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Comfy neighbourhood bookstore thread? Comfy neighbourhood bookstore thread.

>> No.9105871

I work at an antique bookstore, it's pretty comfy.
It's in an old wooden house and the whole place is just crammed full of books. They spill out of shelves, lie in piles on every available surface and form 3 feet high walls around isolated workstations practically buried in the sea of them. There's a narrow path that cuts through the store (which is 3 stories) and anytime you meet someone going the other way someone has to back up or you're gonna knock a whole pile over. Even the bathroom is crammed full of them.

It's pretty great, but I don't get much of a chance to read there since it's usually pretty busy.

>> No.9106014

>>9105871
This can't be real. This is too good.

>> No.9107607

>>9105871
I am envious.

>> No.9107629

>tfw connollys is gone

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>>9105871
Sounds really comfy friendo. I hope you have fun working there.

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>>9105871
>Even the bathroom is crammed full of them.

>> No.9108625

>>9105579
You all suck at this. If you're gonna post comfy bookstores, post the addresses so anons can find them too.

Unfortunately, I don't know any comfy bookstores, but for any krauts out there, the Oxfam (Fürstenfelder Str. 7 Marineplatz) is a pretty great place to buy books. It's small, but the books are cheap and there's even an assortment of antique books.

>> No.9108937

>>9108625
Thanks, I'm from munich, do they have good literature there?

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>>9105579
Anyone from Inverness? When I visited I was really impressed by a bookstore there Called Leaky's.

>> No.9109031

Im gonna head to a used bookstore on friday. What should i look for?

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>>9109031
Second tier modern library.

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>tfw you don't live in the anglosphere so all the bookstores sucks

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>>9109042
>tfw best area in the world for used books.

In between these red dots are 10-20 small book stores run by older men and their kids where treasures abound.

>> No.9109085

I want to open up a library / bookstore / coffee shop
Would make a fuckton of money because of all the fucking hipsters, just make it hipster looking and the motherfuckers would come in herds.
Christ i hate pseudo intellectual hipsters

>> No.9109110

>>9109085
My brother is an accountant, and I have extra funds. He told me his office calls shit like that "hobby-losses"

My dream is to have something like that, dark, with private booths and hardwood builtins everywhere, selling boutique coffees rotating monthly, pourover only, and wine in the evening. Really limited menu, like omlettes and fruit in the morning and wine and cheese and bread and soup in the evening, selling award winners and recently reviewed in NYRB, PRB, LRB type /lit/ as well as used books I pick up on the cheap via lots. I want the center part to have a fireplace and some really comfy old chairs, a place for people to decompress after work or find some quiet.

And of course USB jacks and highspeed wireless.

I live in a NH mountain town near a ski resort, and there are a few empty store fronts.

>> No.9109131

>>9109059
No. Edinburgh is. The lit scene in Edinburgh is Scotland's one redeeming trait.

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>>9109001
Sweet, had no idea there was a shop like this in Inverness. I'm from Aberdeen originally, will try to find an excuse to go up north at some point when I'm back home.

Edinburgh has several comfy bookshops, the best of which is just called "Edinburgh Books". Next to the strip clubs and fast food joints in West Port.

>> No.9109139

The Word in Montreal is my go to these days.

>> No.9109145

>>9109042
There's hundreds of great bookstores in Europe. Try going out of your basement.

>> No.9109149

>>9109131
Ma nigga. >>9109138 here.

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>>9109145
>hundreds of great bookstores is alot
fuck off faggot

>> No.9109160

>>9109152
Why would you even need a bookstore if you're this mentally incapacitated?

>> No.9109216

>>9105871
brb sending this post to the fire marshal

>> No.9109226

>>9109110
The place will become a hangout for hipsters tho, so you might need a gun close by you

>> No.9109230

>>9109226
>hipsters

Hippys probably