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Why does every worthwhile book have to cost ~$30 at minimum? And then there's the retarded shipping prices Amazon charges. I feel like getting my pdfs printed at a copyshop would be cheaper.

>> No.19318989

use Abebooks or Ebay or even fuckin Thriftbooks, anon

>> No.19319000

rarely can't a good book be found for three bucks or less. i always go for free delivery when using amazon.

>> No.19319015

>>19319000
Fuck Amazon, get used books on eBay.

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>>19318989
Nope, the price is roughly the same.

>> No.19319029

>>19319015
Instead of getting mad about muh corporations, I buy from whoever offers it the cheapest.

>> No.19319030

>>19318978
Wtf are you buying. Almost every used book I've gotten on amazon is like 5-8$

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>>19319030

>> No.19319041

My guess is he's looking for some philosophy-related secondary text (i.e not literature!) released by the university presses.

>> No.19319086

>>19319041
What you're describing is literally called "the literature" by academics lol. I wanted to see if I could acquire a tangible copy of the book for cheap, but alas, there were none

>> No.19319100

>amazon
nigga why don't you just go down to a bookshop?

>> No.19319122

>>19319100
Because I want to see independent bookstores crushed and out of business.

>> No.19319178

>>19319100
>bookshop
I often do, but they don't have everything I need or want. So I usually have to resort to reading ebooks.

>> No.19319207

>>19319178
>>19319122
sad
come to Paris and check out Vrin one of these days

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>>19319207
What is Vrin? Is it like a giant bookshop?

>> No.19319269

>>19318978
that's why you buy used, or download off libgen, idiot

>> No.19319377

>>19319269
Used books cost about the same though

>> No.19319385

>>19319215
Vrin is a french publisher specialised in philosophy. Their shop is right by the Sorbonne. Professors from all over the world order there, and visit when they're in town.
The giant bookshop is Gibert, on the other side of the street. It stocks pretty much everything throughout five floors.

>> No.19319451

>>19319377
Dude, you're not looking in the right places. I haven't paid more than $4 for a book in about a decade.

>> No.19319555

>>19319100
There's not a single one within an hour of me that isn't dog shit.

>> No.19319673

>>19319555
order directly from publishers

>> No.19319685 [DELETED] 

amazon shipping is free for things over $25 dumb ass you whining makes no sense

>> No.19320304

>>19319451
I regularly pay about $7 or so for classics, what books are you buying and where are you getting them?

>> No.19321023

>>19319038
Seems like a rare book. 30$ doesn't seem much. From a quick search I've seen copies at 900+