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Hi just out of interest, wondering where people buy books from mainly..
i buy a lot from charity shops, but i find my local supermarket has now got great offers on most books.

i also buy off line..

do you buy and books on line, i use a website where by going via the site to book shops or all other shops you get cash back for using it, it doesnt cost anything to register, and you get £3.50 for joining, you might only get a couple of pence per book you buy but it certainly mounts up..lol

here is the link try it out

I buy most of mine on Amazon.ca

Tianna wrote: "Whenever I go to the bookstore! :-)"

That is NOT only funny but very TRUE! My wife and I are book-a-holics. We buy our books mainly at charity/thrift shops (like Goodwill and Salvation Army), but also from ebay, and Barnes & Noble and used book stores.

I buy most of mine either online or from used book stores.

More often than not, I buy from bookstores. It's hard to keep myself from buying a book (or 4!) every time I pass the Barnes and Noble in my neighborhood.

I just opened an account with paperbackswap.com and love it.

I get mine at TJmaxx sometimes they hav good books sometimes the dont i hav gotten 3 books there for about $5 when they are normally $12

There is a book swap at our local library branch once a month...I have so many books I don't know if I'll ever get to them.

Also, I've recently stumbled on books at the Salvation Army/Goodwill. Some of the books are junk (think WIndows 95 Manual) but I've come across several popular books (John Grisham's The Associate) for around $2.00. The the money goes to a good cause.

Used book stores, new book stores (Barnes & Noble, Borders, Chapters, Indigo, Coles, McNally Robinson, Books A Million, Hastings), Salvation Army/Goodwill, online, my sisters, gas stations... basically anywhere I can find them!

Usually i go to Target or used thrift shops.When i have giftcards or extra money i will go to Barnes and Noble.Or my library has book sales every other month.

Lately I have been going to the used book superstore...but i also go to borders, b&n, the book store associated w/ the library and the salvation army...

Mainly I check mine out at the library....but when I HAVE to buy a book (or zillion of them) I go to either Borders or now to Books-A-Million.

But I am starting to rethink on Borders I had a horrible experience the other day with the clerk. I am fairly "green" and recycle but no offense but I do not necessarily bring my own book bag into a store so that I will not use a plastic sack. I bought several books on Sunday and she kept asking me if I was sure I wanted a bag and kept pointing at a "homemade" sign about saving the environment and opt not taking a bag. Excuse me but do you really want to carry a huge pile of books in different sizes a long distance without one?! Trust me if I say the first time I want a bag I meant it...please do not feel the need to ask me 4 times and then point at a sign. If you are all that conscience use a biodegradable sack. She gave a sack that was too small and tore. I doubt if I will be back to that location ever. Which is sad because it was my favorite one!

Where DON'T I buy books? My new favorite is swaptree.com -- for the price of postage you get something you want for something you have. Then there's yard sales, barnes and noble, overstock.com, Costco . . . (and just about anywhere else .com that you can imagine . . )(

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All of the big bookstores when they give me coupons and because I have the member discount at all of them, Costco, the Half-Price bookstore. I haven't hit the Goodwill yet but so many of you are finding great books at yours that I'm heading there this weekend!

I cannot go past any bookstore without stopping in, and more times than not I come out with two or three books in hand.

I, too, am a bibliophile. I am sitting here in my den surrounded by 7 bookcases full of Fantasy and Sci fi. there are 3 more bookcases in my bedroom with the mysterys and general fiction.

I haven't been to a library to check out a book in years, but I hit all the library book sales where they have paperbacks for 50 cents and hardbacks for a dollar. And the Knights of Columbus have a sale every summer. I do occasionally buy at a bookstore if I have a good coupon, or I scour the bargin books table.

I have also discovered "Abe Books" an online used book store. I shop there mainly to get missing books from series that I have.

I buy most of my books from Barnes and Noble - IF I can't find a book at BN I will go to Borders - but I only buy books I really really want to keep otherwise I go to the library.

I have a Kindle, so I've been buying e-books this past year (but I still have 60 or so tbr books that I bought over the last 10 years and never got around to reading). I've been using the library a lot lately, too, since my book buying (and ebook buying) habits have gotten ridiculously out-of-hand. Luckily everyone gave me amazon gift cards over the last year for various gifts, so the majority of my ebook purchases were free for me!!

I'm currently living in a country with no bookstores (no libraries, no local printed newspapers or magazines either) so my books are coming from paperbackswap.com and Amazon. Back home I mostly went to a great used book store in Walnut Creek, California. I miss it so much!

i've just listed 10 great books on ebay uk for anyone interested, james patterson, tess gerritsen, lee child

and will be listing most martina cole books tomorrow, i'm having a good sort to make room for all my new books lol

I get most of mine from the library, and then the rest is usually from the used book sale at the library. The beauty of the used book sale is that I can then "recycle" those books by donating them toward the book sale once again.

