/lit/ - Literature

>"A people has the Barnes & Nobles it deserves"
- Corneliu Codreanu

>>18548102
>no Goethe
wtf, where do you live? I mean all the others make sense, funko pops and the like, but they usually have classics

Whenever I get a B&N gift card I usually buy some sort of artbook or Taschen. Actual books are sold elsewhere

>burger bookstores
KEK

do they still have the buy two get one free B&N classics rack? if so, shut your damn mouth and quit complaining.

>>18548102
>Go to the local bookstore here in Rio de Janeiro
>Obscene quantities of books pertaining to esotericism for some reason
>Many philosophical pocket books of Nietzsche and Kant works
>Lots of literary fiction, national and international

Whoever is behind this is based

>>18548140
No. I don't mean their regular classics I mean the ones with velvet hardcovers that are like $30 a piece.

>>18548102
>found something to spend my gift card on.
Why yes, you already mentioned the yuri manga in your post.

>>18548102
B-b-but /Lit/ says trad publishing is based and self-publish is for losers???

The Barnes and Noble in my neighborhood went bankrupt :( now the nearest one is 50 miles away

>>18548303
Youre not missing much. we have a few in my city and they’re all junk stores. I went because one was having a blowout sale and closing and they didn’t have a damn thing even before it got picked clean.

>>18548102
>go to local used bookstore
>no masks, few people walking around
>stoked shelves
>first edition Mason & Dixon
>hardcover of For Whom the Bells Toll with good binding
>first edition of Cities of the Plain
>all in great condition
>3 for 25
>feelsgoodman.jpg
>pay in cash
>custom bookmarks have address of shop
>pick up 5 to hand out
What a fucking Sunday.

>>18548102
>going into chainstores to buy new book

>>18548102
I just bought Will to Power, where do you live? LA?

Please go to a local shop. There is so much more soul and you are so much more likely to find something you weren't expecting

>>18548102
Books a Milllion is the same. I worked there for 2 months. They have a bargain section and they put most of the classics in there. However none of the bargain books are in our system. One day a guy came up and asked "Do you have Heart of Darkness?" and one of my coworkers looked it up and said no. Luckly for the guy, I was there and knew we had it but it makes me sad the classics are just brushed to the side and basically ignored for a whole section of Funko Pops.

Was Barnes and Noble ever good?

>>18548888
All of my local independent stores closed down a decade ago with the exception of one which is just like any standard chain book store except it has a cafe, looks nicer and stocks fewer books for an increased cost

>>18548102
>table for gay month
i thought you said they had no goethe or soseki

>>18548102
expecting soul from a chain store do Americans really?

>>18549066
saved
I have frogmeme but I like blonde female painters with skimpy clothes and stains

>go to local bookstore
>only business in the city that still requires masks
>majority of catalog pertains to social justice
>go to fiction section
>only authors I recognize are Plath and Mirukami

>>18548331
>>3 for 25
$25??? I mean, I guess those three you mentioned would be worth $25 because of their rarer but damn I wish I could spend that kind of money on books

>>18548107
fpbp

>>18548102

My Barnes and Nobles didn't have a single copy of Don Quixote.

>>18549066
What delicious legs. Just wanna lick them, bite them, spank them so she can't wear shorts for weeks without revealing my red hand prints all over her.

>>18549066
>>18549166
66 and 66!

>>18549105
How much do you spend on books?

>>18549183
$0

>>18549227
Ok thief

>>18548102
We have Waterstones in bongland and they're not terrible desu. The one in Birmingham has about 7 stories and the fiction section in the basement has a lot of gems.

>>18548102
Mine had a copy of the gate.
>>18549161
mine had both in english and spanish.

>>18549237
>thief
Copier would be a more accurate term

>>18549237
>YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A CAR!!

Come one mate, older classics don't even got IP rights after 80(?) years...They are free.

