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To be sad when I see novels in Poundland, Home Bargains, The Works, B&M or similar?

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Marmiteandjamislush · 12/03/2015 16:45

FYI I am PG so may be over empathizing due to hormones Grin

Was out earlier today, to buy work and craft books and school supplies for my boys who are both HE. Anyway, I was trawling through and wandered through the novel sections and I just felt really sad, especially for the lesser know authors. I just thinking, imagine it's been your dream to write a story, sometimes your story, you find an agent and get published and then there you are in the bargain bins. It's funny because I don't feel that when I go into supermarkets, some strange part of me thinks that that must be quite the opposite as SMs normally buy based on demand and imagine being thought of as being as essential as carrots ect. No, it doesn't make sense, I know.

Maybe I feel like that because I always wanted to have a go at writing but was never brave enough.

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IgnoreMeEveryOtherReindeerDoes · 12/03/2015 19:01

Meant being able to buy them cheap when she was little

claravine · 12/03/2015 19:19

Pound land has some surprisingly good books these days

waithorse · 12/03/2015 19:37

I really want to know, about Harry's books.

I just like seeing books for sale anywhere.

AlpacaMyBag · 12/03/2015 19:43

Was thrilled to pick up a big fat Eva Rice novel at Poundland. And a really nice children's book too.

SolidGoldBrass · 13/03/2015 19:46

I have always bought a lot of books from charity shops. To an extent, this makes me feel a little bit guilty sometimes (because the author won't get a penny from my purchase) but I love books and am often skint. But, once again, sometimes a book picked up in a charity shop is so good that I am immediately off on a quest to find the rest of that author's output and get at least some of it from places which will pay the author royalties.

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