Comments on: Infinite bookstore video http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 16:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-504578 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504578 Ahhhh 'The Church' Ahhhh ‘The Church’

]]> By: Dave Rattigan http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-504595 Dave Rattigan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504595 This place reminds me of <a href="http://www.bookspenticton.com">The Bookshop</a> in Penticton, BC. Spent many happy hours there. This place reminds me of The Bookshop in Penticton, BC. Spent many happy hours there.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-504602 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504602 meh. Powell's is better by far. meh. Powell’s is better by far.

]]> By: smammers http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-504859 smammers Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504859 I've been there! It's overwhelmingly huge. The aisles are also super tall and narrow, making it feel really claustrophobic. You totally feel like you're in an underground book cave, which is awesome. The only thing I didn't like was that they had a really weird pricing scheme for used books -- it seemed to be based on the list price, and most were 50% off, while some in like-new condition were only 10-20% off. I’ve been there! It’s overwhelmingly huge. The aisles are also super tall and narrow, making it feel really claustrophobic. You totally feel like you’re in an underground book cave, which is awesome.

The only thing I didn’t like was that they had a really weird pricing scheme for used books — it seemed to be based on the list price, and most were 50% off, while some in like-new condition were only 10-20% off.

]]> By: planettom http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-504620 planettom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504620 in German Village in Columbus, Ohio, there's a bookshop, The Book Loft, which isn't on this scale in size, but manages to be a pretty good maze that the bookbrowser may want to leave a trail of breadcrumbs as they explore.... in German Village in Columbus, Ohio, there’s a bookshop, The Book Loft, which isn’t on this scale in size, but manages to be a pretty good maze that the bookbrowser may want to leave a trail of breadcrumbs as they explore….

]]> By: avocadotoe http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-504878 avocadotoe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504878 It all makes perfect sense in L-space. It all makes perfect sense in L-space.

]]> By: pahool http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-505142 pahool Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505142 For any bookstore aficionados who haven't seen it yet, here's a nifty little documentary about the Shakespeare and Company Bookstore in Paris: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5574284408427118756 For any bookstore aficionados who haven’t seen it yet, here’s a nifty little documentary about the Shakespeare and Company Bookstore in Paris:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5574284408427118756

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-504647 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504647 The annex was added some time ago with no fanfare. I discovered it, some months later, when lost in nonfiction, a land unfamiliar. The bookmine. You will leave exhausted. JAX The annex was added some time ago with no fanfare. I discovered it, some months later, when lost in nonfiction, a land unfamiliar.
The bookmine. You will leave exhausted.
JAX

]]> By: thequickbrownfox http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-504651 thequickbrownfox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504651 In George St. Sydney back in the '70s/'80s there was Gould's Book Store. 5 or 6 flights of ramshackle book, comic and [vinyl] record miscellanea. Not 5 or 6 floors, mind you, apart from the ground floor there were ascending levels and stairs with every vacant area of wall and ceiling space covered in posters, not so much posters of rock stars or movie posters but more like the visual counterpart of what we now use as computer wallpaper. It was the place where I discovered R.Crumb and Frank Zappa. In George St. Sydney back in the ’70s/’80s there was Gould’s Book Store.

5 or 6 flights of ramshackle book, comic and [vinyl] record miscellanea.

Not 5 or 6 floors, mind you, apart from the ground floor there were ascending levels and stairs with every vacant area of wall and ceiling space covered in posters, not so much posters of rock stars or movie posters but more like the visual counterpart of what we now use as computer wallpaper.

It was the place where I discovered R.Crumb and Frank Zappa.

]]> By: Variable Rush http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-504652 Variable Rush Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504652 I live in Jacksonville, FL and have heard of this bookstore and how awesome it is. Though I have never been there. I think I will go there when school lets out next week. I live in Jacksonville, FL and have heard of this bookstore and how awesome it is. Though I have never been there. I think I will go there when school lets out next week.