>>18549166
*and then force her to wear shorts
>>18549183

>>18548102
It's been coming for decades now, and we're finally seeing it. Companies that need to make lots of money to cover all that overhead won't sell anything but stuff that makes the reader feel good in the moment.

>>18548107
Based

>go to used bookstore
>shelves up to the ceiling
>stepladders for reaching higher books
>classics and literature sections take up half the store
>old guy at the cash register gives great suggestions
>books are the same price or cheaper than on ebay and thriftbooks

>>18548102
What's wrong with YA? I'm getting The Vampire Diaries on Friday

>>18552136
How do they stay in business

shocking!

B&N is owned by a company run by Jews. You get what you get

>>18552230
I'm not 15 anymore, anon.

>>18549166
TMI, go be horny on a red board.

>>18548102
It was always shit, you've just now become aware of it. If you live in an affluent suburb near a private uni your local B&N is probably okay.

>>18548331
The MD had to be sitting there for 30 years, so that means the store is probably still shite.

>be me
>go to local bookstore
>looking for a book about UFOs/aliens for my wife's birthday
>none.jpg
>nearly every single book is SJW shit
>classics display is 80% Jane Austen
>poetry section is half a shelf, no complete works.
>no art books
>religion section is completely Islam and Buddhist books. No Christianity, those books might offend people.
>children's books about Fauci, how to become transgender.
>White Fragility, How to Talk About Race, Why I'm Done Talking About Race, etc takes up 3 walls
>books about "urban trails" in my city that are so overrun with homeless encampments they're useless for recreation at this point.
>consider buying a field guide to local mushrooms
>whatever, fuck this.
>place it back on the shelf and leave
is there any worse /lit/ feeling than walking into a bookstore and seeing nothing of value?

>>18553800
oh yeah and the history section was nearly ALL holocaust books. no Greek/Roman stuff at all.

>>18553800
>looking for a book about UFOs/aliens for my wife's birthday
Congrats on the based wife.

>>18548102
Barnes and Noble has always been too expensive. I just buy stuff from thrift books or Amazon these days.

>>18553800
If I was a boomer who didn't stop in bookstores whenever I have the chance I wouldn't believe you. But you're right. Be they B&N or a local "indie" shop they're all like this. In fact the small shops are usually worse because they're trying to out-woke the globohomo mainstream.

Last indie bookstore I was in I just kept thinking "this place should be razed." Took all the free OUT magazines and chucked them in the garbage a block away.

>>18553800
>things that totally happened

>>18553874
I swear I’m not making it up. believe what you want, though.

>>18553800
My local used bookstore has a lot of this but there's still some decent books if you spend enough time there. Problem is I have to drive and park downtown to go there.
>mfw overpriced hemp accessories and shelves dedicated to wiccanism
Vote against weed, bros.

Damn. I loved B&N and went all the time in the 2000s and early 2010s.

>>18553800
Damn. I'm on the left but it seems like everything has turned into a joke.

Where do you guys get your books from? I usually get mines from amazon, but I'm not sure that I want to support them anymore.

>>18554036
Used bookstore, B&N, sometimes from Amazon but I won't buy eBooks with DRM. Amazon sometimes fixes physical book prices to be higher than their kindle price to goad you into buying the kindle version.

>>18554053
>Used Bookstores
Lucky. All used bookstores have been ran out and replaced by B&N's and chain bookstores in my city. May you enjoy your used books, anon.

>>18554053
I hate those bastards so fucking much.

>>18548102
Went to a Barnes and noble yesterday only to discover that they had no Baudelaire

>>18552984
i dont know. what i do know is theyre in an old warehouse, they dont have much heating or cooling, no cataloging system, ive only ever seen one person at the cash register, and they get all their books from donations. probably just owned and run by one or two people who keep costs as low as possible, possibly retirees who dont need a good salary and just want to be around books.

