Random nonsense - weird questions

Philly_Q

Funkfingers said:

How many books have tested positive?

Well, there were a few:

• How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
• Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
• Don't Sweat the Small Stuff...
• Think and Grow Rich
• The Power of Positive Thinking
• How to Win Friends and Influence People

boogieman

Re Borders and Waterstones. Amazon, and to some extent the supermarket selling bestsellers, have killed off a lot of book shops by slashing their prices. Now Amazon have been slowly cranking their prices up.... they always seemed to price new release hardbacks at £10 or less, now it’s more likely to be much more. 

Must admit I stopped using our local library a long time back. 

Dominic

The Bodleian at Oxford is something incredibly special ........over 13 million books ,ancient manuscripts and a very special smell that reminds me of student days -incredible how the olfactory senses can be so evocative.
This is one of the oldest libraries in Europe.

Philly_Q

boogieman said:

Re Borders and Waterstones. Amazon, and to some extent the supermarket selling bestsellers, have killed off a lot of book shops by slashing their prices. Now Amazon have been slowly cranking their prices up.... they always seemed to price new release hardbacks at £10 or less, now it’s more likely to be much more. 

Must admit I stopped using our local library a long time back. 

As I've said before (too many times, probably), Amazon are so big now, they have a virtual monopoly - on books, music, DVD/Blu-ray, many other things.  No need to keep prices down, no need to have quite the customer service they used to.

sev112

Foyles in Charing Cross Rd before they modernised it a decade or so back.  You could get lost in there and never be found agaun