Books - where do you get them from?
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With getting my iPad, I now download most of my books. If it's not available on iBook, I will try and purchase at either Costco or BJs, they have the lowest prices you can find at a retailer. If I can't get it their, then B&N or Borders.
On a side note, I can spend hours in B&N and Borders, in fact I read The DaVinci Code completely in one sitting at B&N.
On a side note, I can spend hours in B&N and Borders, in fact I read The DaVinci Code completely in one sitting at B&N.
I get most of my books from a used book store.I hardly ever buy new books.
Most of the time I borrow from the library.
Most of the time I borrow from the library.
Mostly I'll get them from Amazon or Borders. It depends on who has that specific book available the cheapest. I earn points on one of my credit cards, and once I've earned enough of them, I can cash them in for a Border's gift card. I'd consider browsing through a used book store if I knew of one that was close to where I live. I've also borrowed a few books from friends, but not many.
I started with the ebook thing about 5 (or was it 6) years ago, first with just SciFi books that I would read on my li'l ol' PDA. I've had a Sony Reader for almost 5 years now, and so probably 98% of my books are bought online for that (and about 75% of my work reading, as well). The few things I haven't been able to get in e-format (the occasional small press or out of print) I usually get online through Amazon or B & N.
I do still have a weakness for used bookstores, as well, so stop in at pretty much every one I run across. I'll pick things up at them occasionally, either for myself or if I see something I think a friend or relative would like.
I sometimes miss "real books", but the convenience of my e-reader is hard to beat.
I do still have a weakness for used bookstores, as well, so stop in at pretty much every one I run across. I'll pick things up at them occasionally, either for myself or if I see something I think a friend or relative would like.
I sometimes miss "real books", but the convenience of my e-reader is hard to beat.
I shop for Books at my Local Barnes& Noble or Hastings, Sometimes I can go to our Used Book stores and find a copy of a book in a scifi or Mystery series.That is reasonably priced.If I can't find the title I want, I order it from My local Barnes and Noble or Amazon.com or another Used book company online that has excellent prices.
I get quite a few online, but Waterstones is also a regular haunt. Second hand bookshops and charity stores also offer a great selection
Speaking of e-readers, I wonder which marketing genius at Barnes & Noble came up with up with the name for their e-reader, the Nook.
Yes, the Nookie Reader.
I used to purchase a lot of books, but these days I get most of my reading material from the library. When I do buy, I almost always go to one of our many excellent, locally owned used bookstores.
There's a fantastic used bookstore two blocks from my house. I just picked up all 7 Potter books for a friend's kid (all HC and in very good condition) for under $40.
If it's a book that I only anticipate reading once, or if I want to see if it's something I like before spending money on it, I'll check it out from the library. Otherwise, I'll get it from a used bookstore or buy it used from Amazon.com or half.com.
I also use paperbackswap.com, which is a book trading club. I've gotten rid of tons of old books that way and exchanged them for books I want. It operates on a credit system. Each book you give away is worth a credit, and you can request a book from someone else for a credit.
I also use paperbackswap.com, which is a book trading club. I've gotten rid of tons of old books that way and exchanged them for books I want. It operates on a credit system. Each book you give away is worth a credit, and you can request a book from someone else for a credit.
Speaking of e-readers, I wonder which marketing genius at Barnes & Noble came up with up with the name for their e-reader, the Nook.
Yes, the Nookie Reader.
I can't say "Nook" without sounding like Curly...
Hardcovers and paperbacks come mainly from Amazon-- 99% of the books I buy can't be found at the bookstore. I do occasionally shop at the local Borders and Barnes & Noble, though. Magazines I get through subscription, mostly. Comics and comics-related magazines I get through my local Comics shop.
It's about a three-way split between the library, the local used bookstore, and Amazon. Amazon is usually for authors, subjects, or franchises I like to collect, the library is for ones I'm not sure about or have no intention of buying, and the used bookstore is for browsing titles that are old or not bestsellers.
My family usually exchanges books quite frequently as well.
My family usually exchanges books quite frequently as well.
Second-hand stores, charity shops and the internet. Other people's unwanted crap is my treasure
This.
I love yard sales and thrift stores for books, unless they are books that i want to keep (like my Trek books) and then i get them from Amazon. Otherwise, i go to the library. I can't see me ever downloading books as i am very old fashioned and love having a book in my hands. I still have never even downloaded ANY music EVER.
a lot of the time i get mine from either waterstones or amazon though recently I've discovered e- books at the moment I've found a few free ones like war of the worlds and the art of war. on line
Local thrift stores or places like Halfprice books. Sometimes half.com. Garage sales are great, and last summer my wife found a guy on craigslist that was selling his massive scifi book collection, $.50 a piece. He seriously had an entire room in his townhouse full of bookshelves, with most of the shelves doublestacked (with the back row on risers so you could see them). I left with about 180 books (though he had less than a handful of Trek, and I already had those). So I started grabbing entire author's works. Le Guin, Blish, Bradley, Niven, Brackett and more. Also collections of stories, like the Nebula Award winner collections and such. I still have some of them in boxes from a year ago because I don't have room for them all.
Just wondering if any of the authors that post on this board are cringing at all of us buying our books used...
Just wondering if any of the authors that post on this board are cringing at all of us buying our books used...
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