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1505354 No.1505354 [Reply] [Original]

Borders or Barnes & Noble?

>> No.1505362

>>1505354
Borders

>> No.1505361

Barnes

Borders was nice, but had no real soul

>> No.1505363

>theessentialquestionofourtimes.jpg

>> No.1505364

>>1505361
Borders was never nice.

>> No.1505365

amazon.com

I'd rather buy a book used for three to six bucks, depending on shipping.

>> No.1505366

>>1505361
I'm not looking for soul, I'm looking for books.

>> No.1505371

they are almost exactly the same.

my town has a barnes though and im gonna apply i think.

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>>1505366
implying they're mutually exclusive

>> No.1505380

Barnes is too far away, so Borders.

>> No.1505386

Borders just got dropped by two of their major suppliers so they are in for some shit.

>> No.1505409

what's the difference?

>funny looking bookstore-cafe combos pushing an e-reader

>> No.1505594

Borders has delicious coffee... I prefer to buy books from independants though.

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1505623

My bigbox of choice. I find it's a lot more econimically viable for me if I buy used and local, though.

>> No.1505633

I work at one
fuck both

>> No.1505646
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1505646

BURGER KING OR MCDONALD'S?
BURGER KING OR MCDONALD'S?
BURGER KING OR MCDONALD'S?
BURGER KING OR MCDONALD'S?
BURGER KING OR MCDONALD'S?
BURGER KING OR MCDONALD'S?

A bowl of Raisin Bran at home for me.

>> No.1506134

none I live in New Zealand.

isohunt

>> No.1506144

>>1506134

So you obviously don't live in Auckland or Christchurch. Because, dude, they both have Borders.

Confirmed for Dunedin University.

>> No.1506167

>>1506144

oh yeah they do, I forgot, lol.
Sadly no I don't live in Auckland anymore

>> No.1508186

>>1505633
>I work at one
>fuck both

won't the one you don't work with get jealous?

>> No.1508308

>>1506144

I think it's called Otago University.

>> No.1508312

I only shop at local book stores.

Some are bigger and have selection that spans the century.

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1508325

>>1506144
Dear New Zealand,

Thank you for giving us Sam Neill.

Love, Anon.

>> No.1508366

>>1508186

that made me smile.

>> No.1508379

Borders is closer to my house. It also might have a slightly better selection than my local Barnes and Noble.

B&N does have a nice selection of notebooks compared to Borders. I got a pretty cool leather bound notebook about a week ago there.

>> No.1508406

Well, the Borders card was free, so I'll go with them.

>> No.1508411

>>1508379
The Border's by my house is really cramped while the B&N is capacious and tidy. B&N has a more frustrating organisational structure, though, because they remove books from their proper sections to put them on aisle/front displays.

>> No.1508427

Borders.
The one in my town wen tout of business though :'(

>> No.1508429

At times, Border tends to be hokier than Barnes & Noble, with a fuck-ton of self-help, bestsellers, and generally shit nobody cares about. In some areas it kind of has a better selection of books, but that's matched with it's semi-ridiculous prices. Classics there are DOMINATED by the huge selection of Barnes & Noble published classics that you can get for like $5.00.

Their (Borders) e-readers are also pretty sub-par (lolinferior) to the Nook.