tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922320048790557530.post6697744121218030122..comments2024-01-31T04:31:36.440-05:00Comments on moreFRONT: Cantos Booksellers on the Sale BlockmoreFRONThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350600751587766930noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922320048790557530.post-63205564054256425082010-07-04T23:29:11.276-04:002010-07-04T23:29:11.276-04:00When I first went in there, it was years ago when ...When I first went in there, it was years ago when Clark must've owned it, and I had pleasant visits. <br /><br />But when Procopio moved in, it changed. My personal experience was almost carbon copy of the others--having books taken out of my hand, etc.--except she bordered on ranting about how Barnes and Noble have "taught people it's acceptable to read the books." But what I heard her say to someone else was the worst. I heard Propcopio talking to a man and his teenage daughter at the front counter. The girl quietly but eagerly revealed she wanted to be a writer, and Procopio immediately proceeded to tell her every negative thing she could about being a writer--about how discouraging it was, how the girl shouldn't expect to ever be published, how she'd never make any money at it, all of that. The girl would speak up and say she just wanted to write because she loves it, and Procopio would come up with something else to shoot her down. What a horrible thing to do to that young lady. I can't imagine that woman having an speck of love for the written word. Perhaps she should've bought a china shop instead?<br /><br />I feel sorry for Roanoke that what was once a great bookstore got run into the ground by her, and sorry for Clark that what he built wound up in such hands. I'm just grateful we still have Ram's Head, and I hope they'll be with us a long time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922320048790557530.post-62957077997867006372010-06-02T15:30:30.845-04:002010-06-02T15:30:30.845-04:00i was walking past cantos with a friend on sunday,...i was walking past cantos with a friend on sunday, talking about my plan to organize a flash mob to go in there and stand around touching the books, and then we discovered it was closing. man, finally. that that's what became of rob's beautiful store is heartbreaking.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17839502646449182414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3922320048790557530.post-17236125210491990462010-06-02T14:59:25.324-04:002010-06-02T14:59:25.324-04:00I wondered how much longer she would be around aft...I wondered how much longer she would be around after reading those complaints a few months ago. I never had that experience while in there but the tales were entertaining.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14482723497287290855noreply@blogger.com