/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.10984875]

Do people even go to them anymore?

[Anonymous No.10984924]

I like physical books

[Anonymous No.10984931]

>>10984924
I do too, but there never seems to be anyone in them when I go.

[Anonymous No.10985156]

Barnes and Noble is nice to kill an hour or two in. Read an intro maybe a chapter or two is comfy af. Not like you're obligated to purchase anything.

[Anonymous No.10985169]

Where else am I got to get a soy mochiatto while I read the latest Teen Paranormal Romance books?

[Anonymous No.10985194]

>>10984875
I'll sometimes go to Half Price Books if I have an afternoon to kill.

[Anonymous No.10985196]

I frequent independent bookstores yes. (But we have a decent amount here in San Francisco)

>Greenapple Books customer checking in

[Anonymous No.10985210]

>>10984875
I check out used bookstores and stay the fuck away from big chains. It's an interesting way to discover new content you might not have otherwise considered.

[Anonymous No.10985215]

You mean the yoga store? Of course! How else am I going to stock up on yoga pants, yoga bricks, yoga mats, Sounds of Yoga CDs, and yoga drinking bottles? Don't forget to pick up scented candles, reading socks, whiskey rocks, and ponchos. Maybe I'll pick up a book too some day.

[Anonymous No.10985219]

>>10984875
if theres any st louis anons here, dunaway books has copies of "the foundation for exploration"... lmao.

[Anonymous No.10985228]

I have a comfy used book shop near my house that I can sometimes pick up pretty good books at recently picked up the first 4 wheel of time books for under 10 bucks
Im still looking everywhere for this gem

[Anonymous No.10985242]

>>10984875
B&N type? Yes very much so, and becoming more popular by the day.
Used books/Library research not so much. People no longer see the library as a necessity just as the post office is seen, and in my experience, used bookstores barely keep overhead, mainly because of the expanse of Goliath Books.

[Anonymous No.10985255]

Barnes & Noble is actually kind of annoying. 70% of the bookstore is basically cultural detritus, and they don't even have nice editions of the books you're looking to purchase.

[Anonymous No.10985316]

you can browse the shop and if you what books thats not in english, the internet is not as good as for us

[Anonymous No.10985331]

I love book stores. Mostly independent places since I like that 95% of what they sell is books, instead of the 50/50 split of books/bullshit that the bigger chains here seem to be at now. Personal favourite places to wander around are the BMV book stores in Toronto. Ridiculously cheap pricing and a pretty great selection.

[Anonymous No.10985364]

>>10984875
I live in the same town as this bookstore

[Anonymous No.10985409]

>>10985364
you guys should catch up for a coffee some time.

[Anonymous No.10985416]

Big up Troutmark Books.

[Anonymous No.10985434]

>>10985196
Man Green Apple is the shit, lived like two blocks away and ended buying all my physical media there

[Anonymous No.10985437]

>>10985255
seconded, and they charge full price, I usually find better stuff in used places for half or less

[Anonymous No.10985449]

I've stolen about 1,000 USD worth of books from BnN, but I spend most of my disposable income at used book stores.

[Anonymous No.10985456]

>>10985194
This, and other used book stores. There's still some pop culture pandering but it's usually limited to area around the checkout counter, and the rest of the store is comfy browsing.

Barnes & Noble and Amazon Books are mostly shit, but sometimes I find something worth looking for elsewhere for less. Both seem pretty popular though.

[Anonymous No.10985488]

I don't read physical books anymore. Hurts my hands too much since this nerve entrapment won't ever let go.

Digital readers from the comfort of my desktop, for me.

[1686 0001 2025 2015 No.10985491]

>>10984931
How much time take you buy a fuck book? A 2 minutes? Or Less? You never going to see a big crowd in a bookstore because it don't take a lot of time choose a book, you normally know what book or the gender that you want read before go to the bookstore.

[Anonymous No.10985499]

>>10985491
>gender that you want read
>reading women writers ever

[Anonymous No.10985503]

>>10985491
tripfags really are the scourge of 4chin.

