Gallery Bookstore Closing

Anyone walking down Belmont Ave will have seen the Gallery Bookstore (website). They're now closing unfortunately and apparently have reached the stage where they're giving away a portion of their inventory. Oh well. I picked up the following volumes (mostly U.S. history):

The books lay in shelves outside their store and there was quite a crowd going through the titles (see 2nd photo).

New Books on Table at Taco Bell

Looking over this week's literary purchases (from Salvation Army) while chomping down on lunch at Taco Bell. Life is beautiful -- at least on Friday afternoons ...😀 !!!

Book Bargain (History)

Yesterday's purchases from Salv. Army -- couldn't resist and only cost a couple bucks! (One cost $2 and the other $3...)

Holiday Readings

Ethan Marcotte on the inadvisability of setting up a purely mobile site:

"...Fragmenting our content across different 'device-optimized' experiences is a losing proposition, or at least an unsustainable one. As the past few years have shown us, we simply can't compete with the pace of technology. Are we going to create a custom experience for every new browser or device that appears?"

No Points of Distribution

On the way home, I made a last sweep through our local Borders. I went through the bookshelves and magazine racks and wondered what exactly will be the extent of our access to print media when none of this is around any more. Is the publishing industry (no matter how vibrant or moribund) about to run out of outlets?