In a newspaper story about the Borders bankruptcy and imminent closure of all of the chain's stores, I found this oddball account of the way things are:
"Perhaps a Borders liquidation would hurt the consumer most. Tanya Ellis, 42, of Southfield, Mich., said the closings are 'horrible.' She said she and a friend would stop at a nearby Starbucks, then visit the Borders store in Beverly Hills, Mich., and browse for about an hour.
'So where are we going to buy books from? I just got into reading books the last two or three years, and they just keep closing all these bookstores,' she said, adding that electronic readers aren't an option for her. 'It takes all the fun out of it.'"
Sounds like Beverly Hills, Mich. could use an independent bookseller and Tanya needs to get hip to Amazon and Lulu, where all of Round Bend's titles await the hungry reader.
I agree with her regarding e-books, however. They're no fun at all. A cold impersonal piece of plastic encasing that doesn't have that new book smell and feels uncomfortable in your back pocket.
How a 42 year-old "just got into reading books" shall forever remain a mystery. I hope her Starbucks doesn't fail. She'd have a major existential crisis on her hands.
TS
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