Halie
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Post by Halie on Aug 8, 2008 20:42:01 GMT -5
Here in the US, I usually go for the big chains like Borders and Barnes and Noble, because they're well stocked, nice and quiet, have good bargain sections, and have cafes.
In London, however, there is this shop called Daunt's Books which is so cute and cozy... that's what got me thinking about bookstores.
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zeldafitzgerald
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Post by zeldafitzgerald on Aug 8, 2008 21:36:52 GMT -5
My favorite bookstore is the Strand in NYC.  They have an amazing selection - 18 miles of shelves, and really good prices, nothing in the store is full price. I also love that they have both new and used books. The only bummer is that by being so crammed with books, there's no cozy area to sit down and read. Most NYC bookstores are like that though. My other favorite bookstores in the city are: Skyline Books, Books of Wonder, Book Culture, and Biography Books. I also like Barnes and Noble a lot - good discounts and cozy stores. I love the cafe. |
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jobean
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Post by jobean on Aug 9, 2008 7:40:24 GMT -5
We don't have a lot of bookstore franchises in my area. There are mainly three: Dymocks, Borders and Angus & Robertson. And there's Kinokuniya in the city.
I'd have to say Borders is my favourite because it's so incredibly huge and has everything really. Plus there's a Borders in my area which has Gloria Jeans (a coffee shop) upstairs so that can be nice. And it sells not just books but magazines too (i'm not talking about cosmo etc., but other ones like Nylon which are difficult to find in newsagents).
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Post by neveralone on Aug 9, 2008 9:03:23 GMT -5
I absolutely love Half Price Books. We just got one closer to my house a few months ago and it's great! They don't have a predictable stock of things like the large chains do since it is a secondhand book store. That's part of the fun, I could find a book there that I can't find in a larger store. I always buy the cheapest version when I go to Border's or Barnes and Noble, but a lot of the time a nicer edition of the same book is the same price here. It's great! I can go there to get pretty books  It doesn't have the coxy atmosphere of other bookstores, though. They just expect you to buy the book and leave, not to linger, but I would like to spend a whole day and a couple hundred bucks there! |
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Post by Dominique on Aug 9, 2008 22:17:31 GMT -5
Generally Borders, it's the biggest and best stocked store in my area and I get coupons in an email from them every week. But I also like McLeans Booksellers. My favourite second hand shop is one called Indigo books, it's pretty expensive for second hand books but it's so well organised and full of quality stuff rather than a lot of the other ratty second hand book shops around. I think for my next buy I'm going to finally try out Betterworld.com though. |
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Post by Pilleriin on Aug 10, 2008 15:50:07 GMT -5
My favorite bookstore is University of Tartu bookstore. It's so cozy. And also it's in my favorite city - Tartu.  |
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jobean
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Post by jobean on Aug 11, 2008 23:31:21 GMT -5
Generally Borders, it's the biggest and best stocked store in my area and I get coupons in an email from them every week. do you have any that are valid until next thursday?? i would be most appreciative |
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Post by Dominique on Aug 12, 2008 3:51:56 GMT -5
No the one's I have are valid till this Thursday. They come out every friday and they last a week, which means you still have time to sign up for the newsletters in order to get some valid till next Thursday Just go to their site and you should be able to find the sign up bit. |
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Post by ItalianLaneGirl on Aug 17, 2008 8:40:19 GMT -5
I don't have one that I really like. I don't normally buy full-priced books, so for new books at cheap prices I like Barnes & Noble (1st choice) or Borders (2nd choice) for their discount/sale books. As for used books, there are a few used bookstore in the towns around mine, but none that are my favorites. I'll go to a ReUzeIt store about once a month to see if they've gotten any new books in, and I make notes in my calendar of the major library books sales!
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Ansku
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Post by Ansku on Aug 19, 2008 8:30:35 GMT -5
There are two bookstore in next city (where I do all my shopping and go to school.) I don't like them. Collections are bad and books are expensive. I bought my books used or when I'm in Helsinki from Akateeminen kirjakauppa (=academic bookstore.) I have planed to order some books.
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jella
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
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Post by jella on Aug 23, 2008 10:19:18 GMT -5
My favorite bookstore is Akateeminen kirjakauppa which is one of the biggest bookstores here in Helsinki.
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Lu
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Post by Lu on Aug 25, 2008 6:55:28 GMT -5
I want a bookstore like the one in The Thirteenth Tale--the one Margaret and her father own. It sounds so wonderful... I want a bookstore like that too I don't have a favorite bookstore, there are some good ones in the city but books are mainly full-priced and they don't sell used books. I usually buy books when they're at least 20% or 30% off. |
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Juliet
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
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Post by Juliet on Aug 25, 2008 7:22:22 GMT -5
My favourite bookstore is Feltrinelli, unfortunately there isn't one here in Verona, I go to the one in Milan whenever I get the chance.
Here in Verona I like Fnac and when I lived in U.K. I used to go mostly to Waterstone..
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Bina
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Post by Bina on Aug 25, 2008 7:39:08 GMT -5
I like a chain store called "Mayersche", the one back home is huge but still nice. And they have quite a lot of foreign language books especially English. I buy mostly used books at the library sales though.
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They have an amazing selection - 18 miles of shelves, and really good prices, nothing in the store is full price. I also love that they have both new and used books. The only bummer is that by being so crammed with books, there's no cozy area to sit down and read. Most NYC bookstores are like that though. 
It doesn't have the coxy atmosphere of other bookstores, though. They just expect you to buy the book and leave, not to linger, but I would like to spend a whole day and a couple hundred bucks there!
I tend to buy most of my books from Amazon or the Borders website (since I'm a member and get coupons). I can't wait until the day when I move out of my city and hopefully I'll find a bookstore of some sort. Right now we have only a poorly stocked used bookstore that's in a coffee shop. It doesn't have good books--mostly used school books and stuff.
