Giant booksellers

[Daddy B]

Talking with some friends from London I found out that so many independent book and record shops have been wiped out by the big corporations and supermarket chains.

Sad that you can't get that many books on less profit-making subjects besides the mainstream big money makers.

Is terrorism the answer?



(course it isn't, silly...)

[TeeZet]

Originally Posted by Daddy B

...
Is terrorism the answer?
...

Holding your breath isn't, Pepe!






(It only just to occured to me where I knew that avatar from... )

[sctx]

guess the Euros don't got Half Price Books

[Daddy B]

Originally Posted by TeeZet

(It only just to occured to me where I knew that avatar from... )

Ah, a fellow connoisseur of highbrow Belgian literature

[Rissask]

On the rare occasion I want something brand new and more unusual I head to McNally Robinson here in Saskatoon. They have a little cafe with great food and live music quite often, and a great selection of books, magazines, gifts, music, DVDs, etc.

McNally Robinson is the largest independent Canadian bookstore chain.

But I admit I rarely buy brand new books anymore, they have gotten SO expensive and I read about one book a week. That would cost me around $60 a month if I buy brand new paperbacks.

So I usually trade with GFs and my mom and aunt, go to the library, and buy used at a great used book store in town that charges half the cover price.

[cpfstich]

Originally Posted by Daddy B

Ah, a fellow connoisseur of highbrow Belgian literature

It looks like you Paolo the day they closed the harbor and you had to pick up all your gear on the north end!

[TeeZet]

Originally Posted by Daddy B

Ah, a fellow connoisseur of highbrow Belgian literature

Ah bien sûr, collected it even (when I was younger)!
(C'etait Français, mon ami)

[Daddy B]

Originally Posted by sctx

guess the Euros don't got Half Price Books

Would that establishment sell such titles as these below (some of my favourites, ever)?:

"The Goths in Spain";
"The Formation of a Persecuting Society: Authority and Deviance in Western Europe 950-1250";
"The Portuguese Empire, 1415-1808: A World on the Move";
"Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of al-Andalus";
"Tintin - The Porn Version" (actually, there's a new one of these available in Europe, "Tintin In Thailand". European mules wanted).

[Daddy B]

Originally Posted by TeeZet

Ah bien sûr, collected it even (when I was younger)!
(C'etait Français, mon ami)

Mais non, tonnerre de Brest et mille sabords: Hergé était Belge!!!

[sctx]

Originally Posted by Daddy B

Would that establishment sell such titles as these below (some of my favourites, ever)?:

"The Goths in Spain";
"The Formation of a Persecuting Society: Authority and Deviance in Western Europe 950-1250";
"The Portuguese Empire, 1415-1808: A World on the Move";
"Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of al-Andalus";
"Tintin - The Porn Version" (actually, there's a new one of these available in Europe, "Tintin In Thailand". European mules wanted).

more than likely, the carry all the books nobody wants to read anymore... if you get lucky, you may find a mint condition "johnathan Livingston Seagull" there....... that book changed my life

[TeeZet]

Originally Posted by Daddy B

Mais non, tonnerre de Brest et mille sabords: Hergé était Belge!!!

Ça c'est vrai, Papa B, mais Uderzo et Goscinny sont Français!

[Daddy B]

Originally Posted by TeeZet

Ça c'est vrai, Papa B, mais Uderzo et Goscinny sont Français!

Pardon, je parlais de Tintin...

[cpfstich]

Originally Posted by sctx

more than likely, the carry all the books nobody wants to read anymore... if you get lucky, you may find a mint condition "johnathan Livingston Seagull" there....... that book changed my life

That was kind of the last success for Richard Bach wasn't it?

[Daddy B]

Originally Posted by sctx

more than likely, the carry all the books nobody wants to read anymore... if you get lucky, you may find a mint condition "johnathan Livingston Seagull" there....... that book changed my life

Can't remember it that well, something about 'you can really fly if you really work hard at it', weren't it?

[Daddy B]

Talking bout flying, do you say a "herd", a "brood" or a "drive" of pigs?