tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post6584596112164054329..comments2023-11-17T03:55:40.736-05:00Comments on Ink Spots: I love booksLilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18373158801523577733noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-75528949519916345422013-01-14T09:44:58.874-05:002013-01-14T09:44:58.874-05:00Thank you, sir. This is probably the result of bei...Thank you, sir. This is probably the result of being the son of a librarian from a public library, but I never, ever write in my books (except my yellowed copy of On War). I usually make notes on scrap paper and tuck it in the appropriate page. My most used books are bristling with them. Although I guess I should avoid dropping these books, lest all the notes fall out. Maybe I should switch to Post-Its...<br /><br />Thanks again!Jason Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18335313679058470722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-12311179138291782412013-01-14T09:37:15.024-05:002013-01-14T09:37:15.024-05:00I think you're right on this Madhu. While I so...I think you're right on this Madhu. While I sometimes order from Amazon, I prefer to hit up my local independent store more often than not. It costs me more, but I like being able to peruse other titles, not just the ones I went to buy. And also interacting with the staff or other customers. Interesting people and often great book recommendations (better, at least, than "Customers who bought this product also bought these products"). <br /><br />I've also found myself going to our local second-hand book store for anything that isn't a new release. I prefer hard covers and they're easier to find and cheaper if they're used. These places provide such great opportunity for discovering something really neat. And these stores are usually full of bibliophiles who are True Believers. I always enjoy those visits. Jason Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18335313679058470722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-74824426379146778902013-01-13T10:35:10.592-05:002013-01-13T10:35:10.592-05:00Wonderful post!
Know exactly what you mean about ...Wonderful post!<br /><br />Know exactly what you mean about the look and feel of books---about those bookmarks, too. I use those 3M stickie tabs in many of my books. I also write in my books---usually in pencil; these comments are fun to read after many years, as our contexts tend to change w/the years.<br /><br />I concur w/Madhu, one of the best post I've read!J. Scott Shipmanhttp://tobeortodo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-69293303030660056182012-12-27T08:46:38.947-05:002012-12-27T08:46:38.947-05:00"In retrospect, I disagree with my moderately..."In retrospect, I disagree with my moderately younger self and declare that I, too, love books. It is not obvious. Not everyone does. And while I may love books in a different way than our maligned captain (my agape vice her philia, if you will excuse both the probably unnecessary distinction and probable blasphemy), her sentiment is one which I have come to embrace entirely and tirelessly. I do not just love reading, I love books. I love to hold a book in my hands, to feel the binding and the paper, to smell the ink. I love the plates and pictures. I love the font and the layout of the pages, even if they include irregularities (such as my nth-hand copy of Joyce's Dubliners, where the printing is partially smudged throughout the middle third). I suspect that many of you do as well, the military scholar being a peculiar subset of the bibliophile that tends towards bookishness and book collecting, even if said collecting extends beyond the typical cast of characters that have contributed to the art of war and warfare. My personal interactions indicate that you are a well-read and erudite community that reads compulsively on topics for which we are paid to read and topics for which we enjoy and topics we read because we believe that it makes us a better person."<br /><br />This is one of my favorite blog posts, ever.<br /><br />It's a curious thing. During the 90s, Big Box Bookstores were supposed to slay the independents, but it turned out that the hardy few that survived the internet onslaught are actually thriving because some bibliophiles want the actual hard copy of a book. <br /><br />Just like some of the vinyl record places I check out from time to time. Those that survived, now thrive. Young and old alike, serious music types, not just casual downloaders of pop music....<br /><br />Well, there is nothing wrong with casual downloading of pop music, it's just that you meet a lot of interesting people in the record stores.Madhuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198241208223203425noreply@blogger.com