Do the dumpsters behind bookstores contain books?
>>24119524They're padlocked shut, if not sealed completely abutting directly into the back of the building with the only access from inside the store. But yes.
no but there are 3rd party vendors on amazon that sell new books with remainder marks as "used" and no i'm not saying who if u didn't find them on ur own
>>24119524yeah but they are still good to read for a day or two
>>24119532I kek'd
I have a 1740 Illustrated copy of Aesop's fables I found in the dumpster behind a Goodwill big box store. It's far from the best thing they've thrown away.
Usually. The used bookstore in my town has an outdoor shelf with the books that are probably going to be disposed of soon for like a dollar a piece, usually it's the books in really bad condition or things like cookbooks for people with obscure dietary restrictions and farmer's almanacs or sports guides from 10+ years ago, but I've seen at least a few interesting titles in there, then I guess the books get moved to the dumpster if nobody wants to buy them for less than the price of a bottle of Sprite.
>>24119524Usually when books are thrown out they rip the covers off.
>>24119653Why are Americans so greedy and evil? I thought they love Jesus.
>>24119714The americans who love jesus are some of the best people you'll ever meet. But the americans who hate jesus are some of the worst people you'll ever meet. Just an observation i've noticed
>>24119524I've worked in two bookstores. One was B&N, the other a regional chain. Not usually. If they were, they would be thrown out along with all other trash. So you would maybe be able to get a James Patterson that the store had 50 of, but soaked through with soda. That was very rare, only in the case that a book was considered unsellable and damaged beyond donation quality or recycling.>>24119714We had to throw out the leftover food from the cafe at B&N every night. Employees couldn't take any, either. It was considered theft. This was in stark contrast to when I worked at Starbucks as a teenager, where employees could take food and all else was donated. Greedy fucking company. They wouldn't even be losing money doing it because the food was getting thrown out anyway.
>>24119614The problem is that there's probably a wider audience for the books that "can't sell" but you can't ship a box of books without paying a small fortune.
>>24119714It's a longstanding practice going back literally generations. Publishers don't want the expense of returned books, but don't want the unsold stock in circulation. Stores are required to ship the covers only as a return for credit for unsold stock or etc. There were a lot of flea market vendors who would sell "stripped' coverless books cheaply. a dollar or 2 or 3 for a dollar in the before times.
I mean, you could go dumpster diving for books but there is an at least 75% chance that said books are infested with mold spores covered in rat shit.
>>24120881Reminder to avoid patronizing any and all chain bookstores. I sincerely that hope that every last one of those out of touch greedy fucks drown.
>>24121483Utter bullshit, rats don't hang out in book dumpsters.t. dumpstered at Half Price dozens of times, got a hard cover of Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson, nothing else too memorable
>>24119524Jump right in OP
>>24120881I used to work at Domino's. We could eat the food if no one picked it up or if we messed up the order. One time I cut it poorly accidentally, bad enough to not be usable, and my manager threw it in the trash and yelled at me thinking I messed up on purpose to get free food.