>>18552136
>Go to hole in the wall bookstore
>Books overflowing the shelves and stacked up in the aisles
>Barely anything published in the last five years
>Front page is covered with written and erased prices because the usual customers buy books and give them back for store credit when they're ready for another read

>>18553800
>local used bookstore
>nothing but walls upon walls of romance novels from the 90s, contemporary airport novel garbage, and shit fantasy/sci-fi novels forgotten
to the ages
>non-fiction section is entirely self-help garbage
>no classics section at all aside from the required reading for the local high school (sold new at full price)
>no poetry or philosophy
It sucks ass.

>>18548203
self published (fiction) is for losers

>>18552136
That's not my experience at all but I wish it was

>>18554966
my grandpa is not a loser, anon ;__;

>>18552230
I generally find YA authors to be good at writing words fluently but bad at storytelling, dialogue and the like so even if I find a nice premise the author finds a way to either completely abandon it or make it as uninteresting as possible.

>>18548102
Imagine paying for goethe

>>18553800
The mushroom was calling to you anon yoku need to accept the fungus and repent

>>18554559
>>18553800
Both of these are my experience with every local bookstore used or otherwise I've tried. I've actually had better luck at some of the larger thrift stores sadly.

>>18554313
Where's this?

>>18554966
Says the dude who has:
>never lived anywhere cool
>never fucked hot chicks
>never driven fast cars
>never created

>>18556211

>>18556229
Yeah, art is a constant battle, I agree.

Most independent stores of all types are shells of their former selves due to e-commerce, shit fucking sucks but of course I wouldn't trade away easy orders on Amazon. Tough situation.

>>18554036
I check vialibri for the best price/edition available. Amazon rarely beats alibris or random ebay sellers.
The best place to buy cheap books is estate/garage sales; tho' most don't have anything special, you'll occasionally stumble upon impressive collections. Around the corner from me, there was a fellow who's been a Catholic school teacher since the 60s, and while most of his books were standard fare, there were some interesting mid century history books and his prices were $1 for hardcovers and 50¢ for paperbacks. Another time, a family who'd lived in the same house since the early 1900s had an estate sale and sold each book for a dollar, they had 4 or 5 rooms just lined with books, mostly 19th and early 20th century, a whole room of just french and german titles, another room in the attick full of sheet music, really interesting stuff I wish I spent more time there, but I was still a teenager and rather self-conscious.

>>18554559
>romance novels from the 90s
Does anyone still publish books like this anymore. That is, those fat but small softcovers with the quickly yellowing pages that used to be ubiquitous at thrift stores and garage sales, and in the purses of certain women.

I bought some Mishima paperbacks from the 70s recently and they reminded me of them. I prefer that style to the modern glossy plastic finish on just about every book, paperback or dust jacket.

>>18548102
>>no Goethe
I feel like this is actually impossible.

>>18553826
>Took all the free OUT magazines and chucked them in the garbage a block away.
BASED

>>18556211
Yeah, I self publish though

>>18554036
I chose to live a bit in the middle of nowhere (as far as it's possible in southern England) and the local bookstores are about as bad as described by >>18553800.
I bit the bullet three years ago and order online. You get good deals, even just on amazon. Luxury art books for 1/4 of the price. Can order French or Italian books delivered in two days. Mathematics and theology that you would only find in one or two ultra specialized shops in the country. Of course it doesn't beat spontaneous sales like >>18556555 but that's a very unreliable way to get books.
Many publishers allow you to buy straight from their website. That means it takes a while longer because you don't get Bezos insane logistics but I can understand if you insist on not using it.

>>18557345
People were bringing their kids in there man.

>>18553826
not sending blm to burn it down you fucked up

>>18557845
As I'm not jewish I have no power to direct BLM.

>>18548102
Don't go then, problem solved

>>18559231
>just stay in your pod if you don't like the culture goy

>>18551219
Based.

>>18553792
Used bookstore

>>18559278
There's plenty of other bookstores anon, nobody is forcing you to go to the one that makes you upset.

