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How literate is Atlanta?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta has fallen in a ranking of America’s most literate cities, but it’s still in the top 10, according to a recent report. The report says the city is No. 8 overall, down from No. 3 last year.
The report, from Central Connecticut State University, compiles a lot of statistics, like number of bricks-and-mortar bookstores, ordering books online, and library usage. Apparently, Atlanta is surging in Internet usage (including reading ajc.com and using online stores like amazon.com) but supposedly the number of real bookstores is declining. The figures are for City of Atlanta only.
Does this reflect your life? Are you going to real bookstores less and buying online more? Why or why not?
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By Matt
December 31, 2007 1:27 PM | Link to this
I almost never buy anything online, books or otherwise. I just don’t like giving my payment information over something as tenuous as an Internet connection. And I usually go to Barnes & Noble every two to three weeks.
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By margaret
December 31, 2007 4:07 PM | Link to this
there’s just no pleasure in shopping online. I’ll do it when I need a book for a book club and I can’t find it in a real store, but I’d much rather have the experience of the unpredictable inventory of a real store.
By Linda Boyd
January 12, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this
I am a bookstore person, when I go to the mall, I have to stop at the bookstore, regardless if I make a purchase or not. I purchase from the bookstore on a weekly basis. I go to Borders, Waldenbooks in the malls and Barnes and Noble.
By RIF
January 13, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this
Linda Boyd, I think I saw you at a Borders once, or maybe it was a Barnes and Nobles. Anyway, I noticed you perusing the best sellers, taking each one and opening it, and dog-earing pages and getting french fry oil on the pages, and spilling latte on the cover and underlining favorite passages with yellow magic marker. I mean, hey! Buy the book first, then “read” it. I’ve seen less book damage at a Nazi Book Burning Party in Nurenberg in 1933.