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My favorite bookstore just announced they were closing for good today because of the Covid-19 shutdown. I've been going there for 15 years. Fuckin sucks

>> No.15282238
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>>15282204
Feels bad man. I fear the day that Barnes and Noble is the only bookstore around. Soon we may not be able to buy any books not written by Stephen King and Michelle Obama.

>> No.15282264

So sorry to hear, anon.
Mine claims online to still be open. It’s very far so I haven’t visited since January.
I hope they make it

>> No.15282270

Are you friends with owners at all? Might be nice to send them an email and maybe invite them over for wine once this is over.

>> No.15282278

>>15282238
Amazon will buy it all out. We’ll have book sellers, just fewer mom and pops

>> No.15282302

>>15282204
>tfw friends of the library store will always be safe

>> No.15282308

>>15282238
I feel that but at this point I'll be glad if any physical bookstores remain after this--B & N or no.

>>15282270
I'm pretty acquainted with them. I've known they've had sales concerns in the past couple of years but they have another store about 20 minutes away that they said is still open. This decision was made within the past 24 hours basically. I've purchased countless books there. Spent hours in the café doing work, reading, drinking coffee...met people there that have since become friends. One of my best ex-girlfriends worked there. Holidays they had a jazz trio come in on weekends and play Christmas music. I've many great memories there and this feels like getting kicked in the stomach.

>> No.15282312

>>15282278
Hey butterfly. Are you american? I was planning to move there after the covid19 crisis. What is your state? Is comfy? I need sugestions pls help. what is my best option?

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>>15282312
Be prepared to revolt. We need organizers versed in some socialist theory
Pick by climate and community that suits you.

>> No.15282387

>>15282354
You did not answer my question. I don't know which is the best. Give me your suggestion.

>> No.15282423

>>15282387
I don’t know you. Which IS the best?

>> No.15282429

>>15282387
Do not bother with butterdyke. She will never give you a good answer.

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We have a second hand market stall that keywords adding new bookshelves, even in front of existing bookshelves. Its like a fractal. You have to duck in many places. I would be gutted if it closed. I know that feel OP.
Also, I visit Hate On Wye, the 'town of books' near the Wales/ England border. It has a crumbling manor/ castle and used to have its own king. He just claimed he was king and the town went with it. Last time I went they had all raised their prices to online prices. The king died last year, really sad. Used to bring back a good haul but I couldn't justify it.

>> No.15282451

>>15282423
I don't know you are the american. What are your personal experiences in the US? Your state is good or bad. I just want to hear your opinion.

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>>15282491
It wasn’t. It’s capitalism

>> No.15282508

>>15282451
Avoid Florida, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and pretty much all of the south except Virginia. Try somewhere in New England, Portland, Maine seems pretty comfy.

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>>15282278
Thats my point though: all the booksellers will be corporate kike-owned bookstores. Local bookstores that might actually carry edgy/subversive/alternative literature will all be gone. You literally just restated my post and pretended that it was a response. You are honest to god the dumbest fucking cunt on this board.

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>>15282501
>tfw when not understanding everything after the New Deal/FDR/WWII/Great Society period is full blown socialism

>> No.15282550

>>15282204
Ask them what they're going to do with their books, you might be able to get a load cheap.

>> No.15282552

>>15282508
Thanks.
>>15282501
New Mexico, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, California are good in your opinion? I got family there. Do you have experience in those states?

>> No.15282555

>>15282238
for some B & N is the only option available.

>> No.15282559

>>15282308
>I'm pretty acquainted with them. I've known they've had sales concerns in the past couple of years but they have another store about 20 minutes away that they said is still open. This decision was made within the past 24 hours basically. I've purchased countless books there. Spent hours in the café doing work, reading, drinking coffee...met people there that have since become friends. One of my best ex-girlfriends worked there. Holidays they had a jazz trio come in on weekends and play Christmas music. I've many great memories there and this feels like getting kicked in the stomach.
Yeah dude I'm sorry, sounds shitty and points to a greater problem about the loss of simplicity in life. I remember when I was in college and would go to the cafe and read all day, but unfortuantely that time in my life is over. It sucks to see all those memories crushed and stomped. It truly does. One thing I always dreamed of doing as a kid was movie to a small town in the midwest and open a bookstore/coffee shop/indie film theater, but that is seeming more and more unlikely as the years go by.

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>>15282535
>frog poster
>antisemetic

>>15282541
>Being this dumb

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>> No.15282610

>>15282552
>>15282570
Pls answer

>> No.15282661

>>15282238
>Soon we may not be able to buy any books not written by Stephen King and Michelle Obama.
I don't know, I've been looking forward to their collaboration for years now. It's hard to imagine a more stimulating meeting of the minds.

>> No.15282705

>>15282204
I hate to hear that. I've been worried about a little bookstore I used to visit a lot in another city. It would be really sad regardless for them to close up, but I've been meaning to go back and use up some store credit.