/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.17872429]

ITT: Pictures of bookstores

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[Anonymous No.17872465]

>>17872429
>>17872434
I hate that bookstore so goddam much. If you're in Paris and want an English book you should rather go to either San Francisco Book Co. or to the Abbey Bookshop (picrel), both of which are nearby.

[Anonymous No.17872491]

>>17872429
I am beggining to think shakespeare doesn't really work there...

[Anonymous No.17872499]

Outgrew my naivety when I entered an Amazon bookstore and realized the internet was not something separate from reality, but that the /lit/ memes were true. Worst, soys walking out after buying several $30 books. Walked around and found absolutely nothing that would interest me

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[Anonymous No.17872533]

>>17872499
>80% of books covers are all stock photos + paperback

I hate this trend so much

[Anonymous No.17872536]

Nice thread

[Anonymous No.17872583]

>>17872429
I wrote my name in one of the antique books on the second floor

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[Anonymous No.17872653]

>>17872429
RIP, Wall Street Borders.

[Anonymous No.17872665]

>>17872429
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>>17872429
An American who worked there once complimented me on buying Stirner, which one of you was it?

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>>17872632
look at this dying breed and craft

[Anonymous No.17873139]

>>17873084
Start by giving your support.

[Anonymous No.17873157]

I want to open a bookstore when I have the money. I don’t even care if it makes money just so long as it breaks even. Anyone with any experience doing this?

What’s a good name for a bookstore?

[Anonymous No.17873191]

>>17873139
why should I invest in failing business models? the publishing or book industry changed massively since 2020. traditional structures were dying, but now they are annihilated.

[Anonymous No.17873199]

>>17872523
fucking nice

[Anonymous No.17873227]

recall this place having a bunch of rare editions of Sade haphazardly mixed in among back issues of old porn magazines

[Anonymous No.17873302]

Kitazawa Books, Tokyo. Overpriced as fuck, but it's a beautiful bookstore and they have a shitload of rare books.

[Anonymous No.17873352]

>>17873191
Nice Americanish way of thinking, faggot. Why don't you reduce your view from the panoramic landscape of the market to the sphere of your individual wants? If you enjoy entering an antiquarian/historical bookstore and collecting beautiful, sturdy leather-bound editions, just do it. I bet these places fail because of that obtuse mindset.
>why should I invest in failing business models
It's not financial trading, you absolute imbecile. Also, even with the p(l)andemic I don't think these stores are going to disappear. Some will close, but you have to realize that most people love to frequent small cozy independent bookstores, rather than corporate Amazon-like malls. No one likes that shit. Sooner or later there will be a new opening of tiny local bookstores, at least in Europe.

It's sad we have to engage in these cynical debates even when the thread is just meant to enjoy some lovely pictures.

[Anonymous No.17873357]

>>17872523
Damp books

[Anonymous No.17873494]

>>17873352
be honest, how much money have you spent in 2019 for antique book BOUGHT IN A STORE?

[Anonymous No.17873498]

>>17873302
Veeery nice. I love that classy, sober atmosphere.

[Anonymous No.17873527]

>>17873494
Probably 30-40 euros. In an antique bookstore of my city. But I have spent much more in online purchases, they also work through that, you know?

[Anonymous No.17873641]

>>17872465
Is it too overpriced?

[Anonymous No.17873649]

>>17872523

[Anonymous No.17873711]

>>17872429
>>17872434
>>17872449
Been here. Selection is average and is usually very crowded. The best time to be around is between 7 and 8 pm - that's when all the beautiful girls who work there come out to close the bookshop.

[Anonymous No.17873731]

>>17872429
discussion about abstract concepts
discussion about abstract concepts contained in particular books
discussion about the content of books themselves
discussion about the author and the context they wrote in
discussion about the author and the name of his cat
discussion about obtaining books
discussion about the physical quality of particular editions of particular books
discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of different methods of using books
pictures of stacks of books you've read
pictures of books haven't read
pictures of books you don't own and don't plan to read
pictures of the physical quality of particular books
discussions about archival inks and paper pH values
pictures of bookstores <- we are here

[Anonymous No.17873741]

>>17873527
yeah, but that's the thing. they can sell online for x $ from a cheap storage, but if they have a store they must sell x $ + money for rent and employees $ or they go broke, which is why stores will be a thing of the past. zoomers will never pay for in-store talk and recs.

tl;dr: enjoy it while it lasts, but don't tell me to donate money to boomers. t. millenial

[Anonymous No.17873853]

>>17873741
Parcelization and caging of human existence won't happen, people are realizing that the internet is a trap. Give it time.

[Anonymous No.17874021]

>>17873853
It already happens, anon.

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>>17874021
So you won't do anything?

[Anonymous No.17874091]

>>17873357
I'd love to slurp and suck the water right from the pages

[Anonymous No.17874094]

>>17874045
I've been here! It's in Connecticut. There are like four locations all in the same vicinity. One of them is a compound of tiny shacks, stands, greenhouses, and other structures full of books. Almost like a carnival. Super cool.

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>>17874091
>>17874091
Based

[Anonymous No.17874120]

>>17874094
I'm afraid you have mistaken this location with a different one, this is a unique venue in Pennsylvania.

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>>17874120
Yes, indeed I have. My mistake. The one I'm thinking of is also called the Book Barn, but it's in Niantic CT.