>>18559337

>>18559354
Israel gives some Arab kids free healthcare actually.

>>18559365

>>18559381
Israel does take in refugees and some other immigrants (including non-Jews). They just can't open their borders because their neighbors are constantly trying to kill them.

>>18549240
Uhh yes they are anon. They are absolutely abysmal. If you order anything they will either not have it or get it wrong, so you can only ever buy something that they have in store, most of which is simply not worth buying. Your best bet is overpriced penguin classics. Wow, brilliant.

>>18559354
IDK why you posted this image because it has nothing to do with anything. Your brain is so fried that you can't think without resorting to stale /pol/ menes and buzzwords.

>>18559412

>>18559448
It's relevant because I was replying to a jew.

OPEN.
BORDERS.
FOR ISRAEL.

>>18548107
Lol based

>>18559881
I've been to Israel and I've been to a town in Italy. Israel is more diverse.

>>18549083
She's Russian and she sells her paintings on Etsy, her store is called Pepeangelo.

>>18548102
>no Goethe
madness
are you in America or Europe?

>>18549066
when people want you more than your paintings
lmao sucks to be a hot female

>>18554036
Amazon

I live in India and we don't read books so we have 0 decent bookstores. I've also tried Bookdepository but it's really slow. Amazon is extremely fast. The fastest delivery i've had is in 9 hours.

>>18559231
Maybe you didn't read but I had a gift card and I felt like getting out of the house instead of using it online and probably paying extra for shipping anyway.

>>18555626
Yes, people like to pay for the things they own, but I promise you're very cool for being a pirate and mommy approves. Besides that, as I said in the OP, I had a gift card and it wouldn't have been me paying for it.

>>18559958
America. Big city that's in the mid-late stages of Californication so there's retard fags everywhere.

>>18559912

>>18549066

>>18561268
Can't say I disagree with that.

>>18556211
Based dubs of wisdom

I have to take a train($18) from the mineola train station to penn station to able to have wider shopping selection of used book shops and smaller book shops.

people who actually read go to the library or buy used classics. Going through all the decent books thrift stores have to offer is going to take a while

>>18552136
This. Local stores are great, but the big chains charge 10x as much for a complete garbage selection. I don't usually buyfag--I own less than 20 titles in print--but sometimes I kill time at the local used bookstores. But the three I've been in were incredible and had tons of /lit/core. Bought a Mishima novel at one.

Actually, Goodwill has some good picks too. Tons of classics available and you can't beat the price. Anons dont think of goodwill for books but you should check it out. They won't have anything obscure but the classic big hits will all be there.
>>18553420
qui?

>>18552984
they get their books for free or pennies.

>went to local bookstore with my kid to buy her some books to help her learn how to read
>walk in
>notice some kind of event is going on
>wade through the people and get closer to the center
>it's a "read with dragqueen" event where some disgusting faggot is reading some faggot book to a bunch of 7 year olds
>immediately turn 360 degrees and walk out
I wonder how our ancestors who fought in WWII would feel if they could see what the efforts wrought us.

>>18553800
>religion section is completely Islam and Buddhist books.
They had Guenon???!

>>18548107
Lol/10

>>18548102
These faggot physical stores want you to wear a mask, lol so they basically begged me to buy online. And that's what I'm doing, I shop exclusively on the internet now. They betrayed the people to the pharmaceutical industry, I will never support them again and hope they close.

>>18549066
4chan has cemented itself into world culture due to pepe the frog.

>>18548102
blame the consumers. buisness is business and they are just trying to adapt to the current political climate and mainstream tastes

>>18562941
>Noooo not my hecking draggerino queenerinos
>Our culturino is getting heckin' destroyed, Redditbros
Your ancestors would call you a crying bitch

>>18553800
Is this what california is like?

