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1050619 No.1050619 [Reply] [Original]

>Go to Borders

>Sci-Fi and Fantasy section full of sweaty neckbeards.

>Literature section is empty.

>So ronery.

FUCKIGN BORDERS

>> No.1050623
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1050623

>FUCKIGN

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1050629

>Go to Borders

>People buying Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, and God Emperor of Dune

>Nobody buys my Dune books.

FUCKING BORDERS

>> No.1050630

It's moments like these when I'm happy that I shoplifted thousands of dollars worth of books over the past half decade or so.

>> No.1050633
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1050633

>borders

hahaha oh wow, go to a real bookstore op

>> No.1050635

>>1050630

I hope you get arrested.

>> No.1050638

>>1050633

I love Borders. Most of the used bookstores near me are expensive as fuck.

>> No.1050646

>Go to Borders

>Only people in the store are fat neckbeards and hambeasts sitting in the aisles of the manga section with their cheap coats and crusty t-shirts.

>> No.1050647

Every time i go there the anime section is stocked with weeaboo pale jewish kids

and in the philosophy section its one row full of nietzsche, rest "Twilight and philosophy", "Zen and the art of motorcycle matinence" "the daily show and philosophy" etc

>> No.1050653

>>1050635

I quit while I was ahead. I'm now retired from the hobby. I buy my books now--though the temptation to do it again sometimes gets a hold of me.

>> No.1050666

>go to local used bookstore
>greeted by name and given free coffee and comfy chair
>buy several slightly used books for $2 each
>high five the owner

>> No.1050726

>>1050633
Douchebaggery for the sake of being a douche. Bravo.

>> No.1050753

>Go to Borders
>Go to Literature section
>Go P-Q-R
>The entire bottom half of the shelf is Ayn Rand

FUCKING BORDERS

>> No.1050774

>>1050753
>The entire bottom half of the shelf is Ayn Rand

How's that even possible, given she's only written a few books?

>> No.1050782

>Go to Borders.
>Look for a book.
>Find it with no hassle or effort.
>Buy it and leave, the cashier was pleasant and polite.

FUCKING BORDERS! YEAH!

>> No.1050807

>Go to Borders.
>Look for a book.
>Can't find it, like usual
>leave
>Order off amazon for half the price it would have been.

>> No.1050831

>>1050807
Every fucking time.

>> No.1051210

>Borders

>> No.1051242

>>1050774
Multiple copies

>> No.1051250

I was at B&N once, and Candide by Voltaire was in the C's area. The store was arranged alphabetically by author. Yeah.

>> No.1051260

>Go to Borders
>Walk down Philosophy aisle
>Crazy man tells me that Nietzsche is violent and that I should read Eastern philosophy
>What is this I don't even

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1051285

go to borders
never get asked if i need help
never see an employee
go to their computer
book "is likely to be here"
fuck this shit im going to Barns and Nobles

>> No.1051581

>>1051260
>When you visit women, don't forget your whip

>> No.1051597 [DELETED] 

>Borders is for rednecks, it's all about Barnes & Noble.

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>>1051597
fuck barnes and noble. It's all about going to a real book store.

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1051633

never heard of before...
but all im saying B&N > Borders

>> No.1051651 [DELETED] 

>>1051626

Your bookstore doesn't even have couches or a coffeeshop. u mad?

>> No.1051653

>>1051651
no, not mad.

>> No.1051652

>>1051651
Actually, they do general have comfy couches. And free coffee.

>> No.1051655

>>1051626
Because everyone goes to New York every day, right?

>> No.1051656

>>1051655
if you're a civilized, intelligent person you'd probably already live here.

>> No.1051657

>>1051655
I guarantee there is a "real" bookstore near you.

Yelp that shit.

>> No.1051660

>>1051657
Oh there's tons of them. I just never go to them because Barnes & Noble has everything.

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1051669

>Bookstore thread
>no mention of the Edward standees plaguing Borders and B&N

>> No.1051671

>>1051669
There are Edward standees in Barnes & Noble? I've never seen one before. In fact, I've only seen Twilight in front once.

>> No.1051672

>Go to little tiny used book store
>Can't find what I came for
>End up buying a stack of books for dirt cheap (2 hb, 1 tradepb, .50massmarketpb)
>Owner lectures me on the finer points of naval warfare circa the American Revolution
>mfw everything went better than expected

>> No.1051692

>>1051660
B&N may have everything from the past 10 years or so. But if you happen to want anything older than that, you'd be better off in a used book store.

