bkellyusa Loc: Nashville, TN

Thanks for sending this link. I looked at it. I am going to try it.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

This is for a long weekend's reading. A treasure trove of info. Thank you Kuzano.

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

For a broad exposure I recommend "Varieties of Visual Experience" by Edmund Burke Feldman.

http://www.amazon.com/Varieties-Visual-Experience-Edmund-Feldman/dp/0139534490

texaseve Loc: TX, NC and NH

You are welcome! We love to hang out at Barnes & Noble. Some towns I see very few there.... however, in San Antonio people are waiting to sit down with computers and books, family and friends to "relax" a while.

bkellyusa Loc: Nashville, TN

Unfortunately, large, sophisticated bookstores have diminished with the internet which for me is a shame since I really like books. These days you can sit at home and order almost anything much better. They're definitely a value in their own way but for me e-books are no fun to own.

My biggest problem is I live outside of Nashville and from where I live the nearest (probably the only) Barnes & Noble is over an hour away.

I'll be there this weekend though.

James R. Kyle Loc: Saint Louis, Missouri (A Suburb of Ferguson)

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I have not been in a "Brick & Mortar" book store in over two years.. I use to go twice a week... "Border's" Closed....

I get the bulk of my books - and books for students USED from:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0139534490/ref=tmm_pap_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=&sr=

Try these out to help the budget.

texaseve Loc: TX, NC and NH

Well..... take your camera with you and start looking for shots. My nearest Barnes & Noble is also a jaunt for me (in NC presently), however, I always get in my car and go look at the countryside early and late in the day.

brucewells Loc: Central Kentucky

Great thread!!

dickwilber Loc: Indiana (currently)

A couple decades ago, one of the photographers in our camera club was jazz drummer Glenn Davis, who worked with pianist Marian McPartland, among others. After one club outing I was reviewing some of the resulting prints; one was Glenn's of a beach area, an unassuming area I had been over and not seen a picture (not unusual), a photo of low dunes with beach grass, of undulating sand waves. "Damn," I thought, "the drummer's picture has rhythm!"

I always new that all the visual arts translated well into photography, but I then learned all arts work the same way!

bkellyusa Loc: Nashville, TN

Well, I got excited by your comments about shopping in Barnes & Noble and today while my best photography buddy and I were out doing something unrelated we decided to go to Barnes & Noble on the way home. When we got there we went and had coffee and then went to the Photography and Arts section. Wow, what a surprise that was They had maybe 6 to 8 times more titles than I had ever seen come up on any and all of my extensive searches on Amazon.com. It was somewhat of a shock to find out how many titles were in print and readily available. I love to shop at Amazon.con due to the reviews but tonight I saw that there is nothing that beats actually holding the book in your hands and checking it out personally.

The best news if you like these traditional bookstores is that this particular Barnes & Noble had closed several years ago, cleaned up and turned the lights out. I was surprised to see that it had re-opened and was obviously prospering again. We wound up being there longer than we expected and had to leave early but agreed to go to a larger Barnes & Noble over the weekend and do it all over again.

Thanks again for encouraging me to get out to a real bookstore and check out the books in person. It was a great idea.

ricardo7 Loc: Washington, DC - Santiago, Chile

You still need to be very discriminating when trying to see good photography at book stores. I remember that a big seller at B&N was Anne Geddes and that photography is pure dreck.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

It may be dreck, but it's economically compelling dreck! Lots of folks swoon over that stuff. Geddes is very successful. If you want to sell your work, it is helpful to know what sells.

Star Wars is crap and fluff by some standards, but I loved it!

I also like your footer quote from Mencken.

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

I believe you can choose a random sentence from Mencken and have a very useful quote.

Kuzano

Thanks dpullum.

I've had this link in my archive for years. I've posted it here quite a few times, on threads like this. First feedback I've had on it. I appreciate your comments.

Kuzano

Barnes and Noble has more titles in photography and fine art, and then also in the photography section near the computer books, than any other Brick and Mortar store I have ever visited, and I'm a real book store kind of person.

In Portland Oregon there is a whole city block that is a used book store, I mean huge. I used to hang out there for hours on many days back when I was in college (the Sixties)

For some real inventory, and old well cared for books, it is a gold mine. If you ever go to Portland don't miss Powells Books downtown.

Presuming it's still there. The only thing they don't have (that I know of) is a shower for extended visits.
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