/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.2895724]

I went to Barnes and Noble today, expecting the worst.
As I perused what undoubtedly was the most tasteless collection of books I've ever seen, my soul wept with the flood gates of a thousand rivers, for everything is ridiculously overpriced.
After picking up a soft cover novella priced a generous fifteen dollars, I shed one last tear for the death of literature, and made my way for exit.
But out of the corner of my eye, did I spy something peculiar; there, on the ground near the clearance table were a stack of several mammoth hardcover books!
>I got the complete works of Mark Twain and Shakespeare (1100+ pages and hardcover) for eight dollars.
Goddamn, I love cheap books.

[Anonymous No.2895726]

Where does lit go for cheap books?

Also, fuck the library, I've got an outstanding debt that they're finally trying to collect on.

[Standard Toaster !TOASTXbkRg No.2895728]

>>2895726
I go to Barnes&Noble because I get a 30% employee discount, and a 40% discount during the bi-annual "employee appreciation week."

[Anonymous No.2895729]

You shed a tear for the death of literature because you're too jewish to pay $15 to support a new author?

I would too, you yuppie fuck.

[Anonymous No.2895731]

What makes you think anyone would care for your banal and trivial experience (or lack thereof)?

[Anonymous No.2895733]

Half-Price books, do they have those in other states?

I like that place.

[Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ No.2895736]

>Picture: Fake glasses
>Post: Purple prose

Cheap books? Wherever.

[Anonymous No.2895741]

>>2895726
I almost exclusively buy my books used. Local thrift stores have no idea what books are worth and will sell anything for one or two dollars. Plus you may find a gem or two that you otherwise wouldn't have known about.

[Small No.2895743]

i go to oxfam or local charity shop and see if i cant find a good 2nd hand book

[Anonymous No.2895752]

>>2895724
>wept with the flood gates of a thousand rivers
>wept with the flood gates

But yeah, cheap books are nice.

[Anonymous No.2895767]

>>2895726
Amazon is reasonably priced most of the time, especially if you subscribe to Amazon prime. And people end up selling used books for crazy cheap too

[Anonymous No.2895775]

>2012
>not pirating ebooks
>ISHYGDDT

[Anonymous No.2895800]

half.com
half.com

lots of books for 75 cents, find a larger seller and buy multiple from them to get cheaper shipping. books for 2-3 dollars a piece, shipped.

[Anonymous No.2895810]

barnes and noble is pretty much just a novelty/board game store now with a collection of books on the side.

we have only ourselves to blame.

[Anonymous No.2895820]

>Nook Simple Touch ereader
>Google "<book title> epub"

There

[Anonymous No.2895852]

OP you're a fucking fag. You write like shit in your post. Go take your weeping soul (over B&N??? Holy fuck First-World Problems) and pound sand in your ass.

[Anonymous No.2895889]

>>2895726
Paperbackswap.
Average 2.50 per book.
2.00 if you're clever.

[Anonymous No.2895903]

>>2895800
They had a free shipping day a couple months back, though. I missed that sweet deal. Fuck.

[Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ No.2895904]

>>2895810

[Sunhawk !M9PhF5nIzs No.2895912]

>>2895904

Poor Leno.

[Anonymous No.2895916]

>>2895810
They want to charge me for discounts.
They can go fuck themselves.

[Anonymous No.2895919]

>>2895728
Are B&N Stores, in general, looking for people? I was talking to an employee at my local store and he said it was a chill, if boring job.

[Anonymous No.2895922]

>>2895919
I hear it's difficult to find a position there. Though it's probably easier to get a job in the coffee shop. lol

[Anonymous No.2895924]

>>2895889

Bookmooch.
Free books forever.
If you're clever.

[Anonymous No.2895930]

>>2895924
Oh really?
Because with Paperbackswap you have to pay to either ship the book (thus acquiring a credit) or buy credits from other members.
Pray tell how you manage not paying anything on Bookmooch.

[Anonymous No.2895935]

good job op, great typing and words

like someone pretending to be the usual retarded underage /lit/ poster as a joke only it's real

[Anonymous No.2895939]

>>2895930

>find book you want, see if it ships to your country
>make Bookmooch account
>Go to http://www.apejet.org/sites/ubob/
>withdraw either 1 or 3 points depending on whether the book is going to be shipped internationally
>mooch book
>receive book
>delete account
>make account again
>repeat process

Free books forever without screwing anyone over.

[Anonymous No.2895944]

>>2895939
I will give this a try.
Thank you, sir.

[Anonymous No.2896037]

>>2895726
Alibris, its cheap and has a huge inventory.