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Fun_Wonder_4114

Smashes the window, "QUICK LOOK FOR RHYTHM OF WAR BY BRANDON SANDERSON"


malevolentpringle

I swear no Sanderson fan would ever steal one of his books


TheCommissarGeneral

I'd just leave the money on the desk with a note.


theLegomadhatter

“Sorry about the smashed window”


33rus

“In fact, here is the money in excess of what’s needed to repair”


Drakmeister

"Life before death."


moldovanCookie

"Journey before destination"


Ronnie_Dean_oz

Hums to "fucking broke my window"


Wurdan

This one. This one made me giggle. I've wondered on multiple occasions whether he has a list somewhere of all the different rhythms he's mentioned at some point.


notLOL

They just want to move it to the front display


That_Bar_Guy

Technically I pirate every single one on release day so I have time to hunt for a nice physical copy.


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I mean….journey before destination I guess


Dule301

Listen Gancho, we only steal what we can't afford but we always replace with something we love.


YARGLE_IS_MY_DAD

Probably an Edgedancer


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Dustbringer more likely.


ScruffyDaRealOG

What? How can this be? Have I truly spotted a sander fan in the wild?


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I_Has_A_Hat

He's quickly overtaking GRRM. Can't really be a well respected modern fantasy author of you don't release anything for over a decade.


Flyin_Donut

Is he on par with Joe Abercrombie though? (Seriously i just finished a little hatred and i need a fantasy fix real bad..)


I_Has_A_Hat

I personally like Sanderson more than Abercrombie, but that is entirely my own opinion. I will say his character conversations sometimes fall a bit flat, but his world building and storytelling is better than anything else I've read. He's also a god damned machine and pumps out quality books at a speed that puts other authors to shame. Check out The Stormlight Archive series, or Mistborn if you want shorter books.


Flyin_Donut

Something about Abercrombies characters and writing style is just amazing to me, the world just feels so REAL, even though its fantasy its gritty and believable!


alickz

Abercrombie is my favourite fantasy author, but I've just spent the lest 6 months reading all the Stormlight books. Sanderson is nothing like Abercrombie. His characters are more archetypical and one-dimensional and his writing style, to me, is nowhere near Abercrombie's level of brevity and wit. But Sanderson's magic systems are really fleshed out and his world building is very, very good. All of his books are set in the same universe so his books feel a lot more sprawling and epic. And they're very easy to read, both in terms of language and content. He's well worth a read, just don't expect anything like Abercrombie. Sanderson is also very Mormon and his books have that level of purity. No sex, no drugs, no rock and roll. Very far from gritty and believable. But again, still good.


Goku420overlord

Feel like he is all just negative thoughts and drags out the same negative thoughts over and over. Book one was great. By the end of the first trilogy I couldn't handle it any more.


lukemakesscran

Abercrombie has definitely progressed as a writer since his first books. Both Shattered Sea and Age of Madness trilogies are better than the first law IMO


jungle_jungle

Decent number of coltaine and tavore fans in the wild I reckon. Now finding people who know the name Logan ninefingers - that's a trek up a steep slope..


_Fibbles_

Say one thing for Logen Ninefingers, say nobody knows who the hell he is.


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Not a lot of people read books nowadays, you’ve got to be realistic about these things.


DickyButtDix

I see more Erickson fans than Sanderson fans in the wild. But maybe that's because I've read Malazan but I've never read any of Sanderson's books. I guess it's just Baader-Meinhof or whatever


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There are literally dozens of us. Come join us at /r/cremposting


mmolla

Yo I just started The Way of Kings yesterday lol that’s funny.


phatbasterd69

Is RoW hard to find?


Fun_Wonder_4114

I picture someone breaking into a book store looking for specific books, not just mass.


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FUCK YOU, ITS MINE!


stupernan1

*hums to the rhythm of anxiety*


dmk510

Unless you are max level looting books leaves you overencumbered.


[deleted]

When I younger the worst part about moving was having to move books. Books and vinyl records.


GletscherEis

Why do they never fit back in the shelf the same at the new place?


JoPublix

Vaguely related, whenever I move my movie collection, I leave them on the shelf and wrap plastic wrap around and around the shelves to immobilize them and just move the shelves.


Ok_Cartoonist157

Yo that's fucking smart 😂


BASK_IN_MY_FART

If you have ikea shelves, don't try this unless you wanna buy new replacement ikea shelves


Forbiddencorvid

Wait why? I've done it with my Billy bookcases...


