There's also this fascinating thing called a library. But I'm sure if Barnes was gone Amazon would lobby the shit out of defunding libraries

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Barnes is literally the only store that can compete with Amazon so the fact that this is even a controversial thing to shop there is beyond me. Someone said “3x the price of books for nostalgia” as if they don’t sell it at retail price🤨

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It’s more about the fact that people are still going despite these prices. Yeah Amazons not the greatest, but Barnes has put their fair share of local stores out of business. You don’t have to shop Amazon either! Amazon and Barnes are like the two extreme ends. There are so many used and local stores in between. The publisher sets the price, I get that, but why not give your money then to a local bookstore that would close without it instead of giving more to Barnes?

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There’s also Books a million

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crazy you have to say this when the prices are PRINTED on the books 😭

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At least there’s still books a million in some places I go to both but books a million I sadly a 20 min drive away

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I miss Borders

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There’s also just downloading books

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Why am I in book club?? I can’t even read

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To be fair, they can put it at cheaper but as someone who worked at a book store: it’s marked up for convenience. Not all local book stores are cheaper but they can be sometimes.

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owning books has and still is a luxury.

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