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5846413 No.5846413 [Reply] [Original]

I live in the Netherlands, no decent bookstores nearby, forced to order them online, every store has shitty paperbacks. No creditcard for Amazon.

I fucking despise paperbacks. GOD DAMN. I know it's not that big of a problem but I can't lie on the couch and read a book because I have to force it to go flat. I can't see half the page when I'm halfway through a book. I mean look at pic related.

Anyone any idea where I can buy decent hardcovers in the Netherlands or surrounding area? Or do I really have to get a creditcard?

>> No.5846416

Why don't you kill yourself Dutchbro?

>> No.5846417
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>>5846416
I can't read when I'm dead, Dutchbro

>> No.5846418

#firstworldproblems

>> No.5846425

why not buy the hardcovers on bookdepository? No creditcard needed. Buy with Paypal. Use money2.nl to immediately put your money via iDeal on your Paypal. That way you don't need to wait. Do it all the time. Not going to waste my money on bol.com

>> No.5846432

>>5846425
This anon gets it

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5846437

>no decent bookstores nearby
>niet wonen in de Randstad

>> No.5846451

On adlibris you could buy books online and pay when you get the, from the post-office. But it might depend on where you live.

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>>5846425
>>5846432
Never heard of it but I've snooped around and I like it already.

Where have you been all my life? Thanks so much.

>not going to waste my money on bol.com
You have no idea anon...

Where have you been all my life? Thanks so much.

>> No.5846483

>>5846460
You're welcome! Glad to help you! I've used this site for years and never had any problems with them.

>> No.5846536

>>5846413
It's really not that hard to fully see one page, anon. Use gravity.
>>5846425
Looks like the same prices bol.com has.

>> No.5846570

>>5846536
http://www.bol.com/nl/p/ulysses/1001004000811962/#product_specifications

http://www.bookdepository.com/Ulysses-James-Joyce/978067945513
Sometimes there is. Mostly the paperbacks are a lot cheaper than on bol.com

>> No.5846601

>>5846570
Bookdepository link doesn't work for me. But
http://www.bol.com/nl/p/ulysses/1001004011825250/
That one is a lot cheaper than the other one, still being a hardcover. Some books on bol.com are just ridiculous, though. I've seen books on sale for 1200 euros and such. But I buy most of my paperbacks for roughly 5-9 euros there.

I wonder where OP lives though, because there will always be a city relatively close to you in Holland where you can buy books.

>> No.5846699

>>5846425
Would you explain to me the free delivery worldwide?
I mean, where does it exactly arrive?

>> No.5846739

>>5846699
Your house. It is 100% free.

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5846750

>Infinite Jest paperback voor 18 euro in de winkel
>tweedehandse eerste druk voor 20 euro bij alibris gekocht

Boekwinkels zijn pure schijt.
De meeste paperbacks die je voor 8 euro via bookdepository kan bestellen zijn in de winkels toch rond de 12-15 euro.

>> No.5846759

>>5846739
Even if i don't live near any important city?

>> No.5846857

>>5846759
Ja, ook al woon je in een klein dorpje!

>> No.5846872

>>5846413
Buy a freaking pre-paid debit card, geesh.

>> No.5846874

>>5846750
This

>> No.5846886

But if you're going to buy from Amazon do it via the German site not the UK. UK you have to pay for delivery to the Netherlands, from the German one not.

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5847995

Get a credit card. If you can afford books, you can get a bloody credit card.

>> No.5848045

>>5846857

I always get fuzzy feelings of cuteness in my stomach when I read dutch as a native german.

>> No.5848055

What the fuck god-awful piece of shit book are you reading? Jesus

>> No.5848070

>>5848055
>Infinite Jest

>> No.5848080

>>5848070
Is that really Foster Wallace's writing style. I may never read one of his books after seeing this shit, why so much dialogue? Does he use any imagery at all?

>> No.5848101

>>5848070
What, really? I read the first 100 pages of IJ and it wasn't nearly as terrible as that garbage. Glad I put it down if that's what it deteriorates to.

>> No.5849402

are you really complaining. you live in a socialist utopia.