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[*] posted on 7-21-2011 at 07:08 PM
Sad Days for Book Stores


Not only are the Mom and Pop bookstores in the US having a tough time, but who would have figured the demise of Borders. Closer to home, and sadder, was the closing of the most comprehensive Book Store for English titles in Baja California, the San Felipe Title Company. Ed and Cat have stored their 40,000 titles and headed south to Puerto Vallarta. Their departure leaves an incredible literary void. Best of luck you too, and thanks for the wonderful store.



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[*] posted on 7-21-2011 at 07:45 PM
San Felipe Title Company


Wow, always a must stop place in San Felipe though I hadn't recalled the actual name.

We see the small book stores as having almost no chance to survive many more years with the advent of internet shopping, with the exception being the paperback sell/trade specialty stores.

After I buy a book at a book store I try to refrain from looking for it on the internet to see how much I might have saved.

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[*] posted on 7-21-2011 at 08:00 PM
The Market at work.


In the new Technology society.

Bought the latest "conventional" Book (Demonic) from Amazon.com (two day shipping) cheaper than it was at Walmart.

Even IF it had included sales tax it would have been a buck or so cheaper.

AND, then there's Kindle. Amazon is selling more Kindle-versions than Print.

A LOT of them to me.

Just another casualty to customer choice.

[Edited on 7-22-2011 by MrBillM]
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[*] posted on 7-21-2011 at 08:10 PM


Yes, bookstores are toast. Besides the electronic medium, Amazon and BarnesAndNoble.com pretty much ensure that.

Another casualty of electronic books are public libraries. While there are still quite a few people that use them, it's getting harder and harder for municipalities to justify the expense of the brick and mortar.

Sad. But true. And in many ways, progress.
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[*] posted on 7-21-2011 at 09:13 PM


We will miss them as we almost always go there when in SF. Nancy
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[*] posted on 7-21-2011 at 10:05 PM


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Not only are the Mom and Pop bookstores in the US having a tough time, but who would have figured the demise of Borders. Closer to home, and sadder, was the closing of the most comprehensive Book Store for English titles in Baja California, the San Felipe Title Company. Ed and Cat have stored their 40,000 titles and headed south to Puerto Vallarta. Their departure leaves an incredible literary void. Best of luck you too, and thanks for the wonderful store.


I thought they closed shop several months ago?

Was a good little bookstore. We use to hit them after leaving Randy's Roadrunner website office (up above on the second floor off the malecon).

Big loss for SF




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[*] posted on 7-21-2011 at 10:05 PM


WOW.....this now makes twice in the same decade that I agree with Mr. Bill.
as said by someone with more talent than I " The times they are a changing"!




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[*] posted on 7-21-2011 at 10:46 PM
What exactly is a Kindle?






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[*] posted on 7-22-2011 at 01:45 AM
This just in


I can just hear it now, "Daddy, what's a bookstore?" :biggrin:




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[*] posted on 7-22-2011 at 06:23 AM


Greg
I am sure that you will be glad to know that Jim and I are still in the book business and that our bookstore is still open!
BTW "Baja Legends" is still one of our best selling books...
So bring your kids so they will know what a bookstore is!




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[*] posted on 7-22-2011 at 08:00 AM


Before it expanded, then closed its doors, I felt that the San Diego Map Center was the best place to purchase my Baja books and maps. Virtual maps and books have their place, but there is something about the vintage La Siesta Press titles and topographic Baja maps.



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[*] posted on 7-22-2011 at 08:05 AM


In San Diego, Discover Baja Travel Club has a very large selection of Baja books and maps (and they do sell to non-members).



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[*] posted on 7-22-2011 at 09:45 AM
What is a Kindle ?


Nook, etc ?

THE Future !

Since receiving "our" first Kindle ($139) in January as a gift from me to the esposa, I have spent somewhere over $250 for E-Books and am devouring selected authors at a rapid pace.

Although, Amazon has 800k titles free or nearly so (99cents, 1.99 etc), the EASE and speed of buying ANY Kindle title hooks you pretty fast. In addition to those "Cheap" books (Classics, Texts, etc numbering about 120 for me at present), I've blown through all of the John Grisham's I hadn't read, Robin Cook, Michael Connelly and I'm working through Michael Crichton and Mario Puzo now.

When my wife didn't initially care for it, I started using it. Back in May, she started using it more and more which created a conflict and I bought a second-one. Same model, BUT $25 cheaper ($114) because it contains advertising in the OFF mode and on the Home screen at the bottom only. All books on the account can be shared among ANY devices registered.

E-Reading is the future of reading.

For the most part.

When I bought Ann Coulter's latest from Amazon, I did buy the Hard Copy, although I may add the e-version.
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[*] posted on 7-22-2011 at 09:49 AM


Juanita in San Ignacio CASA LEREE also has a good selection of books !




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[*] posted on 7-22-2011 at 09:58 AM


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Originally posted by Ken Cooke
Before it expanded, then closed its doors, I felt that the San Diego Map Center was the best place to purchase my Baja books and maps. Virtual maps and books have their place, but there is something about the vintage La Siesta Press titles and topographic Baja maps.


I loved that place...didn't know it had closed. INEGI in Ensenada has some good stuff(if it hasn't closed too....).
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[*] posted on 7-22-2011 at 10:07 AM


Mexicali has a pretty well stocked INEGI on Independencia across from the Bull ring parking lot.



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[*] posted on 7-22-2011 at 11:15 AM


Libraries will be next to go...



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[*] posted on 7-22-2011 at 11:47 AM


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Libraries will be next to go...


Yes, true enough. I am ambivalent about this. I enjoy libraries, though I don't actually check books out there any more (my wife does).

However, given the amount of money they cost to build, stock, maintain, staff, ect., the current economic situation that so many municipalities find themselves in, and the actual use they get, they are getting harder to justify. I would/will be sad to see them go, a sign of changing times.

There are some memorably libraries that should never go away, like the New York library on the corner of 42nd street and 5th Avenue, in front of Bryant Park (which has been cleaned up of all the needles littering the ground).



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[*] posted on 7-22-2011 at 11:47 AM


Here is a list of the bookstores that we do business with

Cactus Viejo in Malarrimo Restaurant, Guerrero Negro
La Tienda, Muleje
Baja Beach Company, Los Barriles
Hotel Palmas de Cortez, Los Barriles
Casa Leree, San Ignacio
Kuyima, San Ignacio

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE;);D;);D;);D




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[*] posted on 7-22-2011 at 11:48 AM


Judy. Thanks for your comment. You and Jim do a great job getting Baja books out. Keep it up., and best of luck.



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