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   Hello George Pope!   
      
   ** On Monday 17.01.22 - 12:06, George Pope wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    >> I told it was a little gem.   
      
    GP> Not often you see a bookstore owner recommending a free   
    GP> lending library, especially one that lets you essentially   
    GP> own the ebook forever.   
      
    GP> Glad I've met the one who does! :D   
      
      
   I use the ebook version to find specific sections|quotes that I     
   might like to use or review if I don't have the chance to have     
   the hardcopy with me.  I get review-copies from publishers too     
   (both in hardcopy and e-book); eventually, I give the     
   hardcopies away to people who could give me their POV on it     
   (technically they are not meant for resale) but they are a way     
   to read something before it is officially released.   
      
   I'll use whatever resource is available to me.  Granted, the     
   little gem can be a bookseller's killer.  But you'd be     
   surprised at the stats on the popularity of ebooks; it's not     
   what most people are being told by "the media".   
      
      
    >> I can't imagine reading for the longterm on a standard   
    >> smartphone or tablet. For one thing, the battery would   
    >> deplete [...]   
      
    GP> I keep my phone plugged in when I'm home reading, or doing   
    GP> crosswords, sudoku,  etc.   
      
   Ah.. Ok.  That cable surely is a critical piece of hardware.     
   Actual books don't need cables or batteries! ;)   
      
      
    GP> I've discovered a new way to get discounts on almost   
    GP> anything (if over $20 --  I'm not a troublemaker): just   
    GP> ask!   
      
   At my shop, I provide at least 10% off most books, and I can     
   often meet the big online place prices.   
      
      
    GP> I reply, "Are there any cashier-offered discounts, too, please?"   
      
   I've never heard of that one. Is that an adhoc discount at the     
   discretion of the cashier?   
      
      
    GP> Worked on computers, books, clothing, furniture; not on   
    GP> alcohol, though, as we  have laws against discounting it   
    GP> beyond defined ways that include the  government taking   
    GP> the difference for themselves from the seller.   
      
   Yes.. its seems ironic that there are laws that prevent sellers     
   to price booze to compete against each other, but meanwhile,     
   the big online places can practically give merch away at a     
   loss. I can't compete with the big online place when it lists a     
   book below cost. But sometimes the added shipping cost or delay     
   in delivery steers people to a REAL book shop.   
      
   WRT booze, can't the seller just declare their stock as a     
   "loss" and give it away as a form of advertising or as a     
   promotional expense?   
      
    GP> Yet we drink so little, it's just growing in number of   
    GP> bottles. . . not allowed to sell, &giving it saway has   
    GP> limits, too. . . *sigh* Buddy of mine drops by on occasion   
    GP> for chess & I let him drink his fill. . .   
      
   It's either give it away or throw it away. Can't win.   
      
      
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