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Bluesman Mike Lindner   04-24-2006, 01:40 PM
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peachynat Wrote:Cool... congrats on your upcoming anniversary. Smile

Thanks very kindly! I guess there are worse ways to make a living than by selling books. ("No, man...you don't want that one...it's lame. Check this one out--far superior." "But it costs twice as much!" "So it gotta be twice as =good=, right? Man, that's just Vulcan logic! And you're gonna find =all about= Johnny Flashback and His Brown Acid Five Or Six here. Fuckin' cool band, man! They influenced Hendrix. Trust me, man. Check it out.")
luthie2   04-24-2006, 02:24 PM
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Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:22 years this May 21st, Peachynat. I'm the Performing Arts supervisor at the Lincoln Triangle store, Broadway and 66th Street in Manhattan. We were delighted to have Paul for an event in December 2003, and are looking forward to welcoming him again this June 1st.

Now THERE would be a dangerous place to work!! :-)
Bluesman Mike Lindner   04-24-2006, 02:30 PM
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luthie2 Wrote:Now THERE would be a dangerous place to work!! :-)

"Danger" is my middle name, Luthie2! (Well, my confirmation name, to be honest...Rolleyes )
Bluesman Mike Lindner   04-24-2006, 02:50 PM
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jimbow8 Wrote:I am with you Mike. I still use Amazon (too much) but I am trying to switch to B&N

Thanks, Jim! B&N isn't a bad outfit. I've met many of the top hombres. Why, I even once shook Len Riggio's hand!

It was almost an hour before I noticed my watch was missing...
jimbow8   04-24-2006, 03:08 PM
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Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:Thanks, Jim! B&N isn't a bad outfit. I've met many of the top hombres. Why, I even once shook Len Riggio's hand!

It was almost an hour before I noticed my watch was missing...
I always liked B&N, but the one closest to where I used to live (Rockford, IL) was pretty crappy and in an awful location. So when I moved I started using Borders more. And Amazon.com online is like a juggernaut. But lately I've started noticing poor customer service at Borders, so I started going to B&N. The only problem is that Borders is bigger with a larger selection and has more "events."

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Maggers   04-24-2006, 03:42 PM
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Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:22 years this May 21st, Peachynat. I'm the Performing Arts supervisor at the Lincoln Triangle store, Broadway and 66th Street in Manhattan. We were delighted to have Paul for an event in December 2003, and are looking forward to welcoming him again this June 1st.

I hate to say it Mike, but I'm boycotting your store. Since they revamped the first floor and now have only one measily stand with fewer than a handful of what you now call "mass market paperbacks," I refuse to shop there. I want the freedom of running in and out of the first floor with the very convenient pocketbook-sized (so named because they fit in your pocket) paperbacks readily available. The new layout on your first floor is overflowing with the more expensive "trade paperback" books. They cost easily $5 more than pocketbooks. I don't want that size. Give me my now seemingly old-fashioned pocketbooks.

I generally don't have time to schlep to the 2nd floor to see what's hot in new paperbacks, so I'm shopping elsewhere. It's a shame. The old layout of the first floor B&N at Lincoln Center was great. They took a good thing and made it bad, IMO.

Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005


Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.

Elwood P. Dowd

Scott Miller   04-24-2006, 03:49 PM
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jimbow8 Wrote:I always liked B&N, but the one closest to where I used to live (Rockford, IL) was pretty crappy and in an awful location. So when I moved I started using Borders more. And Amazon.com online is like a juggernaut. But lately I've started noticing poor customer service at Borders, so I started going to B&N. The only problem is that Borders is bigger with a larger selection and has more "events."

How can any horror maven shop at a place that lumps horror in with the general fiction? Shame on B & N, although I do admit to receiving excellent service on the few occasions I've needed to use them.

Scott

Jesus died for your sins, get your money's worth. Chad Daniels
jimbow8   04-24-2006, 05:34 PM
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Scott Miller Wrote:How can any horror maven shop at a place that lumps horror in with the general fiction? Shame on B & N, although I do admit to receiving excellent service on the few occasions I've needed to use them.
I do find that kind of annoying, but I also find it annoying to have to look for FPW's books in 2-4 different sections (same with some other authors).

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Bluesman Mike Lindner   04-24-2006, 06:43 PM
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Maggers Wrote:I hate to say it Mike, but I'm boycotting your store. Since they revamped the first floor and now have only one measily stand with fewer than a handful of what you now call "mass market paperbacks," I refuse to shop there. I want the freedom of running in and out of the first floor with the very convenient pocketbook-sized (so named because they fit in your pocket) paperbacks readily available. The new layout on your first floor is overflowing with the more expensive "trade paperback" books. They cost easily $5 more than pocketbooks. I don't want that size. Give me my now seemingly old-fashioned pocketbooks.

I generally don't have time to schlep to the 2nd floor to see what's hot in new paperbacks, so I'm shopping elsewhere. It's a shame. The old layout of the first floor B&N at Lincoln Center was great. They took a good thing and made it bad, IMO.

I agree 100%, wonderful Maggers, but yo!--'twerent =mah idear!= Puh-puh-please come back...(sob!) You can even use my discount...
cobalt   04-24-2006, 09:28 PM
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Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:I agree 100%, wonderful Maggers, but yo!--'twerent =mah idear!= Puh-puh-please come back...(sob!) You can even use my discount...
Discount?............twitch..........twitch..........poor cobalt, she could use discount, yas she could..........twitch...twitch.......

EWMAN
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