It's not common for an over-educated intellectual like myself to hate used book stores, but I really do. Why? Let me count the ways...
- They are not all that cheap.
- They never have what I'm looking for
- They never have much at all
- There's nowhere to sit
- The books are never attractively arranged (the image shown was actually on the webpage of a used book store. Note the books piled on the floor. Attractive!)
There is one exception, but this being the Rants blog, I cannot mention anything positive.
Shitdog!
1 comment:
Check out All Books in ottawa, if it's still open. That was my constant hangout - huge selection of brand new looking books (not sure from what part of the publishing chain they came from, but I believe not post-consumer) only about 25% off the cover price, but just a great place to browse.
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