[Anonymous No.10985525]

>>10984875
Being in a bookstore is pretty fun. But often times the selection might be subpar to your interests and it's a pain in the ass taking the bus there.

[Anonymous No.10985532]

There's a Christian book store near me that I go to since they have a lot of stuff most bookstores don't. It's about the only place in town to buy philosophy books.

[Anonymous No.10985547]

>>10985503
>tripfags
come on newfriend

[Anonymous No.10985548]

>>10985532
I know of a Catholic Store (that's the actual name of the business) in my area I haven't been to since childhood. I can remember wanting a Holy Communion set so bad for some reason and getting a matchbox music box that played Silent Night.
Comfy times were had there, we went quite a bit which looking back is strange figuring my mother is Lutheran but I'm glad she didn't see it as crass to do so. Really helped to form a bond with Him at a young age.
What are some books you've found worth sharing, anon?

[Anonymous No.10985565]

>>10985547
noted

[Anonymous No.10985573]

>>10985532
I'm curious what kind of philosophy books a Christian bookstore might carry.

[Anonymous No.10985679]

>>10984875
no thanks, I only steal my books from libraries

[Anonymous No.10985771]

>>10984924
>I like physical books
Why?

[Anonymous No.10985777]

>>10984875
My local bookstore is amazon.com
I suggest every body visit there and stop giving their money to small stores who may or may not support Assad and his gassing of children.

[Anonymous No.10985782]

Yea, so far the only ones around me are HPB and B&N but when I go to the city I like to browse their stores there too although it's a lot more pricier.

[Anonymous No.10985800]

>>10985409
I wonder how many people even use /lit/ in Boulder

[Anonymous No.10985846]

>>10985771
>why?
Not the same Anon but what's not to like about physical books? You can appreciate every aspect of them and then won't fuck with your eyesight the way staring at a screen does. I never read digital books.

[Anonymous No.10985901]

>>10984875
Bookstores are fucking useless
First, they never have what you want. So you have to walk up to some grandma and ask her, she's gonna take fifty years typing it into the computer, make several mistakes and the finally conclude that they might be able to order it.
Oh, you mean like order it like I could do from home? Only that I have to walk here and get to wait in line to pick it up instead of grabbing it out of my mailbox? And much slower because keyboards are still alien technology to you?

Alternatively, if it's a smaller bookstore, the grandpa at his computer will tell you that he can't order the book and you'll have to resort to acquiring a book from 2010 through an "antiquary" (or fucking amazon). Would you like a translated e-book version of a different, but slightly similar book instead?
But what he can offer you is this month's best selling airport thrillers and a large selection of cook books and gift cards! Great!

They deserve to go out of business if they can't compete.

Only exception are the ones that sell used books and even then actually finding something worthwhile is unlikely, while the internet allows you figure out what you want first and then find a used copy of it
And as a last point the people who frequent bookstores are insufferable and being around them is draining

[Anonymous No.10985902]

>>10985777
Amazon left a very bad taste in my mouth (because I feel as though I was mouth fucked by Prime®) when I realized that any purchase will automatically sign you up for an account and bill you between $11-$12 (never the same amount) monthly for about a year. I don't even have an Amazon account linked to my email, so I have no clue where this money goes or how the info was stored. Currently working with my bank to resolve this, lucky I hadn't used it since because then I'd have NO chance at a refund.
Just use cash at a bookstore, you spacemen.

[Anonymous No.10985907]

>>10985902
>how do them compudas work??? e-mayl?? what done happened to them letters??
fuck off grandpa

[Anonymous No.10985920]

>>10985901
>Bookstores are fucking useless
You know I hate to agree, but I agree.
It is nice to have a place to browse around and look at books, but anyone can see it's headed the way of video stores and arcades.
I do take comfort In know though that used bookstores will be here 'til the end. There isn't a simpler kind of store.

[Anonymous No.10985931]

>>10985907
Buddy, dubious business ruins integrity for any anything, I don't care who or how they fuck you over.

