Costco to stop selling books in surprise blow to publishers: report

New York Post ^ | 06/06/2024 | Ariel Zilber

[The FIGHTIN Illini]

Same with me. Downsized our residence to single floor house at 1,800 sf from ranch over full basement at 2,600 sf. Parted ways with many books and a National Geographic mag collection of over 30 years all stored in the faux leather annual binders. Looked great on a bookshelf but nobody or place wanted them but the Dumpster. Actually a good place for the post 1990 issues and their woke green bent!

[The Louiswu]

I have a mountain of the printed word. My wife and I made a deal, there is NO LIMIT to the amount of books we can have, if you want the book, buy the book. New, used it doesn't matter, books are knowledge, entertainment, advice, instruction...a conversation between you and the author.

Books are a a refuge, a diversion, and an escape.

I want to die surrounded by my friends, family and my books.

[Red Badger]

Where will we get our copies of Fahrenheit 451 now?...............

[Noumenon]

I have an extensive hard copy library that cannot be revoked, revised, disappeared or otherwise fvcked with, as repressive regimes tend to do. They’d gave to go all Fahrenheit 451 on me. The survivors would, anyway.

[CIB-173RDABN]

Technology is changing everything, businesses need to adapt or perish.

[No name given]

I agree. Especially the Bible.

[GOPJ]

Besides the publishing industry is liberal elite and corrupt.

All those books people like Biden say they wrote and sell?

The ‘publishing industry’ takes orders from ‘backers’ who buy 30,000 at a time - and pay the publishers NOT to print the books so they don’t show up on the secondary markets... (which would make it obvious the book sales were really illegal donations.)

[mewzilla]

Ebook sales suck.

Folks still want dead tree editions, but what’s being publushed nowadays, in every genre, just sucks.

I like the self-publishing idea, but mist of them decide to save themselves the cost of a decent editor and boy, does it show.

I don’t bother with self-published anymore.

My recommendation for anyone wanting something new to them to read, buy used. And old.

[mewzilla]

A lot of those books go to public library systems buying them with taxpayer money.

Just another reason I refuse to use our public libraries.

[WASCWatch]

Not everything at Costco is cheaper than Wal-Mart, but most items are. Costco has much better quality in almost all product categories.

AS an example, if a person needs Claratin for allergies, the price for the Kirkland brand is $4.49 for the D-24. Everywhere else is 3-5 times higher.

Meat prices are also very reasonable, and the quality is Choice or Prime grade.

Bread prices are much lower at Costco, as are most frozen foods and dairy products. Milk is a possible exception since Kroger has milk on sale most of the time.

[laplata]

That’s for sure.

[dljordan]

“Yeah, I know, pretty petty, but what the heck.”

Think of it as a hobby.

[laplata]

I agree. There are still many used book sources, and the books are usually in good condition. I just wipe them down.

[laplata]

There are still used books available and they’re usually in very good or good condition. I just wipe them down.

[adorno]

Not everything at Costco is cheaper than Wal-Mart, but most items are. Costco has much better quality in almost all product categories.

That may be true for you, but for the 2years I had a membership, I saw nothing that was priced less or competitive with Wal-mart or Target. And when I buy medicines or over the counter stuff,it's all generic and just as good as the brand names at Costco or anywhere else.

The meats at Costco were always higher-priced than what I could buy them for at other local stores and at Wal-mart. That's the same for all other regular grocery items, where Costco was not even competitive. If buying bulk is where the savings are, then, I don't need bulk and even then, when I compare bulk with Wal-mart or Target, I still could save by buying in lower quantities in Wal-mart or Target.

Perhaps it has to do with where a Costco is located, but, in the Tampa Bay area, I did not see any advantage in anything.

[PIF]

I gave up on Costco when they went from tradesmen only: farmers, loggers, commercial fishermen, mechanics to allowing nurses - after that I only went there for specific items, and only if the round trip gas bill was not a factor.

Last trip - over 10 years ago, as the nearest stores are 30 miles away.

[Red Badger]

I buy books at Goodwills and other thrift shops.
But only hardcovers.
Gotta clean them thoroughly though, silverfish can hide in the spine binding.

I’ve gotten some really good classics that way: Twain, Dickens, Doyle, Kipling, Austen................

[Michael.SF.]

LOL

[cgbg]

The biggest advantage of physical books is that the censors cannot go back and “edit” them to make them “politically acceptable”.

That applies to both fiction and non-fiction.

Imho this will become a bigger and bigger issue in the years ahead.

[cyclotic]

My daughter is a book editor and bibliophile. At last count she’s at 1300 books. She recently moved to and from apartments with stairs.