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We were tight on money when I was a kid. My favorite times were when my mom would come home with a box of coverless books from the bookstore next to the diner w
by foobiekr 4y ago
We were tight on money when I was a kid. My favorite times were when my mom would come home with a box of coverless books from the bookstore next to the diner where she worked, bought for like $1 each. I wonder how many other kids had that experience.
- pjc50 4y agoOne of my favourite bookstores before it closed was Galloway and Porter: http://www.bookstoreguide.org/2009/03/galloway-and-porter-cambridge.html http://www.bookstoreguide.org/2009/03/galloway-and-porter-ca... They had remaindered or unsold books, covers intact, usually of an academic nature. But that also included O'Reilly books, and I got several large "coffee table" books of glossy photographs that would usually be £50 but reduced to £2 due to cosmetic damage to the slip cover.
- smn1234 4y agoany alternatives, these days
- solarmist 4y agoI wish I could've had this experience. I guess I grew up in too rural (13k as of 2020) a place to have this. I think there was only a single new book store in our town growing up. The grocery store or school book fairs were the only other places to buy books.