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1051698

>go to local used book store
>see lots of Anne Rice/Jodi Picoult bullshit, large Vampire Novels: Formerly Young Adult section
>end up finding Libra by Don DeLillo and The Man Within by Graham Greene
>four bucks a piece

>> No.1051697

what do /lit/ board members call themselves?

>> No.1051708

>>1051698
Is libra good? I really liked white noise and I'm enjoying underworld so far. I'm guessing I'll like it? After underworld the next delillo I'll read will either be running man or libra. which one?

>> No.1051711

>>1051692
What? Barnes and Noble absolutely has more than things from the past 10 years. Whoever told you that, even if it was yourself, is just dumb.

>> No.1051725

>>1051711
I actually have worked there, and no, they don't backorder books printed over 10 years ago. There may be reprints, but you aren't going to be finding anything special or early edition there. It's basically for throwaway mass market and low quality hardcovers.

>> No.1051726

>>1051711
Sure, they have older books that are in high demand (Dune, Lolita, etc) but not less popular/more obscure things.

>> No.1051738

>>1051725
I don't know about that. I don't think any of the Penguin classics they have there are mass-market. I mean, I've never seen Gravity's Rainbow on a shelf at a supermarket.

>> No.1051744

>>1051738
But Penguin classics are definitely low quality. They seem to fall apart within 5 years no matter how hard I take care of them.

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1051747

Never lets me down. The one here in Dallas is fucking gigantic and has a knock-off Starbucks, that way the indie kids don't feel guilty about supporting "the man."

>> No.1051759

>>1051744
Well that isn't exactly my problem, is it?

>> No.1051762

>>1051759
I'm pretty sure the general consensus is that they aren't long-lasting.

>> No.1051765

I'm gonna have to call bullshit on this. Borders may not have the security Barnes and Noble does but they at least have attack dogs and tear gas emitters. I would give anyone there maybe 3-5 minutes

>> No.1051770

>>1051708
oh jeez, I meant running dog, not man. I mixed up falling man and running dog.

>> No.1051773

>>1051762
I've never had any book fall apart on me. So I guess I'm not part of that general consensus.

>> No.1051779

>>1051773
Well I guess you're good then. Have fun at B&N.

>> No.1051783

>implying that Borders and B&N aren't pretty much identical

>> No.1051785

>>1051783
And what ever happened to Books A Million?

>> No.1051789

I have a good enough library, but the closest bookstore is borders. The next one is Barnes and Noble

If i wanted to go to an independent bookstore its 28 miles away

>> No.1051790
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1051790

>Go into Borders
>See a large area dedicated to Twilight in the middle of the store
>Leave Borders

>> No.1051792

i dont think you can compair 1/2 price books and B&N, their two seperate critters. One cators towards the "ohh random stuff and old stuff!" and the other is "ohh what i needed and new stuff"
if your lucky enough to have a good used bookstore near you that doesnt specialize in romance novels then by all means shop there! Support small businesses, but just remember B&N is there when they cant get it

>> No.1051800 [DELETED] 

Does anyone know what happened to Waldenbooks? I used to see them inside malls all the time.

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>>1051800
You are now aware that Borders bought Waldenbooks aka Borders Express

>> No.1051806

>Go to Borders.
>Realize I have a B&N membership.
>Fuck Borders.

>> No.1051812

>>1051785
It's the closest bookstore to my house, so I still go there. Mine never really has much, though.

>> No.1051814

>>1051785

When I lived in Louisville, there was a huge one near my condo. I went there a lot just to chill, but the selection was AWFUL.

>> No.1051843

>>1051814
Hey, poster from before your post. I live in Louisville too, and I kind of have to agree. They have a lot... but never what I wanted.

>> No.1051873

>>1051843

That's so funny. Also it seemed like one of their employees worked every single hour they were open.

>> No.1051905

>Go to Borders
>Browse books that I might be interested in
>I own an e-reader
>Go home and download the books that piqued my interest
>FUCKING BOOKSTOP

>> No.1052301

>>1051873
I know what you mean. I guess I wouldn't complain though. I always wanted to work in a bookstore.

>> No.1052312

>Go into Books-a-Million
>Go to Sci-Fi and Fantasy section
>Two people there, but only because there happens to be a coffee table and some chairs there. They won't shut up.

