BOOKS

The new generation definitely has a short attention span.  You can tell then you are talking even on the phone to one about a listing, they want information NOW, not 2 seconds from now, NOW. Unfortunately books may be another casualty of the internet.

HI Dalia,

Nice to read a post by a fellow bookworm! I think bookworms have always been a minority. Hard to know what will happen down the road.  It's depressing enough to think about newspapers.

I've been doing my part supporting the book industry.  Ever since I got into real estate and became accustomed to getting paid in irregular big chunks rather than smaller weekly amounts I became a "big bag shopper" at the bookstores.  For years I couldn't get out of there without multiple bags full.  I'm a danger in a bookstore.  I used to have a "new acquisitions" section on the coffee table, then it became a shelf, then a bookcase full.  Now they're just piled up around the house in every room. That's happiness in my world!

I once saw a poster of a naked woman standing in a book strewn room. The caption was a quotation that went something like "When I get money I buy books.  If there's any left over I buy food and clothes".  I can relate!

I imagine the publishing world will feel the pinch as everybody - including me - cuts back.  It's really quite something - so many businesses of all types aren't able to survive this downturn. You have to wonder what the landscape will look like when it's over.  Humph.

Liz