/lit/ - Literature

By the way, the reason this is noteworthy is because the OP managed to buy 5 books for $25.

Because content shouldn't be promoted and put ahead of others based on popular opinion.

>>3178071
>2012
>5 used books for $25

>5 used books for $25
>not 5 used books for $5

Dat Booky Wook.

>2012
>paying real money for information

>mfw that new YA paranormal romance thrown on top "because I couldn't resist"

>>3178113
I had a male co-worker who bought and read all the twilight books circa 2009. We never stopped making fun of him.

>5 used books for $25
>those big-ass USED tags
>Twilight ripoff is new
>all of the used books are contemporary
There are no words.

there's something to be said for picking up a clearly quite old paperback of a classic novel or anthology, sans USED sticker, for $0.50 at a library book sale—ditto a hardcover for $1. beyond that, i would just pay full price for a new book, or pirate the digital edition.

>>3178117
I always make a face when someone talks about about twilight. Today my cousin, who I never see told me she's read them and I made that stupid face. Now I feel kind of bad.

>>3178181
>tfw when 70% of all by books cost between 1.00 and nothing.
Are you kidding, it's fucking addicting. I will not buy a book for more than 3 dollars now.

B-b-but The Visible Man is a good book...

I don't want to be edgy and shit but
>paying for books
what the actual fuck, you guys

>>3179146
>stealing books

>>3179146
real cool, maybe one day you'll self-publish something you worked on for a year and someone will upload it in .pdf and everyone will just get it for free. you'd love that wouldn't you? free information and all

>>3179146
I dont want to be edgy and shit but I believe intellectual property has value

It also has 475 downvotes. This is the internet stop trying to lie.

>>3179763
> implying anyone has a right to anything from this planet
> implying we are not all just copies of the same particles that just happened to be bonded together in various ways and thus we are all the same conscious

>>3179792
you should plagiarize your master's thesis and when you get kicked out of school explain that to the dean of the department

If Tao Lin is allowed to shoplift books, I am allowed to illegally download books, because Tao Lin represents the whole writing community.

Ya blew it, Tao.

>>3178164
LOTR hardly qualifies as contemporary.

>>3178062
and, sorry about my ignorance, but that means?

>>3179792
>implying we are not all just copies of the same particles that just happened to be bonded together in various ways and thus we are all the same conscious
i loled

>>3179804
dude its based on a movie that came out like 10 years ago

>>3179799
I didn't take English in College, and I graduated three years ago.

>>3179832
>the point
.
>your head

Finally, a valid use for a reactionface

>>3178183
At least they read.

>>3178183
This holiday my cousin started going on about Hunger Games and I scoffed. She started berating me about how everyone has opinions and that her opinion was that it was a great book. I didnt argue because Thanksgiving.

Some crappy books. Why should I care?

>>3179822
You trollin?

The movies were based off the books. The LotR trilogy was originally published between 1954 and 1955.

They slapped some new covers on to make some more money from the movie hype, but the story is still 57 years old.

>>3180706

>>3180706
Don't be absurd, everyone knows the 1954/1955 copyright date was a ruse invented by Peter Jackson to make his movies essential viewing for anyone over the age of 18.

Which is itself silly, since LOTR is for children.

>>3179779
Actually the sole fact that people are willing to read what ever you write is a compliment. The cash aspect is secondary to anyone who doesn't live on writing books.

I do however always buy my books at full price. If I can spend money on booze and will damn well spend money on books, especially if I think the author deserves to have my cash.

>Russell Brand

>>3180764
oh god what

>>3181764
Fantasy convention

>>3181764
How new are you?

I saw that thread. Was really confused about what was special about it. It wasn't even a good price.

>>3180706
Whoa, this guy really knows his history. You must think you're pretty special knowing about obscure fantasy books before the mainstream movie adaptions.

>>3181955
Go back to /b/