{"id":2746,"date":"2013-06-14T17:08:22","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T22:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2746"},"modified":"2013-06-14T17:08:22","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T22:08:22","slug":"bookstores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2013\/06\/14\/bookstores","title":{"rendered":"Bookstores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/byte\/120271201\/\" title=\"Book vendor by byte, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/56\/120271201_261e362f25_n.jpg?resize=320%2C213\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" alt=\"Book vendor\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/a>I&#8217;ve lamented the fact that there are very few stores in downtown San Francisco that I care about. The closure of bookstores, music stores, tech shops, etc. has been quite annoying to a frequent visitor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Today after lunch I took a different path back and stumbled upon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexanderbook.com\/\">Alexander Book Co<\/a>, on 2nd Street (between Market &amp; Mission). I immediately went in. I saw a book that I liked, and the first thing I did? I whipped out my phone and checked it on Amazon. It was about USD$3 cheaper online.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then I remembered that we have to support these indie retailers that are taking the trouble to still run a bricks &amp; mortar store. I put my phone away and continued to find more interesting books, magazines, papers and more.<\/p>\n<p>After browsing three floors, I walked out with many dead tree print items. I felt good. I know I spent more than if I had gotten it from Amazon, but I also know I would have never bought any of those items because I would have never discovered it online.<\/p>\n<p>You can&#8217;t beat a physical space for discovery.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Bookstores&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2013%2F06%2F14%2Fbookstores&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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