Goodbye, Thambi: Iconic Holland Village magazine store to close after over 80 years

Goodbye, Thambi: Iconic Holland Village magazine store to close after over 80 years

” PRINT IS DEAD, BUT PRINT IS DYING”

The plan had worked. Sam occasionally notices users engrossed in a publication or two and is certain that he made the right decision.

Some of his most well-known clients over the years have been officials who are “quietly deep in thought,” he smiled. ” Sometimes I scratch my head and believe I’ve met this guy somewhere. When I approach and speak with them, I get questions about how things are going.”

The recent affairs enthusiasts, who counts The Scholar as his all- moment favorite magazine, usually feels like he is “flying” when he sees these people figures at his store.

And for the wondering, their chosen writing tends to be about current interests and vehicles, Sam shared.

Additionally, there are clients who have family people who are prisoners. They go to his store to purchase books for their imprisoned loved people, he said.

” I get a completely different picture of what life is because there are ( customers at ) both ends of the spectrum.” It’s a learning quest for me”.

He does n’t believe print will ever be completely gone, despite overhearding younger customers ‘ surprise that magazines were still around.

” Write is dying, but printing is not dying. It’s going to be a U- change”, he said.