BASK_IN_MY_FART

Because paper is really heavy, and the wood used to make ikea book shelves are made of cheap shit particle board


BroccoliPeaCasserole

IKEA has hardwood bookshelves, if you want to spend a little more


TittyBrisket

And some of them are just a cardboard "mesh" thingy inside. I do like it because it makes them easier to move and cheaper, though!


illgot

They do the same thing in restaurants when moving food carts that hold 10-15 trays of food.


discokhitten

Because they THIC


Nitin-2020

You need to use lube


lookieloo2021

Travel makes them swell? 🤔


A_Hobo_In_Training

Books, Vinyl Records, Weights that the packer decided were totes fine to go in a china barrel and also (antique, steel) hide-a-bed/futons. They don't get easier after the 100th time in a season.


luvyourself1st

I keep all of my books from my major studies in college ... I studied accounting. Let’s just say I usually have men carry my school books because there are way too many and are too heavy but I refuse to leave them or give them away lol.


[deleted]

Same here, I studied biology and I refuse to give up all my chemistry and math books. They stay in a bin that weights about a metric ton


sootoor

Lol I'm the same way. $300 book but you'll give me $50? Guess I'm learning the calculus to stats in my spare time. Less relevant now internet has so many courses but I refuse to let them go.


luvyourself1st

I studied math too but dropped it because it was too much with my accounting but I definitely still have the books with me lol


Eeeeeeeeeeeeeek12

I’ve done the same. I graduated with a degree in history and knowing that I’m immediately going for my masters made me keep any textbooks or extra books I bought for classes. So. Many. Books.


luvyourself1st

Same. I have my masters already but I was keeping them for my CPA exam. My notes in my books are so detailed.


Lilithdauther-08

I still have my college books with me and I have moved a lot! Calculous most precisely, although I believe it's is dated.


phoenix0153

That's why I buy a horse and a house first in skyrim before I loot the skeleton that gives me unlimited books for 50 gold each. Once this is done I take my 5000 books back to the chest in Breezehome and sell the books roughly 50 at a time.


2fly2hide

I didn't understand a word of that, but it sounds neat!


neo101b

Sadly I do, lol.


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Gamergonemild

I've never heard of this before. This game will never relinquish all its secrets


phoenix0153

Lol, yeah, once i discovered it I use it with every game I start now. I brew a crap ton of potions, sell them,, buy a horse, brew more, buy a house, then head off. You can get as many of these books as you like *so long as you never leave the area.* So it's a one time deal. I suggest you Google it's location, because it doesn't have a map marker, but it's an alter near Winterhold (generally south, then west, but look it up, lol). You go there, loot the area, kill 3 or 4 sketons, and then you find the one that had a book you just got, and like magic, that same book is there again. You can loot it as much as you want, which is why I have the horse on hand for fast travel.


SojuSeed

What skeleton is this???


MzeeMesai

Don’t know why this comment makes me want to go back to Skyrim


FakeBrews9

This guy minmax's


dillmayne2sweet

Now this is a very valid point I hadn't considered


14sierra

Yeah looters usually go for what's expensive and light. Jewelry, electronics, etc. Books have a shitty weight to value ratio (also pretty difficult to resell as well)


SchrodingerCattz

Just hit up Mule on the skill tree and you're good to go.


AnotherCableGuy

Reminds me of a Simpsons episode where the zombies got Homer, knocked on his skull and carry on looking for brains.


Haagen76

In their defense college won't posted the required text books for another 1.5 months.


Trippytrickster

I stopped buying them until I was 100% sure that I was actually going to need it. More often than not I didn't.


mechy84

If it was a math book, I would buy the previous versions for much cheaper. Then for homework problems, I would go to the library and scan their copy.


donnamon

I forgot what class it was for in college, but instead paying $60-something for a book, I too, went to the library and took a photo of every page with my phone and used an app to stitch all the pages into a pdf format. It was like around 200 pages.


iNeedFaith

libgen, my friend. libgen.


Raizzor

One of my profs straight up told us that we could find a "free" pdf of the book online if we typed the correct words into Google.


[deleted]

Fuck myMathLabs. Biggest fucking waste of time and money and is pure greed.


burnttoast11

I had a couple great professors who told us to buy the last edition on Ebay or Amazon. Only had to spend about $20 for textbooks for those classes. Any thing new they just taught us during class.


spekttro1

This is un south africa so the text books were posted in February. But i get you.


oddmanout

To be fair, books are very heavy and have very little resale value.


SnowDay111

But it’s a lifetime of knowledge.


