Bookstore or Library?
The family spent a few hours at Borders checking out the new books. While we were there we grabbed a few interesting books and magazines. We sat at the coffee shop inside the bookstore. I was surprised to find couches there. Instead of hard chairs and tables to invite people to keep their stay short, they have made it comfortable to enjoy and rest.
So, we decided to rest there and browse through our books. While the kids were enjoying their drinks and checking out books, I started to look around. There were several people just relaxing and doing the same. However, there were a few tables where people have brought their laptops and either studying or researching something. They were serious about their work. It reminded me of students in a library.
Bookstores have changed over the years, and they seem to be catering to this crowd as well. With coffee shops and provision of wireless, it is a great setting to study as well. Don’t want to spill anything or get crumbs over the books, especially if you are not getting it, but it’s better than be stuffy in a library where no food or drinks are allowed.
They just need to include the ability to download books, music, and/or any other resources… wait, the wireless provides for that as well. So why haven’t libraries caught on in providing such services? Ah yes, they want to preserve the conditions of their books. Well, with Google and other companies eager to digitize books, libraries better be quick to change their model or become extinct and only appear in history e-books.
With Google and Amazon Kindle, do you think e-books has a serious future? If so, what is the future for libraries?
We have three generations living in our household with Jesus at the helm. Both set of parents were the first to move to the States in hopes to find the promise of better opportunities. They have lived through the Korean war and had to endure the hardship of adapting to a new country, lifestyle, and custom. It has also been an experience growing up in the US while our parents were learning how to raise their children here in America. My wife and I, as with many (Korean) Americans, had struggled to find our identities. We have been fortunate enough to find our identity through Jesus. We now have children and raising our two precious gifts from God as best we can. As we walk through life together, we uncover hope in many places, especially when we search His Words. We have learned from many others as well. We all have a story to tell and experiences to share, especially to hold each other up. We hope you will join us in sharing the truth and hope to one another. 
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