Oh-I-flipping-give-UP

[flemmings]

Postal person yesterday leaves a 'we have a package but you weren't here please drag your ass over to the PO tomorrow.' No GST or customs but they want me to pick it up in person sheesh guys this is why I have a mailbox.

Go on my break today. By subway, natch. Package from Kinokuniya, my WARD 1. Needs signature. Why? Sent by Expresspost. Well gee thanks guys, but sending it Expresspost gained you nothing. It arrives a month from date of release to the exact day.

Wrong, of course. Expresspost gains me almost three weeks. Because it isn't WARD. It's the flipping March edition of Zero-Sum.

No wonder they closed their store in NY.

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[summer-queen.livejournal.com]

No wonder they closed their store in NY.

Actually they moved to bigger and better digs.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Henh. They could have hired people who can *read* in their bigger and betters?

(Jeez. They were already pretty big. Where are they now?)

[summer-queen.livejournal.com]

Avenue of the Americas, apparently --> http://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/ohb/03/files/NewYorkMainStore.htm

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

It's three stories.

It has a cafe on top.

It is absolutely lovely - except that they haven't expanded their selection of Japanese books at all, they've just added a ton of English manga, and English books related to Asia (even distantly related, like "Yoga For Magick," which is an actual title), and Japanese trinkets. Which is probably a smart marketing move, but still.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

But still, what a waste that a Japanese bookstore doesn't stock Japanese books. But I can almost see why they would. Japanese abroad do what I do and order online. The bricks and mortar stores I suppose are aiming at on-site gaijin more than Japanese nationals. (And amazon.jp for all its highway robbery, and jp1 and jpqueen always have more books available than even online kinokuniya.

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

Fortunately, if you combine the Kinokuniya, Book-off, Asahiya, and maybe the Mitsuwa in NJ, it adds up to a very good bookstore. And very good workout.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Kinokuniya, Book-off, Asahiya

And the greatest of these is Book-off, far as I'm concerned. I'd be happy to do without the others if only there was a branch here. Tho' I suppose the others are necessary to keep Book-off stocked...