That’s it. I am getting the Android phone.
The big strength indie bookstores have is specialization. There’s a mystery bookstore near my place, that’s all they sell, mystery and semi-mystery. Which is really great if you get into a series because they have them all, the bigs tend to have the first of every series and the latest, but everything between 1 and N they don’t have the shelf space for. A specialized store though has the space, they can go ahead and stock the entire Alex Cross series because they don’t have to dedicate any room to Xanth, let the SF specialized store carry all the Xanth and ignore Cross.
I love indie bookstores. I love used bookstores. There are still a couple around where I live and I try to support them unless their prices are outrageous compared to the bigger booksellers. If there’s only a few dollars difference I go with the indie and used bookstores.
One last thing, I’m all for progress and all that stuff but I hate the Kindle!!! Give me a good ole book any day of the week. I want some paper to thumb through not a digital display!!