how many books have you read for "free" in the likes of easons etc?

howyanow

evertyime i g into easons for a browse there are always lots of people there for ages just reading.im sure this annoys the bookstores as many are just reading and not buying.are you one of these people?

Miaireland

Nope, i feel bad for flicking through a magazine to make sure I haven't read it before.

Saila

all of them, I know everything about everything now.

strokemyclover

I go into Easons strictly for the free after shave samples in Men's magazines

Dangerous Man

None. Although I did use the philosophy section in Hodges & Figges quite a bit when I was doing my undergrad. I found it ridiculous to spend 45 euro on a book when I only needed one page of information.

Seachmall

I've read 2 books in Easons on Cruises St. in Limerick. For about 3 weeks I would just walk in and sit down with a book. No one ever said anything. I ended up getting both books a couple of months later.

unknowngirl!!

It'd be pretty stupid to do this and waste time standing in a bookshop when you could go to the library if you didn't want to spend money.

I don't know anyone who does this!

LimeTime

Never done it, never will.

strokemyclover

LimeTime wrote: »

Never done it, never will.

Ah man, you're missing out! See my post above - you'd be surprised how free a magazine can be when the security guard catches you wiping your armpits with it!

super_furry

Books? How quaint. Kindle torrents are where it's at maaaaaaaaaan.

Canis Lupus

super_furry wrote: »

Books? How quaint. Kindle torrents are where it's at maaaaaaaaaan.

Snap. Kindle was best investment I've ever (in my morally corrupt life) made.

Irish Guitarist

I never do it. I do flick through music and guitar magazines to see if they're any good (and to make sure they're readable, I've bought more than one magazine that wasn't printed correctly making it impossible to read). If I see an article that looks decent I then buy the magazine.

I've seen people that not only read an entire magazine with no intention of buying it, but they stand there in the way of people that might potentially be paying customers. On more than one occasion I've walked out of a newsagents because I couldn't get anywhere near the magazines.

mikemac

I hide the Evening Herald behind my Playbody magazine purchase

I don't want the staff to know I'm reading that trash

Cupcake_Crisis

Never done it, too impatient!

starviewadams

Never,just go to the auld library and get whatever book you want and enjoy it at home for free!

The Scientician

Just take a photo of every page with your iPhone.

emeraldstar

howyanow wrote: »

evertyime i g into easons for a browse there are always lots of people there for ages just reading.im sure this annoys the bookstores as many are just reading and not buying.are you one of these people?

Hardly, as most of them seem to provide chairs for that very purpose.

Millicent

howyanow wrote: »

evertyime i g into easons for a browse there are always lots of people there for ages just reading.im sure this annoys the bookstores as many are just reading and not buying.are you one of these people?

Might I recommend one of these bad boys for a browse?

charlierunkle

I read 'Where the Wild Things Are' in its complete in Easons on O'Connell St, felt terrrible guilty after.

J_E

super_furry wrote: »

Books? How quaint. Kindle torrents are where it's at maaaaaaaaaan.

Oh god, I couldn't bring myself to torrent books. Can't beat the smell and feel of good old pages.

Naikon

Just buy the book, ya cheap bastards. Could be somewhat justified for a toerage magazine, but a book? Do your "research" before you enter easons. Google is your friend.

phasers

Have these losers never heard of a library?

splendid101

Bookshops want you to sit down and read. That's why they set up nice comfy seats. People that go into bookshops and read in the shop are likely to buy books as well.

The people that does read a whole book in shops and never purchases are going to be in the minority.

Toby Take a Bow

I used to work in a bookshop, and this would happen a lot. The general philosophy is to welcome it. Better to have one in ten buying than, eh, none in ten.

The flipside to this would be that the homeless community caught on to it, making full use of the chairs and the free reading material. I didn't mind, they were normally very quiet, but the boss hated it, and used to get very worked up about it. After thinking about it for a while, though, I started wondering why they didn't just use the library. Especially when you have an irate manager breathing down your neck.

phasers

Toby Take a Bow wrote: »

I used to work in a bookshop, and this would happen a lot. The general philosophy is to welcome it. Better to have one in ten buying than, eh, none in ten.

The flipside to this would be that the homeless community caught on to it, making full use of the chairs and the free reading material. I didn't mind, they were normally very quiet, but the boss hated it, and used to get very worked up about it. After thinking about it for a while, though, I started wondering why they didn't just use the library. Especially when you have an irate manager breathing down your neck.

They do, believe me. The library in the Ilac Centre in Town is full of homeless people/ junkies all day long.

celj

I download ebooks.Have a few thousand!!
Will never bother going to Easons.

Capt'n Midnight

When I was at school I was to meet a friend outside Eason's.
No sign of yer man so popped in for five minutes to check the magazines, and then stuck the head out again every so often.

An hour later I bumped into him, he'd been doing the same thing too

Dangerous Man

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I never do it. I do flick through music and guitar magazines to see if they're any good (and to make sure they're readable, I've bought more than one magazine that wasn't printed correctly making it impossible to read). If I see an article that looks decent I then buy the magazine.

I've seen people that not only read an entire magazine with no intention of buying it, but they stand there in the way of people that might potentially be paying customers. On more than one occasion I've walked out of a newsagents because I couldn't get anywhere near the magazines.

I find that saying 'excuse me' and then moving towards the area I need to be in works.
Or politely say, 'ehm, cuntface, you're kind of in my way - fuck off please.'

unbeat

price of book: 10.99
price you would want for standing in the same spot for x hours over a week: ??

just buy the thing, exchange with neighbour for gruel when finished if really that hard up.

Corsendonk

None from start to finish, just too loud in those places to concentrate. If I read past the first couple of chapters and liked I always ended up buying which is the whole idea behind having seats for customers.

Doublechinlolz

Sometimes i go in and smell all the books. Theyre all so different but so lovely... And yes im serious

Ally Dick

I got through most of Lord Of The Rings, but they were turning out the lights and sweeping up around me, so I had to stop

shinikins

Similar to Corsendonk, I read the first chapter. If that holds my attention I buy the book, but I couldn't be bothered standing there and reading it cover to cover. But recently I've started downloading ePubs to my mobile. So much handier!!

RGDATA!

Several issues of H&E

--LOS--

never read a whole book in there but I did used to read parts of ones if I had time to kill, what else are the seats for.

I'd check cinema listings in the newspapers too.

phasers wrote: »

They do, believe me. The library in the Ilac Centre in Town is full of homeless people/ junkies all day long.

This is true, nearly every time I'm in there, security are trying to remove someone that is just slumped over the table.

CrazyRabbit

I like the ones with pictures. I can read them.

crazypanda

A month or so ago I read about 4 straight pages of a book in easons and I felt guilty and like they were going to kick me out. Must put that in my amazon basket actually...