/lit/ - Literature

No, stealing books is wrong. That never stopped me though.

>>11013600
Only if you believe in the categorical imperative.

Yeah, property is a spook.

It's wrong if it's an independent bookstore that's actually hurt by the loss. Unless the people working at the bookstore can then steal the resources they would get with the money from the book, like food and shelter. But then, maybe if they supplied the books for you to take for free, and you supplied the food and/or shelter for them, and everybody worked to simply support the community, with the knowledge that the resources of the community would be divided between everyone equitably...

>>11013608
I am not brave enough, i need advices

>>11013630
Alright Marx it's enough, you must leave

I steal used books. I don't care if it's wrong, it's mine now.

>>11013663
I am tempted to do it. But i don't know, i have never steal anything in my whole life. But I really want that book

property is a meme

There is nothing morally wrong about stealing from Barns and Nobles.

>>11013600
cool question Abbie Hoffman

>>11013617
Force isn't though

not if from stores,

yes if from library.

>>11013600
no but its okay to copy them

>>11013600
very good pic choice

>>11013831
thank you sir

>>11013630
pretty spooky ghost story you got there

>>11013801
came here to post a variation of this

>>11013600
how poor are you that you need to steal books?

I have a copy of both Open Veins of Latin America and some book on late Victorian US navel policy I stole from my old university library.

Feel kinda bad. Maybe I'll return them one day.

>>11014390
naval**

correcting it so I don't get called out by you autistic FUCKS

>>11013600
Yes it is

>>11013852
giving money to organizations that publish the books i'm interested in allows them to continue publishing future books, following my tastes because they're incentivized to
those who steal books, particularly niche titles (because major works like the bible won't go out of print, nor will a future better bible be produced despite of my willingness to pay for one) act against their interests

>>11013600
Stealing anything is wrong, just pirate the eBook, and buy a physical copy when you have the money if you actually enjoy it

>>11014605
Also when you buy it, support one of your local book stores, and not behemoths like barnes and nobles, please.

>>11014608
he hate the barnes and noble

>>11013600
>Is it okay to steal books?
Not when we can now get PDF books for free with a single google search. Buy an iPad and read free PDF books. You can even annotate and edit them.

With this method you can get a book the second you want it and start reading seconds later. Plus you can get thousands and thousands instantly. With stealing you'll only ever get a few at a clip tops. Then you don't need to go out and plan a heist every time you want a new book to read like some tattered street urchin.

>>11013801
>cool question Abbie Hoffman
lmao

>>11014616
Well, any big business that tries to step on the little guy. Just saying.
I root for the underdog.

>>11013697
Or cough up those few bucks, jesus.

>>11013600
>Steal book and be sent to jail
>Become Philosopher King of the inmates
>????
>Aristocratic Utopia

You can buy most books online for under $5. Why risk getting arrested or at least embarrassed by being caught stealing?

>>11013600
I mean, you shouldn't steal full stop, even if it's a book in the public domain. The publisher pays for the pages, the ink, the binding, the cover, etc. Stealing from a bookstore franchise isn't ideal either because you start hurting a business that is offering jobs to people who need them