musing about the passing of a used bookstore

A used bookstore in California closing after 75 years sold their building for 2.8 million

When I started buying and selling books 1993 full time,I scouted for a few years before that
( I will have to ask wife exactly when ) the late 80's I think. I was told buy your shop ,property building etc.

Sorry to take the glamor out of ( the books) but it is a business. the starting ,running ,selling and passing of the used bookstores are business decisions. A few mass great inventories and become famous.

The Amazing Fact that a person can make a living at all buying and selling books. From scraps of old ancient paper, early printings of Americana, Art books ,fine bindings etc.etc.etc. to classic paperback reprints,a thriller whether the thrill is death, murder ,romance or a story about anything. To sell the numerous books of all sorts ( All Books) is very encouraging.

I have a very expensive print,I bought at a estate sale of a book seller on a bridge or walk way in I think Paris with a wooden box and a string of other bookseller with there wooden boxes ,the lids open selling their books in their small part of the book selling world . Are they still doing that,possibly yes ,but is that the book selling world. Is it a piece of history . Is the used book store now a piece of history . I think there will always a used book store, a book fair, a street or flea market vendor ,a internet used book seller as long as people read , collect or want printed paper that is glued ,sewn or stapled together .

I mourn not the passing of any type of book selling but remember there will be sellers of books in some venue well beyond my life.

How long ( is it already starting) will it be before someone crys when it is no longer possible for a person to pay for the mortgage by selling books out of his house with a garage or added room or a bedroom full of books.

I think of being a bookseller as being an doctor, an artist, or any profession that is determined by one person skills. Some build an large industry around their skill and some make a good living , while some fall by the wayside.

just ramblings better go to work
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