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Thread started 03/26/03 1:32am

June7

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What's Your Favorite Book Store?

I'm kinda diggin' this Barnes & Noble store...

Books on every topic.

Friendly, knowledgeable booksellers.

... and comfy couches and a cafe that serves Starbucks' coffee!!! coffee

I've been several times...

I've been to other stores... Borders, B.Dalton's, Russo's etc... but I always find myself goin' back to B&N's...

I go to the library too, but they don't have couches and coffee. confused

What store do you frequent?
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Reply #1 posted 03/26/03 1:34am

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1. Borders
2. Barnes & Noble
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Reply #2 posted 03/26/03 1:43am

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People, people! Evil corporations and all that!

no no no!

I don't like bookstores because I detest having to BUY books when I can just get them from the library for free.

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Reply #3 posted 03/26/03 2:12am

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KOMA/AMOK BOOKS
I've never been to another book store like it.
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Reply #4 posted 03/26/03 2:39am

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Okay, crazyhorse... I'll bite. What's so special about this particular store?
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Reply #5 posted 03/26/03 2:45am

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i like that one store the sign is painted red..and they have ze books of ze neekid ladies in the front mr.green
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Reply #6 posted 03/26/03 2:46am

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lol You pervert...


I knew I liked you for a reason! jerkoff
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Reply #7 posted 03/26/03 2:46am

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Christopher!! no no no!

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I mean, like, where is the sun?
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Reply #8 posted 03/26/03 2:49am

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I guess that did come out a bit on the dramatic side.Every disturbing,twisted and bizzare that is or was in print is there.I would post the URL but it might get this tread locked.Check it out though there web site is a trip.
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Reply #9 posted 03/26/03 2:50am

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Posting a url will not get this thread locked...

Have you seen Battier's links? eek lol
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Reply #10 posted 03/26/03 2:51am

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lol what?!...its like a store with "books of culture" in it...
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Christopher said:

lol what?!...its like a store with "books of culture" in it...


Yeah, but with coffee and couches! nod mr.green
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Reply #12 posted 03/26/03 3:14am

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The Gotham Book Mart! woot!
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Reply #13 posted 03/26/03 3:45am

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http://www.komabookstore.com/

Books of culture?So when did bestiality,necrophilia,murder can be fun,torture,mutilation,human oddities become a culture?
On second thought,you might be right.
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Reply #14 posted 03/26/03 6:02am

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Half Price Books.

Everything's, well, half-price or less.
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Reply #15 posted 03/26/03 8:44am

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June7 said:

I'm kinda diggin' this Barnes & Noble store...


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even though I feel guilty about going there..they just have everything and its a booklovers dream.
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Reply #16 posted 03/26/03 8:50am

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minneapolisgenius said:

Half Price Books.

Everything's, well, half-price or less.


absolutely, minne. there are 4 of em in austin, and i go all the time
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Reply #17 posted 03/26/03 8:55am

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dreamhaven books & comics, big brain comics and barnes & noble.

reading i prefer stores with comic book or art sections (or both!)
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Reply #18 posted 03/26/03 8:56am

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As far as bookstores near me now, I would pick Barnes & Noble.

HOWEVER, NO bookstore beats the Strand in NYC (the main store near Union Square). I LOOOVE that store! I could spend 10 years in there just browsing!

http://www.strandbooks.com/aboutus/
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Handclapsfingasnapz said:

dreamhaven books & comics, big brain comics and barnes & noble.

reading i prefer stores with comic book or art sections (or both!)


The B&N I go to has this Fantasy section that displays all the latest comic magazines... DC, Marvel, etc...

Not really my bag though, but it's nice to see they cover every one's topic.
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Reply #20 posted 03/26/03 9:27am

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The biggest [and therefor my favorite] bookstore I've been
in this far was a London branch of Waterstone's with many
floors jam-packed with any and everything.

I spent nearly all day there from the moment they opened
their doors until 05:00 pm when I remembered my friends
who I was supposed to get together with 5 hours earlier.

Sometimes second-hand bookstores are nicer though, here in
Holland in the larger cities you find a lot of those. I
particularly like the ones that are in great vault like
cellars and just go on for miles and miles.

You never know what you're gonna find in there you just
kind of stroll through them and see whatever you happen
to run into.
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Reply #21 posted 03/26/03 9:34am

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Natsume said:

People, people! Evil corporations and all that!

no no no!


How big/powerful/wealthy/whatever can a corporation get before it becomes evil? Even a small, local business would be well-advised to operate as a corporation or LLC, if only to limit the liability of the owner(s). Where do we draw the line?

Okay, enough legal/philosophical babbling from me. smile

[Matt's standard disclaimer: While I am licensed to practice law in Indiana, this post is for discussion purposes only, is not legal advice, and creates no attorney-client relationship.]

Anyway, my parents have a bookshelf that they bought at an independent bookstore's going-out-of-business sale. When the store opened, it had by far the largest selection in town (and free coffee, I think), and it was very successful.

So what happened? About five years later, Borders opened a store in the same strip mall, and Barnes & Noble opened a store a few blocks away. The independent bookstore lasted only about one or two more years, unfortunately.
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Reply #22 posted 03/26/03 9:44am

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Around here the chains seem to have the market dominated, so I'll say Borders first and Barnes & Noble second. The two stores are very similar, but I give Borders the edge because their music selection is much better.
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Reply #23 posted 03/26/03 9:51am

Phoenixxx

borders

barnes and noble (the inner harbor location in baltimore is tha bomb)

sibanye (also in baltimore)
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Handclapsfingasnapz said:

dreamhaven books & comics, big brain comics and barnes & noble.

reading i prefer stores with comic book or art sections (or both!)

Dreamhaven is pretty cool. I haven't been there forever though.
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Reply #25 posted 03/26/03 12:14pm

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Several local mom-and-pops for quaintness, localization and that "welcome home" feel.

Borders and Barnes & Noble's for breadth and buying power.

And in Cambridge, Mass., there's a GREAT children's bookstore on Harvard Square that's a favorite. Unfortunately, I can't recall he name sad
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Reply #26 posted 03/26/03 12:52pm

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Dreamhaven is pretty cool. I haven't been there forever though.

i go there every once in a while...i live closer 2 big brain comics, so i go there more often than i do dreamhaven. nod

damn, almost forgot: shinder's on 7th & hennepin, downtown mpls....i love that place!! i could be there all day readin shit...not 2 mention they have a nice candy selection there. drool



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Reply #27 posted 03/26/03 1:04pm

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Supernova said:

1. Borders
2. Barnes & Noble



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Reply #28 posted 03/26/03 1:24pm

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2the9s said:

The Gotham Book Mart! woot!

Sounds like a nerds meeting place...eh, Batman? hmm
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Reply #29 posted 03/26/03 1:36pm

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matt said:

Natsume said:

People, people! Evil corporations and all that!

no no no!


How big/powerful/wealthy/whatever can a corporation get before it becomes evil? Even a small, local business would be well-advised to operate as a corporation or LLC, if only to limit the liability of the owner(s). Where do we draw the line?

Okay, enough legal/philosophical babbling from me. smile.

Sorry. I was trying to come off as pompous. It's the standard mindset of Santa Cruz - downtown there's a few corporate stores (Borders, Starbucks, Gap) and the students HATE them but they still exist unfortunately.

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