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| - I love books and I love bookstores. If I could spend my life just reading I would, with some food adventuring thrown in of course. The thing is Mac's is a strange bird so it's a bit of a challenge to rate.
The Pros
-There's three floors of books - three very very packed floors. This means a lot of books, a lot of different books from a multitude of genres.
-The staff is very friendly and very helpful.
-In what seems like every nook and cranny, you can find bookish things. By this I mean literature themed toats, socks, etc. There's also lovely cards and stationary - very nice if you want something less generic.
The Cons
-Despite this store being three floors, those floors are not large my friend so it makes browsing tricky if there are people there and overwhelming since everything is so close together.
-It breaks my heart but I have to say the books. The thing is, Mac's is a mix of old and new books. So it's not like I expect there to be a greater number of one or the other. I also don't expect them to have every book under the sun. My problem is the pricing.
I have to say some of the books seem overpriced. I'm not talking about pricing compared to Amazon because that would be ridiculous. This is a locally owned brick and mortar store so I'm not expecting door busting deals. I am confused, however, when a used paper back is priced at the same price if not a dollar or two higher than its new counterpart when it's not signed or a particular edition. It's still used and I can see the flaws that result from that use. I've seen this sort of pricing on more than one occassion.
So while I do love to come back, despite how daunting it is to browse, I can't say I've left with a book very frequently. Come check it out yourself, maybe you'll have better luck than me,
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