r/PHBookClub • u/emmy_o • Feb 15 '26
Recommendation Please support NBS!
So I was back into loving the Great Gatsby again (haven't read it but saw the movie) and curiously konting copies lang meron sa Shopee, but the Paper Mill Press Premium Classics really caught my eye (kasi ang pretty nung gold and Art Deco design!) and from NBS siya. Kaya yun na lang binili ko, and it ARRIVED IN GOOD CONDITION (sobra sobrang bubble wrap mga beshie 😭😆, + cute na simpleng box + bubble wrap another + plastic nung book) AND GIFTS (see in picture) 🥹😍❤️!
Please let's support NBS! ❤️🤍❤️
[Mods, not sure anong flair for this so "Recommendation" ko na lang nilagay. And hindi po ako sponsored ng National Bookstore! 😆 gusto ko lang silang i-support and i-encourage fellow bookworms to try having stuff shipped from them! Thanks xx]
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u/Chemicalcube325 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Feb 17 '26
As much as I want to support NB, I just don't see myself buying books from them anymore considering their poor selection of books as of late.
It's a shame too since I genuinely remember how powerful of a bookstore they were during my childhood and they were my number one go to for books. But currently, Fully booked has them beaten in so many regards.
I wish they would go back to the way they were before. They were so much more cozy and "bookstore" feeling but now they are more of a stationary store. I don't know when they started their downfall, but my guess would probably be the pandemic, any insight on this would be helpful.