Why “bookstore” is being discussed
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I vividly remember my father coming home from Borders Books & Music one fateful day in 1998 with a boxed copy of Red Hat Linux 5.1. (This was the distro that eventually became F…
by brirec · Sep 19, 2026
> One example is the family bible that's passed down from one generation to the next. That book might contain handwriting of your grand parents recording the birth of your mom.…
by ChickeNES · Sep 17, 2026
Starbucks in bookstores? Hasn't that been a thing at Barnes and Noble for 35 years? Tsutaya has been trying to re-invent itself because yea, it's main businesses, video rental,…
by socalgal2 · Sep 17, 2026
I'm divided. On the one hand, a quiet, unobtrusive cafe in the library seems nice. On the other hand, I like the library precisely because it has so little of the advertising&#x…
by _carbyau_ · Sep 17, 2026
> The most interesting thing in the article to me is that there was a dual library/bookstore... At least in California, libraries often have a community run used bookstore…
by alephnerd · Sep 17, 2026
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Bookselling is the commercial trading of books which is the retail and distribution end of the publishing process. Read more on Wikipedia