/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.10547312]

>tfw I support my local used bookstores

[Anonymous No.10547373]

>tfw my local bookstore only sells school books to nearby school
>best they have is some Shakespere and a paperback copy of Shakespeare
>massive children's/Ya section
>whole shop is comfy 2 rooms
At least they have some Shaun Tan stuff I'll get soon.
>go into city
>want to support independent bookstore
>all paperbacks
>have to go to chain store if I want hardbacks
>other relevant independent bookstore is the same size as the chain bookstore and the independent bookstore combined
>a whole floor for used books
>don't have Ward translation of The Stranger
Goddammit

[Anonymous No.10547437]

>>10547312
my library has sales once a month, I just buy stuff from there :)

[Anonymous No.10547447]

>>10547437

Fucking finally, somebody else who does this.

[Anonymous No.10547448]

>tfw support amazon

[Anonymous No.10547455]

>>10547447
feels good being a patrician, right?

[Anonymous No.10547461]

>tfw all the authors worth supporting are dead so you pirate their work guilt free and morally unsullied

[Anonymous No.10547518]

>TFW I mostly by acedemic texts, reference books and encyclopedias and graduate level textbooks from students, large public and college libraries all over America, usually sold through a third party like valor or betterworldbooks
Those are my print copies, otherwise I used libgen. I haven't read fiction in I can't remember how long. So my local used bookstore is worthless to me.

[Anonymous No.10547535]

when i buy books at goodwill i donate the change and tell the lady

"this stuff just weighs me down"

[Anonymous No.10547541]

>>10547518
>I mostly by
yeah

[Anonymous No.10547554]

>>10547312
the one we had here closed its doors a few years ago, for lack of customers... but it was not as sad as we (brazil) losing one of our biggest publishing houses on the same time, the only books that sell are modern best-sellers and romance for young teenager girls

[Anonymous No.10547568]

>>10547312
>tfw you’ve successfully purloined over $500 from the local bookstore because the old guy who runs it is senile

[Anonymous No.10547950]

>>10547461
tsk tsk, anon.

[Anonymous No.10547957]

>>10547312
why?

[Anonymous No.10547960]

>>10547518
>doesn’t read fiction

Faggot.

[Anonymous No.10548086]

Second hand bookstores are patrician as only readers would go there. I've bought some neat and obscure books on my local store

[Anonymous No.10548117]

>>10547568
That's kind of shitty, anon.

[Anonymous No.10548133]

>>10548117
Not my problem desu

[Anonymous No.10548141]

>>10547535

[Anonymous No.10548145]

>>10548133
I wouldn't want to be you're friend irl.

[Anonymous No.10548147]

My local used bookstore tried to fucking super low-ball me on some books I wanted to sell. Fuck him and his fucking store

[Anonymous No.10548152]

>>10547312
What is the Dragon Ball of literature?

[Anonymous No.10548189]

>>10548145
That’s nice. You wouldn’t even know I do it because what’s the point of telling people irl esp when it’s not even that elaborate. I walk in past the owner with two books in my hand and I walk out with three books in my hand

[Anonymous No.10548196]

>>10548152
Stephen King mythos.

[Anonymous No.10548198]

>>10547312
>i support capitalists
cuck

[Anonymous No.10548221]

>>10548189
I'll pray for you, anon

[Anonymous No.10548235]

>>10548198
Some form of trade is still necessary because people are fucking materialistic. If we could skip the middleman (money) and directly exchange work for goods, or goods for goods that'll be a good start

[Anonymous No.10548251]

>>10548235
>If we could skip the middleman (money) and directly exchange work for goods, or goods for goods that'll be a good start
but you were just paying money out to a business owner which gets paid to banks which are invested in by giant wealth funds that evil oligarchs own. so you didn't do anything but contribute to the Beast and you could've fucked that system over by taking what was rightfully yours

again, fucking cuck

[Anonymous No.10548258]

>>10548152
Read the manga. It’s cannon.

[Anonymous No.10548275]

>>10548258
No thanks, I hate Dragon Ball.

[Anonymous No.10549203]

>>10548275
Fucking soyboys.

[Anonymous No.10549241]

>>10548152
Journey to the West obv

[Anonymous No.10549533]

>>10548147
You're supposed to give them for free, if anything, cause you don't want them.

[Anonymous No.10549545]

>>10548189
So you would be ok with people taking advantage of you if you are unable to do something about it?

[Anonymous No.10549636]

>>10547950
He's rich enough to need my money less than I do so that's alright too.

[Anonymous No.10549742]

>>10548251
The other kids at school must think you're really smart

[Anonymous No.10550870]

>>10549241
Get lost, Wisecrack.

[Anonymous No.10550884]

>>10547312
>local book store has a cute tight sweater large chested girl who works there

[Anonymous No.10550891]

>>10547535
>Not stealing from Goodwill
You know they are a predatory for profit corporation that takes advantage of their employees and naive donators, don't you?
There will is not good, it's a trap.
Do you also donate to your local McDonald's?

[Anonymous No.10550972]

>>10549203
>>Not liking entire episodes that are full of screaming and posturing before the next episode that is the actual fight is bad

I bet you fucking love Bleach, don't you? Enjoy your filler Shoneshit, faggot.

[Anonymous No.10551560]

>>10548189
Stop right this instant