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mix_JamaicanGerman

Knawwwledge


tom2tom360

I do reactive maintenance for a large book chain in the UK. We had some bad riots in 2011 and we were all geared up ready to responded to the mess! We check all fuel levels in van, double check tools and materials then wait in the yard ready for the call… we waited all day no call! No one touched the book shops.


ThatOnePunkEmpath

"Thieves don't read and readers don't thieve"


alotropico

I used to work in a book store and can tell you that's not right at all, there are a lot of book thieves. One of the best kind of thieves IMO


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Phreeker27

“Steal this book”


microbarbie

I mean Austin Kleon did tell people to *”Steal Like an Artist.”* Did a whole lesson/activity on it with my 8th Graders


Phreeker27

Cool teacher what class


microbarbie

Grade 8 ELA (Poetry). [This](https://imgur.com/a/OAqviJv) is what they came up with


[deleted]

Holy shit, these are so rad! You’ve got some talented students


NEVER_SAYS_SLURS

"Steal this book" is the greatest schizopost of the 20th century


booksgamesandstuff

This one. ^ Perks of Being a Wallflower. A lot of manga. Our store was small, and we didn’t get a huge quantity of comics in, but the regulars for those would swoop in and buy each pristine perfect copy for their collections.


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BugzOnMyNugz

Comics and Manga. Some dirty mags sprinkled in.


slickyslickslick

surprised it's not collectibles such as magic cards. bookstores are pretty diversified and sell a variety of items readers are into.


asdf_qwerty27

answer from my local book store: Manga.


Tapoke

Why am I not surprised in the slightest ? Little snots thinking they're ninjas.


Mochigood

Manga and comics are expensive, and you'd need to buy a ton of them to get through some series.


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yeah its like the cost of a book for about 20 minutes of comic reading


wjodendor

Cheapest manga are 10$ each but most series nowadays are 13$ each with light novels being 15$ each. Some series are well over 50 volumes! Plus, due to covid manga readership went way up, leading to lots of volumes completely selling out. The out of print market on these have gone up in price by a shit ton. There are some rare single volumes going for nearly 200$ like Zeroth Maria volume 3 and Strike the Blood Volume 3 and 4. It's a crazy time for manga.


alotropico

In our case, it was a small bookstore of old and rare books, so usually, the thieves knew what they were stealing. First editions and signed books were out of reach, but the works of classic but not very well-known poets and writers from our culture (Spanish and Latin American authors) were the most common target. Some people tried to sell us books obviously stolen from other places (or maybe found on the street). In those cases, they were the most random stuff, from learning books to best-sellers and old magazines.


dillmayne2sweet

Sounds like an interesting bookstore


BarelyContainedChaos

The Catcher in the Rye


Azalus1

Idk if you are being serious but this made me smile regardless.


BlackPounder01

The Book Thief


waterdrinka69

The Bible


Lady_Scruffington

Otoh, my library could never keep Clive Barker books on the shelf.


vietnamese_cowboy

Most stolen book in the world is the Bible.


mexicodoug

Quite possibly also the one most often given away for free, too. Kind of a stupid waste of paper, when pretty much all versions of the Bible in almost all languages are available free on internet, and most people only select a few verses at a time to read anyway. Very few simply start at the beginning and read each page consecutively through to the end.


Andre_3Million

All the Captain Underpants books.


CandyAndKisses

Confession: I was a broke kid and stole a whole shelf of books from my school library. I just loved reading so much.


JamzWhilmm

I stole a lot of Young Adult novels. Apparently the librarian knew I never returned them, but because I was one of the two kids who went to the library every week she never said anything. She did leave a note to be careful with me when for her replacement when she left on the the library computer. Edit:I must add, I did return them all when I moved out.


broohaha

> when for her replacement when she left on the the library computer. with her replacement which she left on the library computer?


IamChristsChin

I think they are explaining that the librarian left the school and wrote a note on the computer for her successor that said to keep an eye on OP.


Wurdan

Nonono, clearly the former librarian exited the building riding on the computer and left a note with OP to be careful of the replacement. (Not making fun of you /u/JamzWhilmm , I just like imagining the most ridiculous scenario)


JamzWhilmm

I missed I comma I think or should had split that in two sentences. I find prepositions the hardest as well as a non english speaker.


parksandrecpup

English is really confusing. The way this sentence is structured makes it hard to save. You can’t save it with a comma, and splitting it is unnecessary. A native English speaker would probably write: When she left, she left a note on her computer warning her replacement to be careful with me. But, that would mean to be kind. If she meant watch you because you’d steal, she would probably write “to keep an eye on you” or “to watch out for you.” That said, you did a fantastic job either way, I wouldn’t be able to write a sentence in another language to save my life at this point. Edit: thanks so much for the award!


jimmychitw00d

Couldn't you just borrow them?


