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| - I find it very ironic that the front display at a bookstore is e-readers. Although the multiple varieties of Nooks greeted me at the door, I needed an ink and paper book for this trip. Maybe I missed the directory, but I didn't notice one when I came in, and it took me several minutes to realize that the section I needed was upstairs.
I was not able to locate my book, so I went to the nearest kiosk to search for it... it was not working. I moved to the next one... it froze while I was searching. Third time was a charm, and I was able to determine that the book I needed was out of stock. (Which I do not hold against them, it was a textbook the size of Montana and they probably only carry one copy at a time.)
Bookless, I swung by Starbucks to grab some caffeine before class- it was a Double Points day! However, I found out that their Starbucks does not accept Starbucks cards. (I mean I bought coffee anyway, of course.)
This was not all-in-all a bad visit, even though I walked out with no book and no Starbucks points. But as rarely as I walk into a bookstore, there is something very nostalgic about them. They are becoming less necessary, but I don't want to see them disappear either.
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