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Best Book Stores

Discussion in 'Ogres Breakfast' started by ogreman, Jun 10, 2011.

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    ogreman

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    After spending time in California this week, thought about a few threads like this in Ogres Breakfast. Found a great book store on my trip where many nice books were $1 each and many Manga were $3 each. The store was called Book Off. Does anybody have any other book stores that they would recommend?
     
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    Well I can't recommend a book store, but I can recommend a book I am reading currently.
    It is called: The Charm School by Nelson DeMille.
    Great Book. It is a Spy/Mystery book set in the Cold War time.
    Nelson DeMille - The Charm School
     
    Krew, Jun 11, 2011
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    Thriftbooks.com - Buy cheap used books for sale online

    I ordered a bunch of stuff off that over the summer, and even though the books are secondhand, every one was in very good shape. $3 manga and Sir Terry novels is win. The shipping takes a while, though--it took almost a month for them to come in.

    But, if you don't feel like paying a lot for books and don't mind getting them used, I'd recommend this.
     
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    The best book store that I have been to has already closed down:(.
     
    Webber, Jun 15, 2011
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    I'm going to a book fair today. They got lots of books. I may be able to find a cheap atlas that way.
     
    shugo, Jun 16, 2011
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    half priced books
     
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    Barns n Noble is usually cheap. I bought the Mary Shelley's Frankenstein book for like...a dollar?
     
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    my favorite bookstore to go into would probably be powell's in portland. Best. Ever. It's massive. Cali has a bunch of good independent ones. Pioneer Valley, in massachusetts, is a great place for independent bookstores. As far as big chains, I use borders when I want one to go to (its the one we have in town), barnes and noble because that's the one i get gift cards for, and amazon for online only. But yeah, if you're ever in portland, go to powell's. It has lots of things.
     
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    half price books is okay but it has some big problems
    thanks, ill check out that bookstore
     
    superfruit, Jun 16, 2011
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    For a variety of books, I would honestly say Books-A-Million, but for cheap books, I would say any used bookstores.
     
    Snowy, Aug 19, 2017
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    National bookstore ^^
     
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    Holy Book. :) inspiring, life motivations and stuff like that
     
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    2nd & Charles and Barnes & Noble for the win! :p
     
    Crownknight, Sep 30, 2017
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    Skylight Books was one of my favorite bookstores on CA,LA
     
    Blasphy, Oct 1, 2017
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    Barns n Noble was the best one for me, but now I don't really read much anymore. And I have a Kindle which defeats the purpose of book stores.
     
    Stroik, Feb 4, 2019
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    I think Chapters and Indigo are the best bookstores for wide selections (Canada).
     
    Chai, Dec 29, 2019
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