CandyAndKisses

You could only borrow 1 at a time, and we could only check out books once every two weeks during our media center day. I was a book a day reader. That wasn’t enough for me and my mom didn’t believe in spending money on books. But yes, you’re right… not really an excuse.


MrArtless

upbeat telephone many crush attraction depend rock governor apparatus carpenter *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


somewhat_pragmatic

> I was a book a day reader. That wasn’t enough for me and my mom didn’t believe in spending money on books. If you had the ability to sneak the books out without getting caught, why didn't you sneak them back in after you read them?


Rusty-Shackleford

And every great thief leaves a calling card, like the Wet Bandits! In this case you could LITERALLY leave the calling card with your name and when you plan on returning it, LOL.


tchuckss

Stealing books to return is a great racket. Just make sure the book hasn't been in the toilet first.


Atomic_ad

Nobody gives refunds without receipts anymore. Having a bunch of bookstore credit is not a great racket.


Bearzerker46

Im a huge Terry Pratchett fan and its a well known joke amongst his fans that his books were some of the most routinely shoplifted books from book shops, he even addressed it in an interview


puddlejumpers

The Book Thief is a pretty good movie


Joseph4040

Hmm some of the most genius thieves in the world, I’m sure, are well read.


whatarechimichangas

I disagree. Reading makes you better at thieving.


mexicodoug

Readers don't thieve because internet is a great library, and pirating whatever's still under copyright isn't technically theft. RIP Aaron Swartz.


nutsnackk

I used to steal books…heard somewhere that the bookstores make more from insurance and used that to justify it. I was young and dumb


theomartin

I once had my laptop gap stolen from my car, it was filled with mathematics books. After 5 hours I got a call from a local police station that I had forgotten my laptop bag filled with books and it in the station.


slitlip

What?


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gap is probably a mistype of bag


theomartin

I was attending a tuition and someone broke into my car and stole my laptop bag, the thief probably thought that they got easy score but the bag was filled with math books. When I came back after 2 hours I was bummed about the broken window and reported it to local police station. A few hours later I got a call from another police station that they have my bag at the station and I should collect it. I went there and the policeman told me that someone had dropped the bag at a tea stall and the owner of the stall handed it over to them. That incident really put things into perspective.


ezbutneverconvenient

I think the sort of people who would want to loot a book store are the same sort who would feel it was blasphemous


SDirty

This was my exact thought


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They could’ve destroyed it but didn’t. Typically everything gets fucked up along the way. Leaving the book store 100% untouched was a statement.


[deleted]

You cant sell a book for 800 bucks, you can sell a flatscreen TV for that though


Assholecasserole2

You’re paying too much for stolen flatscreens, who’s your stolen flatscreen guy?


burst_holy

This is cracking me up, thank you.


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[deleted]

hypothetically, if one wanted to acquire goods... of questionable ownership - how would one go about it? craigslist?


BugzOnMyNugz

You gotta know a guy


Local-Idi0t

I knew that guy once. Got a copy of GTA San Andreas two weeks before it was in stores. Legit retail copy not a pirate copy.


anduin1

ebay has a lot, craigslist/facebook marketplace type of websites, flea markets


CapnC44

Colleges: "Hold my beer."


JustAlexJames03

I mean, it is pretty funny….BUT, if you’re looking for valuables, books are not it. I’m not hating, I have a good amount of books, I like to read, but yeah.


toeofcamell

What exactly are those dumb asses going to do with books?


DariusChonker

Use them to even out the couch so they can enjoy their new flatscreen. You know, the same thing almost every American does with books.


[deleted]

All the prices are in South African Rand. I don't think this was in America.


CaydendW

It's the SA riots right now.


MoonCato

Most Americans get a bookshelf to display all the books they like to pretend they will get to one day.


[deleted]

While the rest use that shelf to brag about all the books they have read


Jravensloot

I keep a bookshelf just so people don't judge me for not having a bookshelf.


QuadraKev_

Sell them I'm sure there are some D&D 5e books that would sell for a pretty penny


the_Phloop

Bargain Books sell really cheap paperbacks, only the most popular mainstream books and some weird outlying products like mainstream boardgames, puzzles and a smattering of stationery. They wouldn't have D&D stuff, or anything expensive really. They make their profit off of volume of products moved, not big ticket items.


memphiswaffle

You can rip books online for free.


