments2024-03-10T00:00:31.355+00:00Comments on BRIAN SIBLEY : his blog: UNBOOKEDBrian Sibleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-11534927818770067232009-07-20T17:23:15.349+01:002009-07-20T17:23:15.349+01:00Ooops... Missed JEN's comment... Thanks for th...<i>Ooops</i>... Missed <b>JEN</b>'s comment... Thanks for that revelation: I'd no idea that Oxfam books were on-line! I'll check it out for Lenny the Lion (and various other lost gems) immediately!Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-65995987420077757862009-07-20T17:02:55.684+01:002009-07-20T17:02:55.684+01:00I know, PHIL, and the Gutenberg Project is a great...I know, <b>PHIL</b>, and the Gutenberg Project is a great facility: but, where there's a choice, give me the old paper-and-print version every time!Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-36682949428288252742009-07-16T15:00:56.760+01:002009-07-16T15:00:56.760+01:00What Boll Weavil said.
Plus: all those classics, ...What Boll Weavil said.<br /><br />Plus: all those classics, being out of copyright, are easily obtainable free of charge on the web thanks to Project Gutenberg.<br /><br />Including Bram's classic, Draclia (my preferred spelling!)<br /><br />Warinds: ominous gusts that blow through the empty shelves of closed-down bookshops.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216810702125906530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-6522308399966006162009-07-16T08:20:10.874+01:002009-07-16T08:20:10.874+01:00Bookshops are irresistible,just not
possible to wa...Bookshops are irresistible,just not<br />possible to walk past one. As an alternative to Amazon try browsing the Oxfam online bookstore, have recently found some gems & who knows, Brian,they might have Lenny the Lion in their other sections!<br /><br />APONISMI:euphoric feeling after finding a sought after book.Jennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-25530403346154974432009-07-16T08:08:40.309+01:002009-07-16T08:08:40.309+01:00Advance warning: I won't have access to a comp...Advance warning: I won't have access to a computer for a few days, so any future comments will have to await posting until my return to cyberspace on Monday next.Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-89687023568933598622009-07-16T08:05:59.731+01:002009-07-16T08:05:59.731+01:00There ought to be a word for measuring others in t...There ought to be a word for measuring others in terms of their bibliophile rating in our lives... Obviously you and your new man (there's no need to apologize for the 'again'!) will score highly!Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-8211694390410187642009-07-16T07:50:05.099+01:002009-07-16T07:50:05.099+01:00This is so much more than tragic - it's an abs...This is so much more than tragic - it's an absolute disaster. There is absolutely nothing in this world comparable to holding a book in one's hands and turning the pages and feeling the jacket, etc..., finding the most comfortable position in your chair that corresponds to the size and kind of book...<br />Another wonderful thing about the new man in my life (again! - yes I know!) is that he comes with literally hundreds of books. The sad thing is that I shall have to live to about 150 before I get round to reading them all!<br />leding: the weight of 20 feet of book cases floor to ceilingSuzannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-6808589480469851842009-07-15T17:59:09.418+01:002009-07-15T17:59:09.418+01:00...but we all shop at Amazon anyway because they&#......but we all shop at Amazon anyway because they're cheaper. We only go to bookshops for things we need in a hurry or just to browse- like a library.I haven't read a book in years - although I listen to plenty. For me, the thrill of books continues to increase because there are now more available to listen to. For the convenience of taking Bram off the shelves, any bookshop would have cost Mr S anything upto £5 or £6 for a book that's copyright free. That's why it ain't there anymore.<br /><br />NETORWI: The name of the new bar where your fave bookshop used to be.Boll Weavilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03858122220880954456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-49523930520069173022009-07-15T17:31:51.345+01:002009-07-15T17:31:51.345+01:00Murder One was a terrific shop with a staff who re...Murder One was a terrific shop with a staff who really knew their books - and, presumably, at least half-a-dozen foolproof methods for doing someone in. You won't find that kind of help at Amazon!Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-52361926262644219612009-07-15T14:42:25.474+01:002009-07-15T14:42:25.474+01:00I'm still mourning the loss of Murder One in C...I'm still mourning the loss of <i>Murder One</i> in Charing Cross Road before I'd completed buying all the Rex Stout <i>Nero Wolf</i> titles I didn't already have! Sadly, the poor stock and service of many local bookshops has driven people like me into the maw of Amazon, though I prefer browsing real shelves.<br />Roger O B....<br />AUDIMK:What you write audio books withAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-15212212205550161062009-07-15T13:26:38.923+01:002009-07-15T13:26:38.923+01:00SCB - I thought that, of course, the classics woul...<b>SCB</b> - I thought that, of course, the classics <i>would</i> be the first to go: having been around so long (many of them for centuries) they would leave swiftly - and in high dudgeon - once they'd got wind of a closure....<br /><br /><br /><b>BITTER ANIMATOR</b> - I agree. Whilst I hope to live long enough to see one of my books on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle" rel="nofollow">Kindle</a>, it will be tragic if the day comes when we only ever read a book on a screen.<br /><br />Bizarre though it will doubtless seem to readers in 2029 (or even sooner): the qualities of touch and smell are as much part of reading for me as the words on the page or the thoughts on and between the lines...<br /><br /><br /><b>SHARON M</b> - Well, if the likes of Waterstones and Borders are calling it quits, what hope is there?<br /><br />Another thing Amazon simply can't <i>really</i> provide, is the opportunity to browse - almost graze, I might say - the shelves as one can in a bookshop.<br /><br /><br /><b>QENNY</b> - A sad and sorry sign of the times. The writing is on the wall: "CLOSED"!Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-18001723468819521382009-07-15T12:55:35.238+01:002009-07-15T12:55:35.238+01:00Waterstones and Borders both gone? I'm shocke...Waterstones and Borders both gone? I'm shocked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-57052819513893319762009-07-15T12:35:48.412+01:002009-07-15T12:35:48.412+01:00Oh dear - apart from the sadness at the lack of Cl...Oh dear - apart from the sadness at the lack of Classics, the closing of bookshops doesn't augur well for us writers - especially given the huge whack Amazon takes for selling the hard-earned fruits of our labours.<br /><br />I went to an independent bookshop in the West End of Glasgow at the weekend to take them a copy of my AI sheet and chat about my book. They'd had lots of events there and it was suggested I call in.<br />When I got there I was faced with an empty shell and the notice 'Closed, 29 June'.SharonMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17369769107190148944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-36600514624716735442009-07-15T12:24:30.294+01:002009-07-15T12:24:30.294+01:00We live in the Age of Amazon. And not the scary ye...We live in the Age of Amazon. And not the scary yet arousing warrior kind. <br /><br />Physical goods and certainly physical shops seem to be on the decline. We're well on our way to a future of brains in jars living in virtual worlds.<br /><br />While those brains may well look back and scoff at how primitive we were, I'm actually rather glad to have been born in a physical age, even one in transition.Bitter Animatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06617537816971588380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-35234985078695855622009-07-15T11:58:34.143+01:002009-07-15T11:58:34.143+01:00I hate to hear of bookstores closing up (although ...I hate to hear of bookstores closing up (although your image of the classics marching down the escalator and out the door was priceless). I went to the websites to see if they would give a reason (other than the economy going down the tubes, not to be confused with the economy going down the Tube, which would just mean the stores might have got off at another station by mistake)... Waterstones doesn't seem to have updated -- maybe they haven't noticed that they've closed a branch?<br /><br />I had a similar sense of dismay, although didn't express it as well as you have, when I was downtown one day and discovered that the one bookstore left downtown was closing its doors.<br /><br />Not the books! Noooooooo!<br /><br /><br />ORSES -- All the king's 'orses and all the king's men can't seem to put bookstores together again. (a sad commentary on the way things are going...)scbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048966584552769915noreply@blogger.com