Drugs for the body. Books for the mind and soul.
I'm often frustrated by the lack of selection in my local book shops. Sadly, my local book shops (Borders, Barnes & Noble) are your local book shops.
"If you want proof that a cultural divide separates Europe and America," the New York Times observes, "the book business is a place to start. In the United States chain stores have largely run neighborhood bookshops out of business. Here in Germany, there are big and small bookstores seemingly on every block."
How do the Germans do it? "Germany’s book culture is sustained by an age-old practice requiring all bookstores, including German online booksellers, to sell books at fixed prices. . . . What results has helped small, quality publishers like Berenberg. But it has also — American consumers should take note — caused book prices to drop. Last year, on average, book prices fell 0.5 percent."
Although I'm not sure I agree w/ Germany's solution to this problem--price fixing--I'm jealous of its selection--Last year 94,716 new titles were published in German. In the United States, with a population nearly four times bigger, there were 172,000 titles published in 2005.
Here is a link to the full article, "German Border Threat: Cheap Books."
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I think if book prices were to drop, I would shout hooray. But then, we would just have more books, so perhaps I should re-think my joy. :)
Isn't it amazing that, as large as Barnes & Noble and Borders are, they rarely have the books you are looking for? I always have to order the books I am looking for, even ones that you would think they would carry.
Ian, yes, I've always thought the chain bookstores carried a large number of books but a small number of titles.
I took a survey in my district at the MTC today, and I read more books last week (three) than most of them have read during thier entire lives. Fortunately some of them had read Harry Potter and one even mentioned The Count of Monte Cristo.
In your next entry, maybe you should compare the sales of PS3's and Nintendos in the US to those of Germany. Ill bet we blow them out of the water.
Jayme I think this calls for a visit to Salt Lake. Drop Katie and Lucas off at our house and you can head to Kings English!
Jayme,
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Hey Jayme thanks for that link on "Are Children's Carseats Necessary?" I would say that it made me feel better about purchasing a cheaper carseat, now I am concerned about whether he will be safe in any carseat at all (cheap or expensive). I guess I have no control over the situation, they are required and I can't imagine putting a young baby Harper's age in just a seat belt.
--melissa
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