]]> By: fluff http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-505676 fluff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505676 That is just awesome; can anyone provide me with the exact adress or url of that place? I will fly over the ocean, order a container an remain for at least two weeks in this store. From opening to closing time. I have to be there and I will buy anything my heart ever desired. <!-- raphael@funfschilling.ch --> That is just awesome; can anyone provide me with the exact adress or url of that place?
I will fly over the ocean, order a container an remain for at least two weeks in this store. From opening to closing time. I have to be there and I will buy anything my heart ever desired.

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-504917 grimc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504917 Chamblin = 15,000 sq ft. Powells = 68,000 sq ft. Chamblin = 15,000 sq ft.

Powells = 68,000 sq ft.

]]> By: macisaguy http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-505178 macisaguy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505178 One simple pleasure in my life is that I live within a mile of Chamblin's (who've also opened up a space downtown for those who weren't aware.) It's overwhelming at first...but after numerous visits...it's one of the most comforting, easy-to-find-your-way-around places on God's green earth. No coffee, no snob employees, no carpet and no comfy reading chairs....it's perfect. One simple pleasure in my life is that I live within a mile of Chamblin’s (who’ve also opened up a space downtown for those who weren’t aware.)

It’s overwhelming at first…but after numerous visits…it’s one of the most comforting, easy-to-find-your-way-around places on God’s green earth.

No coffee, no snob employees, no carpet and no comfy reading chairs….it’s perfect.

]]> By: snakedart http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-505196 snakedart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505196 Register my vote for Powell's. This place would fit inside the ground floor. And there are three floors above that. Register my vote for Powell’s. This place would fit inside the ground floor.

And there are three floors above that.

]]> By: MrScience http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-504946 MrScience Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504946 I too came to post about Powells, in Portland Oregon... though I'll provide some links. :) <a href="http://www.powells.com/pdf/burnside_map_sep2006.pdf">PDF map of rooms</a>, allowing safe traversal. Sped up <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvDxKILa5s8">video</a>, walking through Powells. And, of course, their <a href="http://www.powells.com/info/storeinformation.html">website</a>. I too came to post about Powells, in Portland Oregon… though I’ll provide some links. :)

PDF map of rooms, allowing safe traversal.
Sped up video, walking through Powells.
And, of course, their website.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-505984 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505984 #28 ok FLUFF After you land in Jax and get your rental drive south on 95 till you get to I-10west (Exit right) move to the left lane exit to Roosevelt (exit left) follow Roosevelt till you get to the mall (on left) and turn left at the last light before the bridge. Immediate right before the bank and there you are. I lived in Jax for 40 years and spent many a day wandering chamblins. When they were at hershell john made the book racks moterized so that they rolled vetically and doubled the space per book rack. #28

ok FLUFF
After you land in Jax and get your rental drive south on 95 till you get to I-10west (Exit right)
move to the left lane exit to Roosevelt (exit left)
follow Roosevelt till you get to the mall (on left)
and turn left at the last light before the bridge.
Immediate right before the bank and there you are.
I lived in Jax for 40 years and spent many a day wandering chamblins. When they were at hershell john made the book racks moterized so that they rolled vetically and doubled the space per book rack.

]]> By: benjymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-504709 benjymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504709 Oddly this looks almost identical inside to the <a href="http://www.haycinemabookshop.co.uk/">Hay Cinema Bookshop</a> (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gbarr/3567181334/">photos</a>) - this too seems to go on forever... ...unless they're actually just two different entrances into the <b>same</b> infinite bookshop... Oddly this looks almost identical inside to the Hay Cinema Bookshop (photos) – this too seems to go on forever…

…unless they’re actually just two different entrances into the same infinite bookshop…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-504972 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504972 Chamblin's is a fantastic bookstore, with an excellent SF selection, and any other genre you can think of. The first time I went there, a few years ago they were in the process of expanding into a second building next door, which it is now connected to. One thing they do there is to stack paperbacks sideways, which makes it much easier to read titles -no awkward bending over. I've haven't seen another bookstore do that. I grew up a few blocks from where they are, if they had existed back then I'd have paid them for a summer job! JamesPadraicR Chamblin’s is a fantastic bookstore, with an excellent SF selection, and any other genre you can think of. The first time I went there, a few years ago they were in the process of expanding into a second building next door, which it is now connected to.

