COMMENT 327069
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2012-10-02 04:59 PM |
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Another one bites the dust---Lucky to still have Chaucer's here in SB, they outlasted the mega stores---sad for IV, a great place to read and hang out, too!
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COMMENT 327078
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2012-10-02 05:21 PM |
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Customers that purchased their books through an internet provider, see what you've begat....the demise of brick and mortar stores and the local employees that serviced them.
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COMMENT 327083
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2012-10-02 05:30 PM |
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"read and hang out" not so much --- "get bilked on Uni books" - very Screw em. The only reason they got by was excessive course literature. The "book store" didn't die - the "publishing machine" lost an end point. They were largely a UCSB extension and im surprised it took this long.
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SBJULES
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2012-10-02 05:54 PM |
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I used to go there when I went to UCSB. Times change. I only use amazon to read the reviews. Love Chaucer's.
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COMMENT 327102
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2012-10-02 06:04 PM |
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you gotta love how 067 pins this on "obama supporters". what about the thousands of bookstores across the country that are no longer in business? it that their fault too? why is the closing of a book store a political thing? geez, give it a rest!
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ARTEMISIA
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2012-10-02 07:23 PM |
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Sad news. I remember the glory days of cultural institutions in IV -- the great Red Lion Bookstore and the Magic Lantern Theater with first-run foreign language & art films -- all gone, alas.
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COMMENT 327132
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2012-10-02 07:30 PM |
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Thank you Isla Vista Bookstore for your many years of service to our students!! You will be missed and you were always greatly appreciated!
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COMMENT 327133P
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2012-10-02 07:31 PM |
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067, sounds to me like the Internet took the store out. But if it makes your world a better place to blame the blameless be my guest. Only makes you look uniformed.
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COMMENT 327140P
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2012-10-02 07:41 PM |
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102 and 133. It hurts them worse if you just ignore them.
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COMMENT 327133P
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2012-10-02 08:31 PM |
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140P, Nothing hurts these people, but it does make me feel better to zing them every once in a while regardless.
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COMMENT 327188
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2012-10-03 07:18 AM |
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Chaucers is a wonderful book casbah.
Tecolote in Montecito's Upper Village is also another survivor of the Internet age...
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RED CREEK
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2012-10-03 08:42 AM |
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The demise of bookstores will continue to be a sad consequence of what is a technological shift akin to the arrival of the car (replacing horses and buggies and a lot of trains) and telephone (replacing telegraph, and a lot of mail services). Eventually all texts will be on laptop or tablet format. May still be expensive(to compensate for those write,illustrate and publish) but the digital format will save a lot of trees, ink and book shelf space. The surprise is that the shift to digital textbooks hasn't already occurred = it would be easier for instructors and students to use (and no heavy books to carry and dispose of), and could have links to other learning sites, such as a digitalized University Library research collection. The obstacle in this shift is not the students, they are ready. The mostly baby boom instructors are a generation that was not raised with the digital media, and most have not learned how to fully use it.
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COMMENT 327225P
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2012-10-03 08:51 AM |
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I love reading books but never understood the draw to read in a book store. I love the convenience of my e-reader. Times change and over time industries are replaced by new technology. I don't think there should be "blame" placed anywhere. It is just not necessary to have a brick and mortar when a majority of their customers obviously decided they would rather go elsewhere or shop online. If it makes you feel better you can think of how many trees we will save by moving to e-books rather than print.
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COMMENT 327294
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2012-10-03 10:42 AM |
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The time is coming when we are all either working in the Amazon dot com warehouse, managing investor money in the company, or providing services to the investors. We're in the middle phase of the race to the bottom and about 10 more years should finish the middle class off. It's been a nice ride, thanks to all who competed.
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COMMENT 327584P
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2012-10-03 09:51 PM |
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067....so you've never bought a book online? Do you know what toothpaste, wrapping paper, sheepskin slippers (UGGS are made in China now....), cast iron pans are made in the U S? I do. These are just examples. I take the time to find out, whenever possible, what is made here and then I buy them. And yes I voted for the president.
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COMMENT 327584P
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2012-10-03 09:54 PM |
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Artemisia - You forgot Borsodi's Coffehouse :o)
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COMMENT 327770
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2012-10-04 11:49 AM |
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Times change. Just like there used to be payphones on every corner. It's unfortunate when we personally know the bookstore owner who has lost his livelihood, but ... times change.
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COMMENT 327790
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2012-10-04 12:49 PM |
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I simply refuse to let anyone, local or otherwise, tell me where to buy my books. I buy online, I buy at Costco, I buy at Chaucer's and I've even bought at Vons. If you love or even like reading, you'll find what you need somewhere - just keep doing that. Keep reading...stay informed...stay interested....keep figuring things out...don't let anyone enforce their narrow views on you ever.
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