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Re: Do USA bookstores look like this nowadays?

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rbowman <bowman@montana.com> writes:

> The Barnes & Noble brick and mortar store used to have several full rows 
> of programming books. I went in a month ago and found the programming 
> books were in one small section about 3' wide.
Same here. I like the feel of actual books. Something about the pages
spread out before me seems more appealing than keeping a terminal with
Most open and my program in another (or in Emacs, etc). Back in the day,
there were many sections. Today there's just a small spot. I'd imagine
most people are getting their computer science information online rather
than buy expensive books.

My Java book is around $50+, the PHP/MySQL one $50 also. The Stephen
Longo DECSYSTEM-20 assembler scanned-in PDF has a sticker on the front:
$.99 (yes, a decimal point, so probably 99 cents although the left side
of the sticker is smudged as the book was likely used before it was
scanned in). I have a hardcover dictionary: much less fluff in there
when I really need to look up a word versus online. 

The "for dummies" series was pretty popular for awhile. Last time I
checked the physical store, there were only a couple books about games
in Python, something non-trivial to do with C, and maybe a few about
specific applications in the Microsoft orbit.

We live in a time of information overload. What a time to be alive.

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