[Anonymous No.10985949]

>>10985902
I should clarify, It's not that I'm billed monthly for a year and it stops, this will continue until you cancel it.

[Anonymous No.10985981]

Sentimental consumerist fools need to throw themselves on a fire

[Anonymous No.10985995]

>>10985949
No fucking shit
Have you never used a subscription service before, cave man?

[Anonymous No.10986016]

>>10985981
What exactly is so wrong with attaching some emotion to the shopping experience?

>>10985995
The ones I'm familiar with make it quite clear what you're getting into. I will assert again, I don't even have an account with them. I've "spoken" with the customer service bot over email to no avail, they cannot help someone whos email has no account linked to it. Also, why does the fee fluctuate each month? They don't know who I am but they sure know my debit card.

[Anonymous No.10986026]

>>10985846
E-readers don't mess with your eyes.

[Anonymous No.10986042]

They are still here, after recent financial catastrophes such as a global recession that killed many businesses and in the digital age with the introduction of ereaders and the like, they are still on just about every high street you can find. Yes people are still using bookshops. In large numbers it would seem. I find this very comforting.

[Anonymous No.10986064]

B&N by me is always packed. Cafe is always full. Unfortunately, a lot of Jews though, so I avoid it at all costs.

[Anonymous No.10986076]

>>10986026
That is entirely subjective.

[Anonymous No.10986085]

>>10984875
>>10984875
I do, I like visiting them when I have a bit of coin. As long as the staff are friendly, helpful - good customer service is really one of the only reasons these places are still open. I really appreciate picking up a pile of books and then the staff behind the counter telling me which ones they liked and which ones are meant to be good. Yeah sure it's an ego boost and who doesn't appreciate that, but it's nice to have a back and forth with someone about reading too even if the qt checkout girl jus want my thick man loads in her bum bum

[Anonymous No.10986090]

Where does /lit/ buy their books

[Anonymous No.10986097]

>>10986090
Based Waterstones
and book depository

[Anonymous No.10986115]

Support your locally owned bookshops please boys!

[Anonymous No.10986118]

>>10986090
I can tell you when I fell in love.
Are greentext stories a thing here?
>5th grade
>neighbor is moving
>he's 70ish, going to a home
>was an ex-nazi(citation needed) named Gunther
>decideds to have a rummage sale to clear the house
>he invites me over to the sales to get some books after everyone is gone
>"now mine son, du kan have ALL das books du vant"
>Thank you.
>looking around
>these things are old
>luckly i have a fascination with old things
>begin by taking some Army Boys book (Randal)
>various reference books
>Webster's encyclopedia from 1943 is part of the score
>many others lost to time
>get home to investigate this big book
>theres various maps of the world in the back
>in 1943 europe had a little bit different borders
>book references this
>"land marked such and such is currently under nazi occupation"
>even at 10 i knew this was unique
>ever since i have a real appreciation for the historical aspect of old books
>theyre like mini time machines/capsules
>see how people wrote and thought and see the difference and similarities compared to now
>find old clipping, pressed flowers, notes
So, again, Thank you, Gunther, you started one of my true passions in life.

[Anonymous No.10986121]

>>10984931
Where do you live? I'm from the UK and in my local Waterstones bookshop there's usually a lot of people. I also visit France quite a lot and it shocks me how many people swarm around bookshops there - most bookshops in cities seem to be absolutely packed when I'm in there.

[Anonymous No.10986122]

>>10986115
No, I definitely won't.
All they have there is shit, they need to order everything, take forever to type it into the computer and can't even order all the stuff I could order myself on amazon

[Anonymous No.10986123]

>>10986115
>support all locally owned shops that you care to please

[Anonymous No.10986126]

>>10986122
Papa, I plead, stop beating the horse!
He's been dead for hours ;-;

[Anonymous No.10986132]

>>10986115
um did u just assume my assigned gender sweetie ? xx

[Anonymous No.10986134]

>>10986132
Fuck off back to /pol/.

