I was reading our most recent issue of "World Magazine" yesterday.
This is what I found on the Quotable page:
"It's nice to be able to touch, feel, and hold the books before you look online."
This comment was about the habit many folks have of going to a brick and mortar store to see an item before actually ordering it online.
But let's think about this for just a moment.......
Hmmm...
That doesn't really work, does it? It is not a sustainable system.
Because, the problem is shop owners are not independently wealthy. They are struggling to pay their bills just like the rest of us. It is impossible for them to carry all the expense of taxes, inventory, rent, gas, electric, payroll and on and on and on, just so that we have a nice place to look at a book before going online to buy it.
By going to one of St. Louis' many and charming
local booksellers we can have fun looking at and buying books.
If we do, when we drive along Lockwood Avenue, we'll see this:
Webster Groves Book Shop on Lockwood
NOT this:
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