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>Using Steinbeck for one of my tutees.
>Go to Barnes & Noble
>Check the array of paperback classics
>No Grapes of Wrath
>My face

Other bookstore failures, go.

>> No.1220728

>go to bookstore
find a copy of the Bible placed under the fiction section.

BOOKSTORE WIN

>> No.1220736

>>1220728
the library is like that too...
that's normal

>> No.1220739

>Australian book retail prices
>$25 for a fucking paperback.

Well that was easy.

>> No.1220748

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Grapes-of-Wrath/John-Steinbeck/e/9780143039433/?itm=3&USRI=
grapes+of+wrath

>> No.1220752
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1220752

>Go to any retail chain which stocks books

>> No.1220753

>go to Barnes and Noble to find a book
>find book from Barnes and Noble publishing company for $6
>find the same book with less content (extra stuff) by a different publisher for $16.

OP's face is my face.

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>>1220753
Barnes and Noble classics are fucking awesome.

>> No.1220765

>>1220759
yes sir they are! The actual book was the Communist Manifesto and other essays.

literally this book was twice as thick as the communist manifesto from the other publishing company because of the OTHER ESSAYS. I laughed so hard.

>> No.1220767
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1220767

>go to bookstore
>search in the philosophy section for Spinoza
>no Spinoza
>mfw

>> No.1220778
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1220778

>go in Barnes and Noble
>go to Philosophy
>look for Nietzsche
>no Nietzsche
I fucking hate Barnes and Noble.

>> No.1220781

>go to coles
>look under philosophy section
>every book is about christianity

>> No.1220791

>Go to Borders in London before it went into administration
>It's the flagship store
>Go to the Classics section
>D
>Dickens
>No David Copperfield
>manlookingupfromnewspaper.jpg

>> No.1220831

>Go to Barnes and Noble
>Check (Section)
>No (Famous book or author)
>reaction.jpg

>> No.1220834

>>1220831
FUCK I HATE IT WHEN THIS HAPPENS

>> No.1220843

>>1220722
Check the rest of the store first. ;) I don't believe it is old enough for Barnes & Noble to have gotten their greasy hands on it yet.
>>1220778
I found Nietzsche in under 30 seconds. HARDback classic motherfucka.
>ITT: Post here if you suck at looking for books.

>> No.1220878

Steinbeck was probably gone because every 16 year old faggot has to read it for class. Did you ask a salesperson about it? because that's how you get the fucking book when a bunch of greasy faced kids buy out the stock on the floor. As for Nietzsche it was probably in multiple sections and quite cheap. You lepers just have trouble navigating an organized alphabetical bookshelf, congrats on that.

>> No.1220912

>>1220778
>>1220767
last time i went to barnes and noble in Los Angeles (yesterday) they had both. Probably lots of people interested in philosophy and they were currently out of stock in your local area. Fags.

>> No.1220943

I always check for 'Pan' by Knut Hamsun when I'm B&N and it's never in stock. Maybe I should ask them if they can place an order or order it online myself, but I always forget. I should do that now.

>> No.1220952

>Borders
>Go to Philosophy section
>Nietszche Nietszche Nietszche Nietszche Nietszche Nietszche Nietszche Nietszche Nietszche Nietszche Pooh bear and Philosophy Nietszche Nietszche Nietszche Twilight and Philosophy Nietszche Nietszche
>FUCKING BORDERS

>> No.1220973

>>1220878

No, it just wasn't included in the series of Barnes & Noble classics. Which was the point.

Do you always have this much trouble with reading comprehension? Because there's always SparkNotes, bro.

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1221009

>go to borders
>find the books i'm looking for on sale
>find another book I wanted in the discount section
>have conversation with cute black cashier about steinbeck, zombies, and harry potter
>everything went better than expected

>> No.1221367

What the fuck is a tutee?

>> No.1221727

I work at (Large Chain Bookstore) and honestly, if you're not a douche, we actually like helping you. It's our fucking job. Seriously. Just say, "Hey, I couldn't find [insert book title] and was wondering if they're all out".

We will look it up in the computer system to see if it's in stock. If it's someone like Steinbeck or Nietzsche, odds are we have some on order or in transit.

>> No.1221734

>>1221727
How much are you willing to help? Like if I said I need a hard dick in my mouth, would you come back to the car with me and pull it out?

>> No.1221737

>>1221734
As long as you don't have a beard. I don't like it when they scratch my balls. Makes it harder to imagine it's your mom.

>> No.1221746
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1221746

>get books from Amazon
>read reviews about which version is the best
>make informed decision
>mailman becomes passive aggressive because they ship every damn book individually

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1221749

>Other bookstore failures, go

>want to read some great books such as works from Nabokov, Joyce, Dostoevsky, etc
>go to waterstones
>books cost money
>go to barnes & noble
>books cost money
>my face

then i go to library, get most & then i go home & pirate the rest

>> No.1221754

>>1221749
get a job you stupid fuck

inb4 lame excuses

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1221759

>>1221754
>implying im too poor to pay for books
It's just that I never pay for things that are fucking free, least of all for entertainment. I'm not vain enough to want my own bookshelf to validate my ego or show off.

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1221762

>go to library website
>check for Tao Lin books
>none
>library win
>check new books
>android karnenina, pride & prejudice and zombies, jayne slayre, little women & werewolves
>mein Gesicht

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1221765

>>1221762
>reading contemporary books before the decent critics have had time to sort the crap from the gold

>> No.1221768

>>1220843
Was it that modern library hardcover of Also Sprach Zarathustra?

>> No.1221771

>>1221759
You don't want to be able to not walk over to your own bookshelf and pick out your favorite book and start reading it from time to time? You don't belong here.

>> No.1221773

>>1221771
>favourite book
>picking it out randomly for sum casual reading
oh please!

>> No.1221775

>>1221773
Wat. If you don't like re-reading books from time to time, and also don't even own your FAVORITE BOOK, you certainly don't belong here.

>> No.1221781

I get pissed off that when Wicked Day comes around each year, they have loads of different editions of Wizard of Oz but then after that you cannot find copies of it anywhere at B&N.
They have a weird way of stocking their classics.

>> No.1221783

>>1221759

> Implying that owning a bookshelf or six is anything other than convenience.

Going to the library rather than having the information on hand - at farthest, across the house - strikes me as extremely inefficient and expensive.

>> No.1221786

>>1221783
www.google.com