>>18553811
There is nothing else important. History began with the holocaust. There was nothing before it, and nothing all that important after it.
No dissenting opinions on the holocaust either. It is the only thing in the world that is 100% permanently true.

>>18554036
thriftbooks, bookfinder, booksamillion. I will not buy from amazon because the adl has banned a bunch of books off of it. Not to mention the completely bogus standard about banning "material associated with violence." Sixty-seventy million deaths associated with communism, but I can buy Lenin books and Soviet flags no issue, but six million is enough to justify banning anything NS or NS-adjacent. No thanks, I will buy my hate speech elsewhere.

>>18548141
Damn, cool
Take a pic next time and share it

>>18554036
eBay. I search and then sort by lowest price+shipping. I’ve purchased over 200 books on eBay. Average price of around $5.

>>18565208
>six million
Still waiting on the math that verifies the possibility of this number

Attention amazoners: you can get the same books on walmart.com. They have more online than their crappy in-store section. Search by author. Can't get used books though.

>>18549066
Is this the famed aspie gf I've heard so much about?

>>18564264

>>18549066
why cant i meet women like this?

>>18566089
Dilate

>>18565208
>Sixty-seventy million deaths associated with communism
Hum, its actually a couple of billions now, but ok.

>>18565208
>>18566783
>muh 100 gorillion

>>18554001
Being on the left is fine, as long as you are socially conservative

>>18566801
Kys commie faggot

>>18548141
>>Go to the local bookstore here in Rio de Janeiro
Which one?

>>18548102
There are some good books, as long as you look hard and know what you're looking for. Probably depends on where you live to, since I live in a metropolitan area.

Your B&N sounds like crap OP, does not sound anything like the one I go to. I would hazard a guess that the managers of your store have tailored it to the interests of their customers, and it sounds like you live in a very low IQ area.

>>18548128
There's pretty good book stores in America, but the chain ones have fallen low since Amazon ate their lunch. Where I live we have a very successful used book store that has since franchised, with the main store being a massive, multi-level labyrinth in the middle of downtown with shelves stacked to the ceiling with books.

>>18566775
Go be jewish somewhere else.

>>18567038
Powell's rules

>>18548107
Based

>>18554001
By left you mean you are a National Socialist?

>>18559982
Try Bookchor, fren. It sucks at times, but it is worth it

Local stores and used bookstores are awesome. Personalized recs. Books you didn't even know you wanted. Sometimes a cat, depending on where you are. Soul.

Also consider checking out your local library. :)

>>18548107
Why Codreanu

>>18567806
No. I support labor rights, a social safety net, public funding for infrastructure and institutions, etc.

/lit/ shops online

>>18548107
based
The world doesn't have fair opportunity, but vapid consoomerism is something we can all do our part to address. Either lead by example or shame your local hipster

>>18567964
>In August 2019, Elliott Management Corporation acquired the company. Elliott Management Corporation is an American investment management firm. It is also one of the largest activist funds in the world. An activist shareholder is a shareholder that uses an equity stake in a corporation to put pressure on its management.

B&N doesn't stock the books it does because they're popular. It stocks what (((Paul Singer))) wants to be popular. He doesn't care if it runs at a loss.

>>18567926
>>>/Instagram/

>>18548102
Went there recently and they have entire tables set up for black authors, feminist authors, entire shelves for books on """social issues""" and not to mention the entire pride month section
I really hope Barnes and Noble fails soon

>>18568570
The local bookshops near me are the same way. One store had a big BLM monkey fist logo on their window so I didn't even go inside. I just torrent all my books off that link in the sticky -- there's no point in supporting these pozzed businesses.

>>18554036
libgen

>>18569050

>>18552984
They probably sell online

>>18567957
so a national socialist

>>18569543
lolno. I support free speech and civil liberties.

>>18569625
So... a national socialist.

>>18569050
I prefer z-library because it has a better UI and the venn diagram of libgen and z-library books is a perfect circle

>>18567944
spbp