One thing they do there is to stack paperbacks sideways, which makes it much easier to read titles -no awkward bending over. I’ve haven’t seen another bookstore do that.

I grew up a few blocks from where they are, if they had existed back then I’d have paid them for a summer job!

JamesPadraicR

]]> By: mhains http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-504732 mhains Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504732 Jeez, man, learn how to speak into a microphone without popping it. Jeez, man, learn how to speak into a microphone without popping it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-505250 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505250 We get it. Powell's is better. Thank you Portland. This place is still pretty darn cool. We get it. Powell’s is better. Thank you Portland. This place is still pretty darn cool.

]]> By: hiyayaywhopee http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-504493 hiyayaywhopee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504493 House of Leaves references? I need to read that book again. And I'd love to visit that bookstore. I'm not even a bibliophile. I just sort of want to wander. House of Leaves references? I need to read that book again. And I’d love to visit that bookstore. I’m not even a bibliophile. I just sort of want to wander.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-504508 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504508 no orangutan? no orangutan?

]]> By: zikman http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-504521 zikman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504521 oh man, that's a huge book store. I've recently been volunteering at my campus library during my empty summer hours. they have an overwhelming number of books to shelve and reshelve now that the semester is over. I've been there countless hours these past few weeks, also getting lost among the seemingly endless shelves... it's gotten me to read more too lately (natch). I visited the local used book store a few blocks from my apartment and even asked them if they needed help with anything. the place is pretty small though, compared to the one in the video. oh man, that’s a huge book store. I’ve recently been volunteering at my campus library during my empty summer hours. they have an overwhelming number of books to shelve and reshelve now that the semester is over. I’ve been there countless hours these past few weeks, also getting lost among the seemingly endless shelves…
it’s gotten me to read more too lately (natch). I visited the local used book store a few blocks from my apartment and even asked them if they needed help with anything. the place is pretty small though, compared to the one in the video.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-505034 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505034 Eh, The Owl's Nest in Fredericton, NB is better. It's not as big, but it features a rolling ladder and a cat named Pepper who roams the store. Eh, The Owl’s Nest in Fredericton, NB is better. It’s not as big, but it features a rolling ladder and a cat named Pepper who roams the store.

]]> By: saragorn http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-505292 saragorn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505292 Yeah, Powell's always wins the contest for "ridiculously large and multi-faceted" bookstores. Sorry, but true. But praise should be given to any bookstore that thrives, none the less! Yeah, Powell’s always wins the contest for “ridiculously large and multi-faceted” bookstores. Sorry, but true. But praise should be given to any bookstore that thrives, none the less!

]]> By: Suzanne http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-504547 Suzanne Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504547 Ah, Chamblin's!! I used to wander those corridors as a kid. In fact, I still do when I visit my parents, who live just outside of Jacksonville, FL. Great bookstore. I never come away empty-handed. Ah, Chamblin’s!! I used to wander those corridors as a kid. In fact, I still do when I visit my parents, who live just outside of Jacksonville, FL.

Great bookstore. I never come away empty-handed.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-504815 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504815 Agreed. As a native Portland resident, I have to put in a plug for Powell's "City of Books". An entire city block, with multiple floors, and floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. And that fits in a city block only because in the early 90s they removed the Technical books to another half-block (but single floor) building a few blocks away. Agreed. As a native Portland resident, I have to put in a plug for Powell’s “City of Books”. An entire city block, with multiple floors, and floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. And that fits in a city block only because in the early 90s they removed the Technical books to another half-block (but single floor) building a few blocks away.

]]> By: Master Mahan http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-504561 Master Mahan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-504561 Neat. Very Library of Babel. Neat. Very Library of Babel.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/27/infinite-bookstore-v.html#comment-505335 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505335 Chamblin's prices are way better than Powells. I left Chamblins with a box of great books. I left Powell's wondering why used books were so pricey. Chamblin’s prices are way better than Powells. I left Chamblins with a box of great books. I left Powell’s wondering why used books were so pricey.

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