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Oh, I have so much Barnes & Noble rage right now! Though, to be fair, it is more Meetup.com rage.
So, Now that I am working a 4-day week with no commute, I thought I might explore my writing hobby again and joined a writer's group on meetup.com. Well, one of them was having a book signing at the B&N. I'd never met any of these people and didn't know the first thing about the book the lady had written and was plugging at B&N but, even though I'm feeling a bit under the weather, I decided to give it a go. That was a mistake.
Well, I went in and saw her with the books. I didn't tell her I was part of the group or anything. I quickly discovered, through reading the cover blurb describing the book and talking to the lady, that the book, though supposedly a legal thriller, was pushing a political agenda totally anathema to mine. I don't want to go into detail as I don't want to start a debate on the issue here. I just smiled, complimented her on the cover, said it looked interesting, then went to walk around the store without looking for any of the group members or giving the author any indication of how I really felt.
It gets worse. There were no graphic novels. They are keeping them behind the checkout counter now. Excuse me but the point of going to a brick and mortar bookstore is to be able to browse and, truthfully, the only things I'm likely to purchase at a B&N bookstore are graphic novels, trinkets, or really-marked-down hardcovers.
Case in point I was about to buy a trade paperback that sounded interesting. It was $16. I am glad I checked on my Kindle app. The Kindle version was less than $4.
I know this may all make me seem like a terrible person but I am a little under the weather and I also just left a job of 7 years for a new one and having anxiety issues, so I'm pretty on edge.
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