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working again
what books you looking for?

>> No.2428829

The Zelda philosophy one.

>> No.2428845

>>2428829
is that even in the US yet?

>> No.2428850

we specialize in Counter-culture, Hippie, rare, first edition, and signed books. plus we have some autographed pictures of some famous musicians

>> No.2428859

Any good english-language books from the Soviet Union, op?

>> No.2428862

>>2428859
think so. we got a couple Communist books hanging around here. Some Marx stuff too

>> No.2428864

>>2428845
http://www.amazon.com/Legend-Zelda-Philosophy-Popular-Culture/dp/0812696549
It's in the US.

>> No.2428868

How many books are there, on average, in on of the bookshelves?

>> No.2428882

Do you have any Spengler

>> No.2428884

>>2428868
I'd say 2000-3000 books that are in the inventory. but theres some that arent in inventory

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>>2428859
a bit

>> No.2428890

Joy of Sex

>> No.2428893

>>2428884
I was talking about _one_ bookshelf, not the entire library.

>> No.2428900

>>2428890
sold already

>> No.2428905

Any Dylan Thomas?

Bonus for prose writing

>> No.2428916

What is your main type of customer OP?

>> No.2428917

just seeking foreign-language resources: dictionaries, textbooks, workbooks; preferably mail-friendly sizes, i live around toronto and wouldn't wanna have to gouge myself on the shipping costs

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2428920

>empty shelves
>disorganised

business going well, OP?

>> No.2428922

>>2428905
2 books
>Miscellany One
>Selected Poems

>> No.2428923

>>2428821
You could be online gambling instead of here, OP.
What a waste of time.

>> No.2428924

How is business ?

How many costumer per day ?

Just 60 years-old ?

>> No.2428925

>>2428922
Nice.

>> No.2428926

>>2428916
old beatnicks, hippies, alcoholics

>> No.2428928

>>2428821
need umberto eco
and the uh david jones, anything by him

>> No.2428935

Okay OP, since you're obviously bored and this thread is a testament to /lit/ general shitiness, I'll request any

W.H.Davies
Bukowski
Jack London (except for Call of the Wilde)

>> No.2428939

>>2428935
>Bukoski
yes we have a copy of Notes of a Dirty Old Man

>> No.2428942

>>2428939
Cool. So how long do you think the business will last ?

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2428943

If some /lit/ people wanna stop by and check this place out

>> No.2428948

Narrow Roads of Gene Land: Volume 1: Evolution of Social Behaviour by W. D. Hamilton
Narrow Roads of Gene Land: Volume 2: Evolution of Sex by W. D. Hamiltoin
Homicide by Margo Wilson & Martin Daly
Male, Female: The Evolution of Human Sex Differences [2nd Edition] by David C. Geary
Behavioral Genetics [5th Edition] by Robert Plomin
Human Ethology by Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt
Decline and Fall of the Freudian Empire by Hans Eysenck
The g Factor: The Science of Mental Ability by Arthur Jensen

>> No.2428952

>>2428948
tl;dr

>> No.2428955

OP, how old are you and what did you go to college?

Just curious

>> No.2428959

>>2428955
*and did you

>> No.2428962

>>2428955
I'd rather not say. not against you, just that its 4chan

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>>2428821
>what books you looking for?

Why do you ask?

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2428964

>>2428821
Hey beatnik.
HAve you had increased custom since posting these threads?

>> No.2428967

>>2428962
No offence taken, but this this is /lit/ even if we did want to raid your store and cum on your birth certificate, it would take at least three days to get a dozen people interested, and of those would be stormfront because he knew your store sold communist pamphlets

>> No.2428969

>>2428964
can't really say. I believe we got a few more books. right now I'm focused on selling right now

>> No.2428973

>>2428967
point taken

>> No.2429028

OP, what Marx and Lenin books do you have? Also, what editions and from which publishers are they?(Peking, Albania, Leningrad)

And would you be willing to sell books in the mail?

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>>2429028

>> No.2429065
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2429065

Do you have the Little Book of Calm?

>> No.2429076

>>2429065
nope

>> No.2430651

Wow, owning a bookshop must be pretty awesome.
Got any good greentext stories?

>> No.2430660

>>2429065
Soup. It's... Chunky.
What's in it?
...Chunks.

>> No.2430692

The Beats are a shit tier generation and on the road is awful. On the other hand, bookstores are baller, congrats op

>> No.2430695

Do you watch the Black Books OP?

>> No.2430711

OP, you are living my dream, apart from having a slightly messier store than I would have.

Damn you jealousy

>> No.2430719

The Power Broker
The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Also, do you have a catalog to browse?

>> No.2432087

>>2430651
just got 1
>girl walks in to store
>she's extremely cute
>follow her around the store a bit.
>she's a fucking 10 pn the scale
>pretend to read book
>she comes to desk to buy a book
>smile and ask how everything is
>her voice is so cute and sweet
>try not to blush
>Brain decides to fuck up on me
>register doesn't work
>write it down instead
>Give her slip of paper instead of book
>Derp.jpg
>give her book
>she walks out smiling
what the hell man?! the one time a cute girl walks into the store

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>>2432087
Too early for a summer girl man.

>> No.2432095

do you do deliveries? thought not. then why the fuck are you asking?

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2432099

>>2430719
I'm so proud

>> No.2432103

>>2432095
actually we do. you pay for shipping

>> No.2432105

>>2429065
>>2430660
What's this from? I like Bill Bailey, but I've only ever seen him on QI and a couple youtube videos because I'm an American and he gets no love here.

He was painfully awkward when he made his first appearance on US television on that douche Craig Fergeson's show

>> No.2432109

>>2432105
Black Books.
http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/5053045
You know what you must do.

>> No.2432113

>>2432103
how much would it cost for it to cross the atlantic?. It's not a sound investment but I like you. I want to support small business people. Do you have a website? Maybe when I'm in your neck of the woods (east coast?) I'll swing by for a brewski . This purchase can be the start of a beautiful friendship. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

>> No.2432118

>>2432105
how dare you. Craig Ferguson is the only worthwhile thing to come out of my town.

>> No.2432120

>>2432109
Excellent. I just finished all 7 seasons of Peep Show and was jonesin' for some more British TV. Thanks.

>> No.2432122

>>2432118
He used to be cool, then they gave him a late night show here and he started acting like an idiot.

>> No.2432124

>>2432105
I'm watching it now, but Bill doesn't seem awkward at all.

>> No.2432129

>>2432122
true I've seen clips of that show whenever an adorable young actress has been on and I feel like ogling. he is terrible.

>> No.2432131

>>2432124
Keep watching.

Maybe I'm misremembering and he wasn't awkward, but the audience didn't respond well. One of the two.

>> No.2432137

OP How about Edward Abbey. Specifically Hayduke Lives

>> No.2432142

>>2432131
Nearly finished, and it's gone fine. Maybe misremembering? Bill's humour can be pretty abstract though, lots of asides and tangents.

>> No.2432467

any more updates OP?

>> No.2434799

>>2432467
not for a while