Re:No more O'Reilly subscriptions for me
by seg_lol on Monday December 08, 2025 @05:12PM
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The UW bookstore in Seattle like many big science schools had a wondrous technical book section. Isles of Springer. The bookstore itself is a shadow of its former shelf.
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Re:No more O'Reilly subscriptions for me
by zdragnar on Monday December 08, 2025 @06:08PM
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My own college experience heavily soured me on both book stores and especially school run book stores. The markup was obscene and their buy back rates were worse.
Half price books and a few other book stores lulled me back a few times, but nonfiction books are kept around mostly as eye candy at this point.
All the US universities outsourced their bookstores.
Now I can't even walk in and browse what books the various departments are using for classes, anymore. Everything is now behind bars and completely inaccessible.
Re:No more O'Reilly subscriptions for me
by zippyman55 on Monday December 08, 2025 @11:36PM
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Yes, I was so disappointed with my visit last year - not yet hopeless, but close to it. Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle is a better place.
Re:No more O'Reilly subscriptions for me
by shawn_w on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @07:04PM
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Elliot Bay is a shadow of what it used to be when it was in Pioneer Square.
Re:No more O'Reilly subscriptions for me
by seg_lol on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @02:38PM
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We should all take the train to Powell's.
Which one? The original one in Chicago or that other one in Portland?
Re:No more O'Reilly subscriptions for me
by seg_lol on Friday December 12, 2025 @12:14AM
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Elliott Bay is in Seattle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Bay