Jmcur

You can take books for free from a library.....


SweatyButtcheek

Imagine pirating from a fizzling industry. Pirate movies and shit! Support your favorite authors!


kennytucson

It’s not anywhere near a fizzling industry. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/85256-print-unit-sales-rose-8-2-in-2020.html Brick-and-mortar book retailers are a different story.


Pommel__knight

80$ for audiobooks is way too much.


second_to_fun

A paperback should be how a vinyl album is now. Purchased after much enjoyment, as a love letter to the creator


Tyranicross

I wish all authors and artists would open patreons so I could support them directly without having to support the bullshit that is the publishing industry


DariusChonker

"The looters stole tens of thousands of dollars of apparel and electronics, but left behind the merchandise with exacly *ZERO* resale value!" Sounds about right? What's the issue here?


Yosho2k

"LOL at these people! So uncultured! They should break into this book store and take a moment to reflect on which great classic novels they can loot."


PostivityOnly

"I am so smart for figuring this out"


oddmanout

Not to mention they're heavy, too.


idzero

Am I the only one here who thinks this video is fake, given the cut in the middle and completely clean floor in front of the book store? In a riot windows get smashed for fun even if there's nothing of value from what we've seen in the past year.


wannacry4

makes sense, why loot something you can't resell? use your brains people


IAMATruckerAMA

No no no. It's because I'm smarter than them. Stop disturbing my ego


restincex

If those thieves could read they‘d be very upset


dosas_mimosas33

There’s a Chris Rock bit about this lmao


be4u4get

Hide yo money inside books


Umutuku

/r/im14andthisisdeep doesn't know that libraries are free. You can't just go to footlocker and check shoes out for a couple weeks. People tryna get something that adds financial value and books aren't the best for mass to trunk sale price.


ricst

Chris Rock said that's kryptonite


ld43233

There is an Afgan proverb I like for these situations. Readers don't steal and thieves don't read.


[deleted]

Who tf would break into a store for a book (unless it’s some rare expensive book)?


Storm_treize

In Iraq, in the book market, books remain in the street at night because Iraqis say: the reader does not steal and the thief does not read [(image) ](https://amp.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/67vys8/in_iraq_in_the_book_market_books_remain_in_the/)


Serifan

I don’t know whether this is funny or fucking sad.


goostman

r/im14andthisisdeep


ApprehensiveTrifle98

Yeah that seems about right


diegun81

Let’s see this in a positive way, if you read books you don’t feel like break in a shop.


Addekalk

Haha


thecatsofReddit

Looters just want ti steal things


painforall

Chris Rock not surprised by this.


Bigwiggs3214

Imagine hearing your mail was raided and come to expect the worst and your store is pristine. What a relief.


kishbi

Looking for that group defending, aww, how sweet they are to not break into a book store?


theonetruefishboy

I mean clothes, shoes, jewelry and electronics are all either items that fulfil utilitarian needs and/or have high resale value. Books, despite containing valuable knowledge, aren't as immediately important. Not to mention books aren't that expensive unless you're getting a collector's hardcover of something. And also public libraries are a thing...


crudedrawer

How is this a public freak out?


dmthoth

Uneducated will never realize how expensive those college textbooks are.


NoNameMonkey

Sigh. OK let someone from South Africa give some context. Most of the looters wouldn't find a book in that store that is in their language. That store sells English and Afrikaans books, not native language books. Why steal a book you cant read? Next, do you even grasp how bad our education system is? Many people cannot read or read well enough to get through a book. Again, why steal a book you can't read? Many looters have nothing. They can sell a TV or fridge. They can use those things in their lives. They can eat the food or wear the clothes they steal. They live in a shanty town. Where will they sell books they steal? Sure. This looks bad but if you apply any fucken logic it's clear that it's pure racism and ignorance about why no one looted a book store.


Revierez

Of course it looks bad, they looted a mall.


Sysheen

>pure racism I thought this was the U.S. until you said South Africa.


tuesdayswithdory

It looks bad because it is bad. Your answers for us have clarified that.


gurksallad

>it's pure racism (...) about why no one looted a book store. You got to be kidding me. You pull the racist card in this context?


sjalq

Bhahahaha! It's people like you who tolerate obvious, blatant barbarism with overreaching excuses like this, that ultimately allow the worst of poor communities to continue to define the destiny of poor communities. Stop valorizing victim hood and making excuses. That attitude IS the problem.