Once you've been to some of the real local bookstores here in IRC and basically anywhere throughout the world, places like Books-A-Million are just gross and uncomfortable. The people working there have no interest in reading, books, or the literary scene, they're utterly dispassionate and can't help you find anything that's not on their READ THIS CUZ THE ALGORITHM TOLD US ITS POPULAR shelf. There's never anything unique or interesting on the shelves, just the same basic junk that's plastered everywhere else, and at $17.99+ for a paperback or $35 for a hardcover these days, who would want a second mortgage just to read a new remake of 50 Shades of Grey from the point of view of the whip or Harry Potter from the perspective of the Sorting Hat. read more