National Book Store
@luisadannointed (11524)
Philippines
May 18, 2026 8:47am CST
What is your famous bookstore in the country?
Ours is the National Bookstore. When the pandemic hit, I thought this would not survive. Anyway, it did survive, but some of the staff were not able to get their job back, especially those who were delegated to gift wrapping. But I think they have already moved on.
This bookstore survives post-war devastation of typhoons, fire, and many more challenges... and they even withstand the pandemic. It was founded by a couple in 1942.
Just sharing, do you also have a long standing bookstore in your country?
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@snowy22315 (207660)
• United States
13h
Probably the biggest chain bookstore we have here is Barnes and Noble.
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@cuttyrish (3236)
• United States
1h
used to be my favorite place when i am still a student, NBS is like heaven.
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@cuttyrish (3236)
• United States
1h
@luisadannointed Yeah, i'm also guilty of that, and they have more stuff not just books, arts materials and other things. Sometimes, you say to yourself, i am just buy this, but i end up buying more
@luisadannointed (11524)
• Philippines
1h
SAME! Do you also like reading books in the book section that says "NO PRIVATE READING"? 
Sorry my bad!
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@DaddyEvil (173912)
• United States
11h
There were several regional book stores open here before the pandemic but most of them closed during the pandemic. The book stores that are still open are used bookstores like Hooked on Books where Pretty and I always took our used books we didn't want to keep and the store would buy them from us and give us in-store credit so we could buy more books from them.
Screenshot is mine.
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@JudyEv (380117)
• Rockingham, Australia
1h
That's a great system if they give you a credit for your books.
@Marilynda1225 (90601)
• United States
5h
Barnes and Noble is our major bookstore. They seem to be the only one that has lasted.
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@Freelanzer (10757)
• Canada
11h
With online shopping it seems that bookstores are becoming a thing of the past, but I do love shopping at the smaller bookstores.
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@JudyEv (380117)
• Rockingham, Australia
1h
We have a few bookstores that have been around forever. One is Elizabeth's Books in Fremantle.
@Ineeddentures (31895)
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5h
I have no idea about bookstores here.
Not one springs to mind.
For years of I wanted to buy a book I would buy it online
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