[Anonymous No.10986135]

>>10986121

Waterstones have done well to stay relevant. My local Waterstones (Leeds) has a book club, readings for children, board games, graphic novels, an abundance of YA, pop fiction, crime fiction, non-fiction and a good selection of classics spread over three floors with a coffee shop on the second floor if I remember correctly

plus, the personal little staff reccs throughout the store and how polite, friendly-faced their staff is just makes it feel more like a genuine experience rather than just a shop

[Anonymous No.10986137]

>>10986134
not from /pol/ I just like using the sweetie meme

[Anonymous No.10986250]

>>10984875
i went to one recently, there were quite a few people there. the store had a bunch of copies of this edition of the meditations which i saw a few people buy, was nice to see some interest in the classics desu

[Anonymous No.10986255]

>>10986250
forgot pic

[Anonymous No.10986622]

The comfiest place I've ever been to is a local bookstore taking up space in an old warehouse nearby that sells really obscure old books , a lot of which are originals from the 19th century

The dusty mildew smell, the nearby train noises, the lack of internet, pretty great when its raining

[Anonymous No.10986639]

They fuckin suck. Antics all the way. I can get relevant books gor cheap in noncuckued editions.
Be good goyims and keep buying modern shit.

[Anonymous No.10986696]

>>10984875
>Have to go to some small ass town in North Dakota for an engineering project
>Flight gets in a 7 am, satellite office has no internet/no computers set up yet
>Go to coffee shop/book store across the street from office because nothing else to do
>Buy a copy of The Brothers Karamazov to see what the /lit/ memes are about
>8/10 girl at the register smiles at me
>"Oh wow, Brothers Karamazov, that's next on my to read list, my goal this year is to read more Russian literature, I have finished Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and Notes from the Underground so far, have you read any Dostoevsky before?"
>Panic trying to think of something to say to the cute /lit/ girl , I just end up staying silent for 15 seconds
>"...sorry, I know I talk way too much, here's your receipt."
>"Th-thanks"
>Get a coffee from the other side of the store, start reading, the cute girl keeps exchanging side eyes with me
>Try to work up the courage to talk with her but after a couple hours she switched out with someone else and leaves
>Next day office is set up and for the next two weeks I'm too busy working or at site all day for, the few times I make it back to the shop she isn't there
>Before I leave I put up a missed connection ad on the local cl as a hail Mary, no response

I wish I didn't have fucking autism.

[Anonymous No.10986725]

>>10986696
>I wish I didn't have fucking autism.
Ah, yes. Classic

[Anonymous No.10986732]

Libraries have made it virtually impossible for a poor person to find success as a writer because it cut so deeply into any potential profits. Only a trust fund baby can afford such a profession.

[Anonymous No.10986733]

>>10986696
Read White Nights Anon, you'll feel shitter.

[Anonymous No.10986754]

>no bookstores within 30 miles of me
>but live literally 30 seconds away from the city library that has a decent selection

A decent trade-off I guess. Just wish the library wasn't so full of meth addicts and old people who like to leech off the free WiFi.

[Anonymous No.10986760]

>>10984875
Why have a limited selection, when you can buy specific books on Amazon?

[Anonymous No.10986771]

>>10984875
I've literally been to the bookstore in your pic.

[Anonymous No.10986782]

There's some comfy used book stores in my town. One even has a specific Fascism shelf (right next to the Communism shelf)

[Anonymous No.10986784]

>>10986782
>fascism shelf next to communism shelf
>hijinks ensue

[Anonymous No.10986790]

>>10984875
In the ATL

I buy almost all my books from Charis. There are a number of independent bookstores in my city. You should spend your money there instead of B&N or Amazon. I also use the library which you fucksticks can never seem to grasp.

[Anonymous No.10986791]

>>10986696
Wow awesome story anon.

[Anonymous No.10986796]

>>10986784
Sounds like the plot 3D animated short film on Vimeo

[Anonymous No.10986802]

I go regularly but Amazon have more what I'm after but I find it sad these days physical bookshops have to rely on business solely by pandering to what is trending on Netflix or something.