[Anonymous No.17874179]

so many of these look dirty

[Anonymous No.17874187]

Shakespeare and co was fun to visit. A little touristy but the history is cool and it's just a nice store to walk through

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>>17874149
it is very similar

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>>17874061
what am I supposed to do? bring back the 50s? like those dark academia folks? nah.

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>>17873641
It's part of the problem. The real thing is that it was obviously designed as a tourist trap because they sell overpriced coffee, tote bags and shit like that. It looks nice on picture because it was made to look nice on picture, it was designed with instagram in mind. It's a coffee-house that sells books. On the upper floor there are antique books but you will barely be able to find anything interesting, it's purely a decorum. The clerks are mostly clueless about what they are selling. The philosophy and poetry are a joke: they're small, which is not surprising, but more importantly they look as if someone who never read anything ordered the books. The population is mostly made of tourists and Parisian art hoes which is the only good thing about the store

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>>17872536
This thread is an accidental /lit/fa/ crossover

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>>17873157
based. kinda wanna do this in belfast because there are no good bookshops here

[Anonymous No.17876006]

Arcadian in New Orleans.
I prefer a bookstore with no order or breathing room.

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>>17872523
Soul

[Anonymous No.17876059]

>>17876006
New orleans, Montgomery, Oxford have great bookstores. The heart of the U.S. is in New England, the West (Utah, NM, AZ), and the Deep south.

[Anonymous No.17876145]

Recently got into /lit/ and found out my country has what's possibly the smallest book store in the world. I'll have to go there once I go back on holidays. Shame there's graffiti everywhere...
More info here: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/livraria-simao

[Anonymous No.17876168]

anyone else been to this gem in the hellhole that is downtown los angeles? Pretty good cheap used section, worst part about it was the near constant stream of instagram posters

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>>17876168
hope it never gets burned down by peaceful protesters

[Anonymous No.17876298]

>>17876251

one of my worst fears, I used to live a couple blocks away from there but got the fuck out of DTLA before shit really hit the fan; the starbucks a block away was absolutely decimated (every window smashed, furniture destroyed or stolen, everything raided) and were many other businesses along with the corner store and smoke shop. Seeing some of the old places I used to frequent just absolutely destroyed in news clippings felt surreal. Thankfully it seems like the bookstore is okay based on their website, I have a feeling the peaceful protestors were more interested in pillaging the flagship air jordan store (you know, to stick it to the corporate entities that have been profiting off african american cultural appropriation obviously, or something)

[Anonymous No.17876312]

>>17876298
yeah this anon basically gets it. Large corporations will always be able to afford puting things back together. small businesses aren't

[Anonymous No.17876405]

>>17876312

unfortunately the high IQ participants of these peaceful rallies against police brutality are often there to take advantage of the situation and steal as much shit as they can at best, and at worst they are just looking for an excuse to destroy and loot shit

I'd love to believe that the gucci store was targeted because of their corporate agenda but when the mom and pop store right next door has also been completely destroyed and people are re-selling hundreds of gucci belts and yeezys on facebook marketplace the next day I can't be an idiot

[Anonymous No.17876426]

>>17876405
yeah i'm not saying they're not bad apples . it's too bad

[Anonymous No.17876435]

my local

[Anonymous No.17876452]

>>17876435
comfy

[Anonymous No.17876458]

bookstores are /sovlless/ now because we don't live in an era of print so they are all relegated to larping as kitschy little fag venues for zoomers who imagine being in some dusty little shithole will make their dreams come true. this is why libraries are trash now too (besides being homeless shelters)

every time i go into a bookstore i just think damn i coulda just bought some books online and spent my time wisely elsewhere

[Anonymous No.17876484]

>>17876458
t. amerimutt

[Anonymous No.17876486]

>>17876426

definitely a shame, whenever there's anything good the masses of idiots are there to ruin it

hopefully they're still there when I get a chance to get back to LA, I think they've had a bunch of fire hazard warnings in recent times but the owner just does not give a fuck

[Anonymous No.17876536]

>>17876452
yeah it's 3 floors. It's cool that they keep books outside, you see all sorts of pedestrians that would never go inside stopping to engage with books. I also overheard the owner bitching about how much he hated growing up jewish and how corrupt a bunch of them in professional positions were lel

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>>17876536
Kek. Where is it?

[Anonymous No.17876697]

>>17876486
based indie book seller

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>>17876458
fuck you support your local businesses

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>>17872429
Maybe a dumb question but what happens to all these cute outside book stands if there's some flash rain?

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>>17873157
i love ben affleck so much

[Anonymous No.17878690]

>>17873157
Harry bookstore Potter

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>>17876922
Not him, but the problem with local businesses is that they're often more expensive. I get why, but if I only bought food from farms, local stores and fishmongers I wouldn't have money to travel the world. Some used book shops or charity shops might be good to find cheap classics though, since the staff has no clue what they're selling.

[Anonymous No.17879826]

Here is Paludan bogcafé, a ''book-café'' where you can simultaneously shop for books and study, drink coffee and eat lunch. Should be reopening soon, I think.

[Anonymous No.17879930]

>>17873731
Don't worry, by this time tomorrow this thread will 404 and there'll be plenty more pathetic blogposting to clog the catalog

[Anonymous No.17880083]

>>17872429

Local bookstore. Bit of a tourist trap though.