This is a great time to browse the woodworking section at your local Barnes & Noble or whatever large bookstore is near you. I stopped by last night for a quick browse and ended up staying for an hour — the variety and quality of choices seems to increase significantly a couple months before Christmas.
Quality books on joinery, design, cabinet-making, all sorts of stuff — titles I’ve never seen before, and I go through the book section every couple of months. Lots of Taunton publications, Tage Frid, other masters. I find on-line shopping for books to be frustrating and expensive, because I can’t really tell without leafing through the book whether it’s realllly what I want. Not a problem sitting on the floor at B&N!
PS: carried a stack to the cafe and had an “Eggnog Latte” while scanning and deciding which one to buy. Was really hard to only buy one. Yummy latte though!
forestgirl — you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can’t take the forest out of the girl 😉
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Jamie,
I agree that browsing at Barnes and Noble can be a delightful way to spend an afternoon or evening. What gets me, however, is that the place has become a library filled with patrons not particularly concerned about leaving the book in the same condition in which they found it. The result is that they may have several copies of a particular book I want to buy, but either the binding is broken or the corners of the covers are bent or the pages are dirty. I'm not about to pay for any book in that condition. Irritates my rash.
Jeff
I occasionally run across books that look pretty well-used, but not often. I did everything but wear kid gloves yesterday when I was perusing the volumes under consideration.
I'm sure if you found a book you "had to have," they'd order a clean copy for you. One of the reasons B&N does so well is their comfortable atmosphere and acceptance of browsers. I agree that folks should be more careful!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
FG
I'm on vacation this week. That just might be a good idea for Thursday. BTW, if I buy something while I'm there, do I have to pay on-line or do they still accept cash at the register. :>) he..he..
Seriously, that is a good idea. I have a B&N 5 minutes away, but haven't had the opportunity to go in several months. Sounds like a good way to spend the day as things get hectic next week.
Evening...
sarge..jt
Oh, Sarge, I think you'll enjoy yourself! Especially if you can go during the day when the browsing traffic is lighter. Does your B&N have a little cafe-corner, with all kinds of calorie-laden sinful temptations? Look out!
Yes! they still take cash. They look at it funny, but the take it, LOL.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Okay - at first I got excited about going to BN to look at the ww books - duh, got several I can hit on the way home - one big one with the cafe and I've done all my ww-book looking online!! But then you mentioned eggnog latte!!!! It's supposed to rain this weekend so maybe I'll have to brave the crowds!
Robin, Molly & Sadie (the Wonder labs) "bet they don't have any eggnog dog biscuits!"
Be sure to check out HamiltonBook.com (???). After all those people manhandle the books at the regular stores, they get sent back and sold off to discounters. Hamilton Books sells them as "Shopworn". I spent about $50 three or four months ago and picked up nine or ten books including several Taunton offerings. Granted, it's not as fun as hanging out at B&N, but the prices are right!
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