[Anonymous No.10986850]

>>10986696
Books on Broadway? Williston? Was just there and kinda cute girl at register and coffee shop in back sounds like what you visited.

[Anonymous No.10986853]

>>10986782
I'm jealous. Finding actual interesting material on communism and fascism that isn t clickbait trash is hard. I lucked out with my university library I can get all sorts of older books discussing it but it's so hard to find interesting stuff sometimes.

[Anonymous No.10986860]

>>10986850
Yes actually

[Anonymous No.10986986]

>>10985901
>They deserve to go out of business if they can't compete.
No retail shop can compete with Amazon

[Anonymous No.10986987]

thriftbooksdotcom

[Anonymous No.10986994]

>>10986255
That's also a nice edition. Good translation.

[Anonymous No.10987008]

>>10986782
>>10986784
>The fascism shelf invades the communist shelf but is eventually overrun by both the communist and the democratic shelf next to it.

[Anonymous No.10987016]

>>10987008
Hey it's just like that war

[Anonymous No.10987018]

There's a bookstore right outside my uni and you'll often see a few people there.

Though I am assuming most of the time they are browsing or just passing the time. In other branches, especially in malls, there's much more people.

[Anonymous No.10987023]

>>10987008
>all the authors in the Communism and "Democracy" shelf are Jewish
HMMMMMMM

[Anonymous No.10987170]

My library sells books for really cheap. Bought a hardback copy of Brief Interviews with Hideous Men for $1 the other day. It has a few lines from Wordsworth's The Prelude and a Phish song written on the front page.

[Anonymous No.10987184]

>>10987170
that's because library books are nasty and they glue shit to them

[Anonymous No.10987194]

>>10987184
There's nothing glued to any of the books I bought. I think they might sell an overflow of donated books or something

[Anonymous No.10987219]

When I get a gift card I visit book stores. Otherwise I select a used copy from an online catalogue and only go to the antiquary to pick it up.
There are also carts selling books around here for cheap, I sometimes browse those.

[Anonymous No.10987354]

>>10984875
Yea, we do. I went to 4 different bookstores today and bought 6 books.

[Anonymous No.10987384]

Yeah there's a qt cashier at my local bookstore
Bluest eyes I've seen, and bracers are cute
I go in sometimes and hope she's my cashier, but I only go in when I legitimately buy a book so it doesn't seem like I'm stalking her.

[Anonymous No.10987428]

I wish you fucks wouldn't use bookstores. It's always the pseud looking college aged males that steal from my store.
We've started keeping the beats and philosophy near the front where we can see. It takes up valuable space where we should have more popular titles.
Please utilize your local library over stealing from locally owned businesses. Bookshops aren't easy to keep afloat desu.

[Anonymous No.10987433]

>>10985219
That's an interesting book. Glad to see he is doing well despite his difficulties infiltrating lit/.

[Anonymous No.10987553]

>>10986696
why'd you let your gf get away my man? you know she doesn't think your weird, she think *she* did something wrong. you've got plenty of leverage bud, go for it.

[Anonymous No.10987707]

>>10987553
I belive anon said he's no longer in town with his oneitis, but I do have advice for >>10987384 and anyone else it may pertain to. JUst go ahead and apply for a part-time job at that location so you can get cozy with her. Your cances of this infatuation going anywhere will be much higher than if you're just some regular. Only guys with unbelivable amounts on charisma and confidence can make lasting impressions in the time it takes to cash out. Not impossible, less likely.
I'm speaking from experience, though my grill was at a craft store. I got the job and not even a week later we're chatting it up in the crew room. I'd ask her for help finding something in the store for personal use (I think it was modge podge) to start a conversation about my art since I knew that was a common interest. Three weeks in she's inviting me to an art show she's in.
My tale sadly ends there, not because of the chemistry but rather a series of careless decisions in my personal life that forced me into a 3-month hiatus from society. When I finally got back, she was gone, off the schedule, but I'm hoping this experience can benefit others too.