>The entire SF&F section(and probably the rest of the store) IS NOT CATEGORIZED IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER.
>No alphabetization
>No sub-genre groupings
>No author or even publisher groupings
>Random only
>Final Destination

>> No.1052321

>LOOKING FOR THE DIVINE COMEDY BOOK TWO
>LOOK EVERYWHERE, INCLUDING RELIGIOUS FICTION
>ASK FOR HELP
>"OH, IT'S IN POETRY"
>DIDN'T CHECK POETRY

FUCKING BARNES & NOBLE

>> No.1052341

>>1052321
Nigga they have the whole fucking thing in one book in the poetry section.

>> No.1052374

>>1051790

agree.

It wasn't Borders, but I went into a bookshop a while ago and saw Twilight occupying the whole top shelf of a wall of books. The rest of the wall was taken up by horrible vampire imitations of Twilight. It was possibly the most frightening and repulsive thing I've ever seen.

>> No.1052378

>go to charity shop
>cheap classics and helping those in need

>> No.1052397

> Goes to bookstore. Lots of people there reading and looking around. Faith in mankind restored.

Feels good, man.

>> No.1052416

In WH Smiths in the UK they now have a section called something like "Tragic Lives" or something, populated exclusively by Jodi Picoult-style novels about child abuse. They consider that to be its own genre now.

>> No.1052426

>>1052416
What. The. Fuck.

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>>1052426

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>>1052440

>> No.1052443

>>1052416
That reminds me of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVkI3JPoAaI
There's a bit where he talks about Tragic Life books.

>> No.1052468

>>1052416

This was necessary in order to find a place for Peter Mandelson's autobiography.

>> No.1052476

Borders = Full of neckbeards and mall rats getting 50% on Manga

Barnes & Noble = (Usually gorgeous) Men in suits, professors and hipsters

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1052478

>>1052468

>> No.1052530

>>1052416
I noticed this too.
My mum love those books. ones about Evil child abusing nuns at catholic orphanages too.
I read " a child called it" a few years ago. I really don't understand what enjoyment people can possible get from them.

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>>1052476
>implying there's a difference between the customers of those two stores

>> No.1052540

>Go to Borders

>Look around for a moment

>So poor

>Leave fuckign Borders

>> No.1052543

I like Borders. The teen-shit twilight section is of course the most busy, but the literature section usually has some college age d-bags, such as myself in it. Although, who gives a fuck who is shopping around you anyway? lol

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1052581

>go to Minotaur (ausfag)
>intent on browsing their wall of science fiction & fantasy books
>can't get past BBW goths, metal dudes, weeaboos, neckbeards, hipsters buying Buffy merchandise, metal merchandise, mangas, Star Trek merchandise, and ironic junk

>> No.1052592

>>1052581
>go to Comics'R'Us instead
>their book section consists entirely of D&D novels, Star Trek novels, Star Wars novels, Robert E. Howard omnibuses, and Harlan Ellison essays
>can't get up to their 2nd story comics floor because neckbeards are RPG-ing

>> No.1052600

>go to borders.
>walk out of borders.

>> No.1052603
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1052603

>shop online
>don't have to put up with bookstore bullshit
>free shipping
>spend more time with friends doing shit I enjoy instead of wasting time endlessly searching through shelves and trying to get around fat people

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1052611

>>1052603

>Buy book from independent seller on Amazon
>Shipping is 1.99

If you spend 1.80 more you qualify for free shipping

>Pick up The Road for 1.99 from another independent seller
>Free book, supporting small businesses

Feels good man.

>> No.1052623

>>1052611
you're also helping to destroy the working class by using Amazon, they refuse to allow their workers to unionize firing any employees involved in such efforts and subject their workforce to intense intimidation and propaganda

>> No.1052625

>Go to Borders
>Have no problems finding what I want
>Make purchase
>Leave store

>y u guise mad

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>>1052623

I'm also getting great deals

>> No.1052643

>>1052625
Yeah, tough business, finding GQ on the magazine rack.

>> No.1052657

>>1052623
Good.

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1052668

>>1052643

I am deeply offended, sir.

Still, Borders is basically just the place to go when B&N doesn't have it.

I'm such a fucking corporate tool.

>> No.1052676

Libraries>bookstores

>> No.1052677

I tried using some local bookstores once only to discover they never had anything I wanted. Also accidentally went into a Christian bookstore, that was pretty horrifying.
I'd usually end up just going to the Borders up the street which usually had what I was looking for.


I did pick up some interesting Zork CYOA books though.

>> No.1052694

>>1052677

I just searched my reaction folder for a 'woah', but it looks like I only save negative reactions.

That sounds amazing.