COMMUNITY
BOOK LOVERS
REJOICE
BY ELLEN GILLETTE
You have choices locally when it comes
to getting those hardbound or paperback
copies in your hands
Entrepreneur Osman Rashid predicted, “By 2025,
we can expect the world to be completely digital.
Paper books will be a thing of the past.” Many
book lovers would shout, “Nonsense!” Getting rid
of libraries and bookstores would be, to them, as ridiculous
and culturally catastrophic as settling for poster prints of
masterpieces instead of viewing originals in museums.
Book lovers, or “bibliophiles,” face challenges in Port St.
Lucie. While the St. Lucie County library system features four
branches in the city, borrowing books doesn’t always meet a
book lover’s needs. Other than traveling or ordering online,
there haven’t been many options.
One staple has been The Book Exchange, 8719 South U.S.
1, the go-to place for used books for 23 years. Owner Mary >>
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ELLEN GILLETTE PHOTOS
First-time customer John Hilkene peruses the varied used book selections at The Book Exchange before selecting a John Jakes novel.