[Anonymous No.10987725]

>>10987707
>believe*
>Just*
>unbelievable*
>of*
S&P

[Anonymous No.10987746]

>>10987707
are you me? Literally did this at a michaels not too long ago. Found out the chick is engaged, though, and they don't give me enough hours(not working two jobs PLUS school full time). I might go ahead and apply at that bookstore, anon.

[Anonymous No.10987797]

>>10987553
>>10987707

This guy is correct, I never saw her again during my two week stint there. I don't usually have a problem flirting with chicks but having a cashier flirt with me and then start talking about Russian lit of all things totally threw me off guard, I feel bad because she looked really embarrassed after I didn't say anything.

I might be back in Williston this summer to do some follow up work on that same project I'm hoping shes still there and I can follow up with her about Brothers. not counting on it though :/

[Anonymous No.10987860]

>>10984875
Yeah. I go to B&N every few weeks or so. There's always a constant flow of people in and out of there. I aimlessly ambulate around for like two hours each time because I'm a NEET with nothing better to do so I would know. And this is in the morning on weekdays, it must be even more crowded on weekends.

[Anonymous No.10987933]

>>10987746
If you're based out of Erie then you may be me,
Casey was a goddess, I hope she's getting hitched.
I'm trying nurseries now. I love the work and the girls are wholesome. Plant some trees, save the bees, get her on her knees, that's how I would like to see 2018 end.

[Anonymous No.10987940]

I never bother because they never have anything I'm interested in. They're going to have mostly meme books.

They had the Metaphysica of Aristotle, but who doesn't...

That was the last book I bought in person.

[Anonymous No.10987953]

>>10987933
sounds like the bee's knees anon

[Anonymous No.10987988]

>>10987953
And tastes of Honey.
Much more preferable than the Wine.

[Anonymous No.10987994]

>>10984875
I've been to that book store, they have an entire shelf of New York Book Reviews books. A gorgeous place and have supported it, so yes

[Anonymous No.10988006]

>>10986090
Depends on the book
Used and weird: Used store by me
New: Amazon or if I'm near a Barnes and Noble then that
Used and highly read: Abebooks
All foreign language books: Amazon

[Anonymous No.10988013]

>>10987707
getting a job to get laid sounds like hebrew trickery to be honest

[Anonymous No.10988016]

>>10986090
Barnes and Nobles because that's the only place close to me

[Anonymous No.10988018]

>>10984875
yes

[Anonymous No.10988027]

>>10987953
I'm not clever enough for this, but I will still post Ally, just imagine Honey.

[Anonymous No.10988030]

>>10988013
Getting paid to flirt sound like capitalism at its finest.

[Anonymous No.10988038]

Have you guys heard of those Goodwill bookstores? I just found one in my area, and the retards that work there organize the books by color. It's so fucking retarded.

[Anonymous No.10988047]

>>10984875
There's not much point seeing as I can get a much larger selection of books for a better price online. Plus I don't have to journey go into the city where I live and experience the wonderful diversity all around me while doing so.

[Anonymous No.10988065]

>>10985491
rip in peace english

[Anonymous No.10988069]

>>10988038
Women were a mistake

[Anonymous No.10988084]

>>10984875
Well, specialty and rarity are the strategies of the day. I have absolutely no idea how B&N are still in business, pushing NYT best-sellers to upper middle class dolts. It's obvious that HPB has a market, fine books no more than amazon, if you like the classics and big names, and leather-bound collector's editions for next to nothing. It's where I find most of occult books. But as I said, specialty, there's bookstores in the UK that are literary institutions for this stuff. Landmarks themselves.

[Anonymous No.10988087]

>>10988038
I got some really neat ones at the Salvation Army.
"The Real Book All About Camping" circa 1950's, very campy (pun intended), and "The Young Folks Book of Invention" also 50's, kind of an introduction to the technological progress of man. Starting with cave art, ending with a computer the size of a room.

