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Just went to a Barnes and Noble for the first time in forever.
While sitting in the parking lot I browsed the store to see if I get a curbside pickup of The Slynx.
None in stock at this store, but I could buy one online. Whatever.
>go inside
>go to the fiction section
only two aisles of fiction, most of it is high-school tier stuff we've all read
a shelf full of nothing but Things Fall Apart
five aisles of romance
>tables stacked with the latest pop-lit abortions
>literally half the store is a children's section
picture books
picture books
comic books
magazines
and a tiny cafe in the corner
oh can't forget the wall of Criterion blu-rays for 60 bucks a pop.

is this what bookstores are now?
they seem to sell everything but literature

No wonder they're all going out of business. Good riddance.

sorry for bothering you.

>> No.15584225

>>15583814
That stuff is what sells and they're a business that needs to stay open.

>> No.15584232

>>15584225

This. It's the reason the new age/parapsychology section is bigger than the poetry and philosophy sections combined. You may not like it but that's capitalism, you leftycuck.

>> No.15584780

>>15583814
I go to B&N for the atmosphere but almost never buy anything because I'm a digitalChad

>> No.15584792

>>15583814
If you go to independent bookstores instead of this massive chains of cucks, you might find the environment you are looking. I have great experiences going to smaller bookshops and talking with the people who work there about literature and seeing that they really know what they are talking about and selling.

Basically, fuck big companies. They are shallow as fuck.

>> No.15584793

>>15583814
So any and all females within a Barnes and Noble are not of a true literary soul?

>> No.15584800

>>15584793
Only literary soul is Fran from Scarface. She isn't so bad. We shouldn't be mean. xoxoxoxo

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15584808

>>15584792
>talking with the people
>>15584793
no shit, Sherlock
no one that works a minimum wage retail job is there to fulfill a passion

>> No.15585433

>>15584232
They had Freud in the New Age section the last time I went there

>> No.15585457

>>15585433
where he belongs

>> No.15585471

>>15585457
Have you even read Freud? Much of his work was scientifically rigorous for his time.

>> No.15585473

>>15583814
When's the last time you've been in a B&N 1889?

>> No.15585525

>go to bookstore
>"do you have (NYRB classic title)?"
>"Let me check... no. But we can order it."
>go home and buy it off the internet.
>day wasted

>go to bookstore
>"do you have Don Quijote?"
>points me to a hideous rainbow bookshelf of Barns and Noble hardcovers
>Don Quijote is barf orange with a faux vintage design of extremely poorly screen printed knights and a frayed shoelace for a bookmark
>$30 fucking dollars
>go home and buy a non-embarrassing hardcover off the internet for $2
>day wasted

>> No.15585554

>>15585525
This is why stores are dying. It's not some cataclysmic cultural war you fucking dick sucks, its cheaper and more convenient.

>> No.15585560

>>15584792
Every employee I've ever talked to at local, independent bookstores I've been to have been hipster faggots. So, I don't even bother talking to them at this stage.

>> No.15585570

>>15585525
>"We can order it for you."
Oh yes, please. Order the book so I can wait a week and then come back here to pick the book up from a store, instead of just having it delivered right to my house, so I don't have to drive miles to a bookstore that doesn't have any classic books because all the shelf space is filled with politically correct "marginalized voices" horse shit and manga. I love wasting time driving places multiple times to buy things. Can I give you my cell phone number too so you can call me and let me know when the book arrives? I love giving out my personal data to incompetent corporations.

>> No.15585839

>>15583814
RIP Borders. It was my favorite bookstore growing up.

>> No.15586028

>>15583814
>they seem to sell everything but literature
Picture books can be high-quality literature.

>> No.15586056

Virgin Barnes & Noble vs Chad Books-A-Million!

>> No.15586063

>>15586028
leave

>> No.15586077

>>15585560
/this

my local used book store, Page One in Albuquerque, has a good stock but are complete SJW cucks.

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>>15586063
No, I'm not leaving. Why don't you make an actual argument about how picture books cannot be high-quality literature? I actually have one published weird fiction story, but I think picture books can be on equal level in terms of sophistication and depth.

>> No.15586099

>>15584225
>That stuff is what sells
Is it what's on your shelf?

>> No.15586366

>>15583814
It's a little hit or miss but honestly B&N usually has a good selection of history, some random really quality philosophy (they lack breadth but will for no reason at all have a few obscure works), and generally an ok fiction section. They used to have a whole essay section but idk if that's still around. However, used bookstores and local independent bookstores are still the best, notwithstanding the enormous leftist bias of most independent stores.