On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 20:14:48 GMT, Robert Harmon
<r_h_harmon RemoveThis @Zhotmail.com> wrote:
>There used to be a great book store called Shorey's (sp) on 1st Ave that
>moved to the new wing of the Pike Place Market. I hope it's still in
>business; it was one of the best in the NW.
No, the demise of Shorey's is one of the great (but saddest) stories
in NW book lore. They operated right up to the end as though they had
no competition. What this means in a nutshell, was insultingly low
offers to estates, refusal to go pick up stock from same, and
completely ignoring the Internet until their last of operation. It was
bad enough that I could memorize where each book in the fiction
section was and return a month later to find that NOTHING had been
moved.
It's unfortunate, but Shorey's started to decline three decades ago
and the last ten years were spent as a quaint ghost of what it had
been. I still have fond memories of their downtown location and as a
child actually looking forward to going to the dentist as that meant a
trip to Shorey's as long as were downtown and $2 whole dollars to
spend on books.
The difference being that 35 years ago I could
walk in to Shorey's with $2 and come out with a hardcover or half a
dozen paperbacks that were of interest, whereas five years ago I could
walk in with $200 desperately wanting to buy something and leave empty
handed.
Cheers,
John
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