[Anonymous No.10988094]

>>10988038
I'll have to check it out. They didn't specialize, as far as I knew, and I only ever say a half wall with mostly children's books, from the 90's.

[Anonymous No.10988095]

>>10988069
Care to extrapolate?

[Anonymous No.10988100]

>>10988095
Who else would sort books by color?

[Anonymous No.10988109]

>>10988095
You need people to elaborate that for you?

[Anonymous No.10988121]

Will a B&N employee PLEASE explain to me why shitty pop music plays in the stores now? Only a few years ago they would play instrumental albums but now it's just a Spotify stream of wannabe RnB mulatto tracks. Makes it impossible to concentrate for me.

[Anonymous No.10988156]

>>10988121
Not a B&N worker, but general retail. The music is usually chosen by the most senior in command, most authority, or someone who actually cares enough about what plays to ask and change it. That is entirely up to that particular store's taste and may vary over time (not sure about BIG retail, but smaller ones this rings true)
If the music bothers you so much that your experience is ruined entirely, either ask them to change it or take your business elsewhere. That is more their store than yours.

[Anonymous No.10988162]

>>10988100
>>10988109
do not respond to extrapolation fag you dumb fucking niggers

[Anonymous No.10988168]

>>10988121
B&N seems to be more of a micro-mall, now. I know what you mean. I saw the same thing in Starbucks that used to play jazz and indie, but I guess a racially-ambiguous, frivolous underclass buys overpriced iced milk and sugar syrup, with overpriced cakes or sandwiches to boot, and white people order a small herbal tea or espresso with a strangely particular dollop of foam on top. B&N must have a similar situation.

Come to think of it, there's your white genocide, your anti-white propaganda, your mixed-race agenda, what have you. These people will buy the low-hanging fruit of big corporations and keep them afloat. A homogeneous and well-educated population won't so frivolously spend money, at least not on such mass society items as $8 "coffee" milkshakes, and plastic-y Oprah recommendations, with a vaguely spiritual bent. I think everything pol is on about is actually a result of neoliberalism.

[Anonymous No.10988189]

>>10984875
Ye, just bought some Sloterdijk and Badiou at the Last Bookstore

[Anonymous No.10988402]

>>10988027
hopefully she wasn't as psychotic
but yes, anon. I feel your pain

[Anonymous No.10988411]

>>10988156
>>10988121
Not a B&N employee, but I overheard two female employees talking on their headset about the soundtrack that was playing, implying one of them selected the music.

[Anonymous No.10988449]

>>10988156
I know that the senior management are in control and that I'm only one meager customer. But the shift has been nationwide and I fear more and more that >>10988168 is right. Big retail rolls out their changes universally because of brand unification or whatever you want to call it. Should a bookstore be a place where people can read or study in peace without neo-negro crooning to bother and distract them? Well those people probably won't spend as much money as people who respond to neo-negro crooning so I suppose it's obvious what type of customer retention B&N is focused on now.

My main grievance is that private stores/cafes are becoming the only public places for people like me. And business has been difficult enough for them in recent years. I guess I'll always have the local library. Maybe I'm just actually autistic though.

[Anonymous No.10988523]

>>10986696
read Atomised

[Anonymous No.10988547]

>>10988449
This is why I added the part where I said I'm not sure of big retail's music choice, and I am inherently skeptical of corporations because they are known to use tricks like this to "brainwash" in a sense, but you seem to doubt your own power in the matter. Business lives to make money off of you, and if you don't spend your money, business doesn't flourish. This is why my first recommendation is to ask to have it changed, this shows an initiative to want to make a change and try to implement it. In years past this would be a good way for an owner to see what their clientele Second option if that doesn.t work is to move on.

i have to leave mind post im reeing harder than a thousand suns Lord give me strength

[Anonymous No.10989432]

>>10984875
I go to that exact bookstore quite often

[Anonymous No.10989485]

>>10985573
In my experience typically stuff that sits between philosophy and theology--or simply philosophy within theological language. A simple example would be C.S. Lewis.