[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Where should I buy my next book?
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Ask HN: Where should I buy my next book?
My local book store doesn't stock the sci-fi I like and they cant
handle special orders. I love borrowing books from the library but
I like to mark up paperbacks by my favorite authors. Amazon sucks
for obvious reasons according to the innernet. Powells is cool but
haven't used them in a while and had problems finding what I needed
long ago. Not sure what to do anymore.
Author : pkdpic
Score : 15 points
Date : 2021-11-18 20:18 UTC (2 hours ago)
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| Better World Books
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| https://www.betterworldbooks.com/
| necovek wrote:
| I personally love looking through used book stores, finding crazy
| gems of the early and not-so-early sci-fi (and any other) works:
| there are one too many good books, and I am happy to go with not-
| the-latest stuff.
| clean_send wrote:
| https://bookshop.org/
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| A collective of independent bookshops all across the US. They
| split the proceeds and it seems rather equitable. That or Powells
| books because they are awesome and local to me.
| anthony_franco wrote:
| http://bookmooch.com/
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| It's a great way to trade your books with others. And you can
| pick and choose from others' collections. Plus it's a good way to
| get rid of any extra books you have lying around.
| huitzitziltzin wrote:
| https://www.indiebound.org/
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| If you don't want to use Amazon. There are almost always
| independents somewhere near you. Big cities are better for this
| but many small towns can support a bookstore.
| pietrovismara wrote:
| Penguin is great: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/
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| The sci-fi section:
| https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/science-fiction-fan...
| cherrywood wrote:
| I've been buying books primarily from bookshop.org. Every now and
| then I'll buy something from Barnes and Noble if I can't find it
| elsewhere. I also tend to buy directly from these publishers:
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| https://www.nottinghilleditions.com
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| https://press.uchicago.edu
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| http://gaspereau.com (specialty titles, letterpress)
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| But one thing that annoys me across the board, and especially
| with bookshop.org, is the constant display of social justice
| reading lists. I was checking out recently and the whole page was
| plastered with Robin DiAngelo, X Kendi, Hannah Jones, and a bunch
| of other "celebrating blackness" titles. As if I am going to add
| these garbage books to my cart.
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| I wish bookstores would stop cramming the "reading guides for
| white people" down our throats. There are so many books out
| there, so many authors, so many topics you could promote! Let's
| talk about writers, not just "black writers." Show me some new
| literature, not just "black literature."
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| Point me to the book shop that doesn't constantly promote this
| nonsense and they'll have my money.
| maerF0x0 wrote:
| I like buying stuff on gumroad, not sure if sci-fi fits though...
| https://discover.gumroad.com/
| PinkMilkshake wrote:
| I'd recommend Kinokuniya if you are lucky enough to have one in
| your city. Then you can waste some money on all that sexy
| Japanese stationary you are never going to use. Their stores are
| huge and anything you can't find you can probably find on their
| online store. I've never asked them to order anything obscure for
| me, so I'm not sure how well they do there.
| mwlp wrote:
| Love Kinokuniya. What stationary do you get? I got some Tomoe
| River from Kino once upon a time and wasn't impressed. I'm a
| big fan of MUJI but they don't stock that so I normally settle
| for Rhodia when Michael's has it on sale.
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