I really prefer hardcopies but would rather not buy from like fucking amazon yk? Feels hypocritical to buy theory even more so to buy it from some corpo. Are there any leftist co-ops selling books online or should i try to find a small book store near me that might sell what im looking for if im lucky?
Ideally i am looking for something cheap but i have the money to pay a little extra if it means im not giving my money to the bourgeois
I buy secondhand online when I can from non Amazon websites, there’s several of them. I’m sure they’re probably flawed in their way too but it gives those books new life and you get them cheaper
Bookfinder.com which led me to checking eBay on a regular basis.
Libgen, but I have a kobo e-ink reader and 90% of what I read is nonfiction
I need paper i need it. I dont know why but i cannot read books unless they are made of paper, hardcovers preferred.
I can't read ebooks because they aren't real, they dont exist. That knowledge is forbidden to me. Eldritch even
Libgen is a fantastic resource though 10/10
I've definitely heard that from people and I appreciate the visceral quality of books. The smell, the feel, writing in the margins with a Dixon Ticonderoga pencil.
I used to try reading on my phone, but I can't read more than like 80-100 pages on it, at a certain point I just can't bring myself to do it. Probably a similar thing. So the e-ink is 1000% better than the phone. Also small to medium sized books are fine but if I'm reading 1000+ page doorstop the kobo is great.
For those who find this post later; biblio seems pretty solid besides being a non-worker owned business. It is what it is, we live in a society. They are certified as a "living wage business" and use a triple bottom line business structure which seems better than most at least. (Uncertain as to exactly how much these benefit their workers but it seems good)
They are partnered with the indigenous literacy foundation (you can round up, they don't donate themselves 🙄) and HAD a non profit that built libraries in bolivia which is pretty cool.
Its certainly better than amazon so i'll take what i can get
Online classifieds (in Norway this means Finn.no) and also the to-be-retired shelf outside my local library. If you're in Norway there's also arbant.no
AK Press. They're more anarchist/left-com, but they've got some Marxist books.
I have had a good experience buying second hand online from https://www.betterworldbooks.com/ and https://www.thriftbooks.com/, they're both good when it comes to looking for used leftist theory books. Other than that I typically just check out my local bookstores or libraries to see if they have any used copies of something that I'm looking for, it can be really hit or miss though.
The library for most things, and the books that I keep I've mostly gotten from friends and family (or garage sales and the like for the rare stuff). I currently have filled all 4 of my bookshelves, and books now cover most surfaces.
