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Strand Book Store

Expert Reviews of Strand Book Store

Citysearch | The institution New York bibliophiles love to hate and hate to love.

The overwhelming eight miles of narrow aisles is crowded with not-yet-shelved volumes and fellow booklovers to stumble over. If you call the book search department and give them all the bibliographic...
citysearch.com - expert review - 11/07/2006
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User Reviews of Strand Book Store

Love the selection and prefer the Fulton Street location

I lived within easy walking distance of the East Village location for a few years and never needed an excuse to go there. However, I've always found the employees at that store to be very unpleasant. In recent...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/10/2007
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Will it ever go out of business?

I completely concur with the other reviewers here about the RUDENESS and ATTITUDE of the staff at the Strand. Ask them a simple, polite question about their store and they bite your head off. The Strand in the...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/07/2007
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An NYC legend

Um, how could you hate the strand? It's huge and has a great selection of used and hard-to-find books at great prices. The staff actually knows something about literature, unlike the employees of many huge...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/11/2007
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RUDE RUDE RUDE RUDE RUDE RUDE RUDE RUDE RUDE RUDE RUDE RUDE RUDE RUDE RUDE RUDE

DID I MENTION THEY ARE RUDE!????? i have lived across the street from strand my whole life but i actually just registered with citysearch JUST to write this review!) like many of the previous posters i went to...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/01/2007
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don't waste your time

I would have to agree that the service at the strand is very poor and the place is not organized and the staff is rude. Dont waste your time!
citysearch.com - user review - 06/28/2007
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Worst Customer Service Ever

It's places like this who whine when chains take away their business. I'm all in favor of supporting local businesses but if the staff is going to insist on treating the clientele poorly, I'd be glad to see...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/24/2007
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awful

gaijingirl is so right, i did not know about citysearch when I HAD My problem at Strand, this place is a disgrace, and on the phone just as bad. rude service, rude workers, lousy store
citysearch.com - user review - 11/10/2006
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Rude staff, disorganized aisles

I'd experienced the rudeness of the staff at the Strand in the past - and today's experience inspired me to write a review. I had gone over to the Strand to sell a few books (with the intention of later...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/26/2006
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Strand's

Since Strand's renovation they have definitely become a more cleaner and a bit more organized than t...
judysbook.com - user review - 06/24/2006
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Timeless wonder

I've been going to the strand since I was a little kid. My father has alwasy loved that store. We ...
judysbook.com - user review - 04/15/2006
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incredible

Strand's has such a good collection of art and photography books, it's amazing. There's a good mixt...
judysbook.com - user review - 04/12/2006
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difficult shopping but still great

While the upstairs at the Strand is crowded, impossible to move around in and seems to have no organizational qualities whatsoever, the downstairs with thousands of hard cover reviewers copies of new books is...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/17/2004
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Strand Bookstore

Is it perfect? No -- it's dusty, hot, etc. But it's the best of its kind. I won't argue that there aren't niche booksellers (Argosy, etc.) who shine, but for those who are old enough to remember the treasure...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/05/2003
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Miles of books / cool t's

The t-shirts boast "8 Miles of Books", and once you enter this NYC institution you believe it. Hardcovers, paperbacks, etc. in every genre and condition and price range. This store reminded me of a regular...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/15/2003
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GET AC!!!

Come on Strand...get some Air Conditioning? Who wants to spend more than 2 minutes looking for a book, when it's 100 degrees in your store? I dont want armpit stains after lunch break!! Clean the place up a...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/27/2002
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Browser's Heaven

One of the salespeople told me that the store stocks more than 2.5 million books, and I believe it. These miles of books usually frun from 50 to 85% off list price. Every time I go I return with a shopping bag...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/18/2002
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Fit for Print

Twas a time when this place claimed to be the biggest used bookstore in the country. Having worked at Powell's in Portland, Oregon, I know that's far from true. Yet I like the Strand better than its West coast...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/15/2002
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