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Does /lit/ like to buy coffee table books?

>> No.4583942

I bought a coffee table book three years ago that I just sold for $10,000. So...yes.

>> No.4583956

Nope. It's a rabidly bourgeois use of books. Some of the titles in your pic highlight that very well.

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>>4583931
well i buy them (mostly secondhand) but rarely do they grace actual coffee tables. generally my table surfaces are too crowded with cup noodles and a thick layer of self-loathing.

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4583988

Those bougie books are the worst. They already have a dozen magazine pumped out just like em.

I have art books I guess you could categorize as coffee table. Wish I had a home to put a coffee table.

>> No.4584001

>>4583942
>tfw you will never be rich enough have the first folio on your coffee table
>tfw you won't be able to laugh and say 'don't worry I've got another one out back' when someone spills coffee on it

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4585426

Yes, yes I do.

>> No.4585604

I don't drink coffee often enough to justify owning a table for that sole purpose. If I did I wouldn't have money for it anyway.

>> No.4585609

Stupid question but what defines a coffee table book?

>> No.4585625

>>4585609
A big book with a lot of pictures that you can open to a random page and read a bit and put down. It's called a coffee table book because they are good to have on tables by couches to give people something to read while waiting or chilling.
Good at parties, etc.

>> No.4585636

>>4583931

I love them and buy them a lot. I dont have (the space for) a coffeetable though. Also I rarely have people over anyway. And when I do they come to get high or drunk.

:(

>> No.4585644

>>4585625
Well by that definition i Do own a few. Don't see anything wrong with it, doesn't keep me from reading 'real' books.

>> No.4585649

>>4585625
Those books are fucking expenisve

>> No.4585678

All of mine are about the USSR. Good thing I don't have any friends.

>> No.4585679

>>4585649
>>4585644
There is nothing wrong with them. I imagine people get mad because it's not "real literature" so what? Like you said, it doesn't mean it's all you read.
To be honest, most people I know with coffee table books are pretty avid reasons as well.
They are expensive, but I've never bought any. I know they are ALWAYS on sale at stores like Barnes and Noble - like 70% off sometimes.
I guess it just depends. I know my dad gave me Rolling Stone's 100 (or 500/1000) Albums You Must Hear Before You Die which has a ton of pictures, interesting histories behind the albums and stuff. If you have a big interest in music you'd already know all the albums, but it's still cool to just pick up and learn something for no reason.

>> No.4585698

>>4585679
>. I know my dad gave me Rolling Stone's 100 (or 500/1000) Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

DADCORE to the power of a million

>> No.4585703

>>4585678

HAHAA

classic

>> No.4585881

I'm into photography so I have a few /p/ related ones. My favorite is 125 photos by Edward Weston that I got in perfect condition for $20 at Half-Price Books. The rest usually cost anywhere from $50-100, mostly used in decent condition.

Honestly I think they're worth the cost because it's the best way to look at photos short of them being on a wall, and you can get a nice big collection of an artist's work all in one place. The only one I've ever actually had on my coffee table, though, is one by Nick Brandt because it doesn't fit on my bookshelf.