Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

tomterm8

I doubt ebooks are going to be an exit route out of a book stall any time soon.

Reason being, small independant bookshops and stores are doing wildly good business, they are doing better than ever in the states...

It's contrary to myth, but there you are. Ebooks are a major threat to book warehouse type stores, but indie bookshops are doing better, and after a rocky two years (where we are now in the uk) paper books are increasing in sales again...

N.b. at the moment, with print on demand, it really is no more expensive to print a book with a hundred pictures than one.

lostinrates

tomterm8 wrote: »

I doubt ebooks are going to be an exit route out of a book stall any time soon.

Reason being, small independant bookshops and stores are doing wildly good business, they are doing better than ever in the states...

It's contrary to myth, but there you are. Ebooks are a major threat to book warehouse type stores, but indie bookshops are doing better.

N.b. at the moment, with print on demand, it really is no more expensive to print a book with a hundred pictures than one.

I would hate a world without real books. You were right though tomterm, the e books are great, but they are kinda soulless. I prefer a book.
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tomterm8

There isn't going to be a world without paper books, LIR. As long as you want to buy them, you will be able to.

Spirit_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

Is that a village/charity one? Or do you run an actual market stall as a business somewhere/sometimes? Never knew that.

It is the village fete. We have been doing this for about 15 years , but it is only once a year:D

PasturesNew

I am always gobsmacked at [a] how expensive books are in charity shops how many chef/celeb cookery books end up in charity shops so quickly [c] how no charity shops have old/interesting books in them.

And not just books - clothes can be ridiculously priced in most of them too.

LydiaJ

lostinrates wrote: »

Dh has a crazy turquoise and gold embroidered dressing gown which is fab in summer (or a warm house) it looks crazily eccentric, but it also looks amazing. But he loves dressing gowns. I have one nice light summer one. But towelling ones are just horrid. The look horrid and they rarely get washed enough. My mother bought be one this winter thats actually the best io have ever had (or maybe its just the coldest i have ever beeen:rotfl:. its sort of fleece) Sadly dh loves dressing gowns and they do seem to stay done up on him. But I cannot stand seeing them with the wrong ties. I just suggested if he's buttering me up for later he might want to change....and he is in pj trousers now.

Fleece is definitely the best fabric for a warm dressing gown. DD and I both have them. DS doesn't do dressing gowns any more.

PasturesNew

I think what might work well, except aesthetically, would be a big nightie with fairly loose elastic round the ankle area, so you can stand/walk, but when you curl up on the sofa the material stays close to your ankles.

tomterm8

I think almost as far back as I remember the UK has been a rip off - for example, in the 80's you looked at the back of a book selling for $4 in the states, and the price of the book was £4.. the exchange rate was $2:£1.

Not sure if it is benefits, tbh, since europe has its own welfare states.

Think they just charge what they can get away with.

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

I think what might work well, except aesthetically, would be a big nightie with fairly loose elastic round the ankle area, so you can stand/walk, but when you curl up on the sofa the material stays close to your ankles.

According to MIL, all her babies had them for nightwear.

Dh always mixes up his dressing gown ties and it makes me irrationally disturbed.

Then he has too many. If he only had one there would be nothing to mix up.

The men here have one each in navy blue toweling, the belt is held by loops each side and never strays.

I have one summer and one winter; belts also stay in place.

silvercar

PN wrote:

A study of Ikea prices showed that the UK are paying a lot more than many other EU countries for the same stuff ... and they said "benefits guarantee a certain level of income, meaning retailers can get away with charging more in Britain."

Not true in Israel, IKEA is far more expensive there, much to my annoyance. Maybe it is us furreners forcing the price up?