I love to keep the books I read so I get my books from Amazon.com. I get the used books for a penny. Postage is 3.99. I figure it this way, I am still only paying 4.00 for a hardcover book.

Victoria wrote: "Hi just out of interest, wondering where people buy books from mainly..
i buy a lot from charity shops, but i find my local supermarket has now got great offers on most books.

i also buy off li..."

Stephanie wrote: "I'm currently living in a country with no bookstores (no libraries, no local printed newspapers or magazines either) so my books are coming from paperbackswap.com and Amazon. Back home I mostly wen..."

Does that mean that when you are finished reading them, your books become the beginnings of the First National Library in your book-less country?

I wonder what country is that?

I also use paperbackswap.com also. It is a great way to get books cheap and get rid of books you have read. It is a great system. You get points when you mail a book to someone else. All you pay is the media mail rate which is like $2.33. Then when you want a book, you request it and you use up a point. It is great and really cheap!

I got a Kindle for Christmas and love it. It's the big green thing I do. No books kept forever that no one reads again. Everyone who knows me thinks I'm crazy cause books are so important to me but I really like not collecting them. I read mostly fiction, memoirs, and biographies. Most of those are available from the Kindle store.

i want a kindle so bad. Its going to be my 50lbs weight loss present to myself. i am 17.2 now so hopefully by fall i will get there.

Molly and Dini, I live in Burundi. I should say that there are no English-language books, but there aren't that many in French either.

As a matter of fact, I do run a library at my office! And most of my books get donated to it.

Stephanie wrote: "Molly and Dini, I live in Burundi. I should say that there are no English-language books, but there aren't that many in French either.

As a matter of fact, I do run a library at my office! And mo..."

Excellent work!

Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Half-Priced Books, Powell's (online), The Book Attic (a local second-hand book place) and I frequent my local library. My daughter is a librarian. She would disown me if I didn't!

Amazon.com, library, Barnes and Nobles and the occasional mom and pop book store. ^_^

Mostly online at bookdepository.co.uk
I believe it's the biggest wholesaler of books in Europe. Great selection, free postage worldwide & fast at that (3-5 business days most of the time), & usually cheaper than I can get them on the shelf locally in Australia.

For me, its mostly Fictionwise.com (ebooks).
If I can't find it electroic its either Barnes and Noble (physical store) or Book World (second hand book store). I do prefer to buy print books from local stores instead of going online. When I buy online it's usually Barnes and Noble.

im addicted to half.com. I buy most of my books there for real cheap (.75) if I can't find the books im looking for there then I'll go to borders or b&n. I prefer borders, not really sure why.

I just joined bookmooch.com and have been swapping books as fast as I can (it's like a new toy for me). I also buy from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, and my Kindle when I can!

I love library books. Even if I have the purchased book at home, I still may check it out from the library anyway...there's something about the smell, the touch, the feeling of all of the other people who have read it before.

That being said, I still buy books from Borders/Barnes & Noble (when I have giftcards), Amazon, and Half Price.

Borders/Amazon/LIBRARY!
Usually, I get my books from the library. Buying them is RARE! Unless it's a series I REALLY like, like HP or PJO.

I get my books at Borders, Target, and eBay. Lately, all of them have come from eBay. Better deals, even with the shipping. But I love to look at Borders. I have three kids and they all love to read, too. So we alternate weekends between Borders and the library. They read every night so I have to keep them stocked with books! Its a great thing! :)

On a side note, my husband sells his read books on ebay. The link is on my profile if anyone is ever interested.

oh, there is also a really cool online bookstore... betterworldbooks.com. I got this from their website:


"Better World Books collects and sells books online to fund literacy initiatives worldwide. With more than two million new and used titles in stock, we’re a self-sustaining, triple-bottom-line company that creates social, economic and environmental value for all our stakeholders."

I buy most of mine from Amazon, Borders, or Barnes and Noble. There are a couple of indie book stores nearby that I keep going to hoping they'll having something I want, but they usually don't, which is a shame, because my preference would be to patronize them instead of the big chains. I keep telling myself I should just order through them instead of falling back on the big 3, but I guess I'm just lazy.

I used to go to the library a lot, but I haven't lived in a place long enough in the last few years to make it worthwhile to get a library card. But, I'm graduating from library school in less than two weeks, so I hope wherever I end up will keep me supplied with plenty of good reads.

Good question, thanks for posting.

Melissa wrote: "I love library books. Even if I have the purchased book at home, I still may check it out from the library anyway...there's something about the smell, the touch, the feeling of all of the other pe..."

Isn't it nicer though to be able to read a book and not worry if you smudge/rip/wrinkle/lose it?
I take pleasure in knowing a book is mine and I can read it whenever, wherever and however I like!
I own all of the books in my Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ lists, which I've bought mostly from Waterstones or our amazon.com which is bol.com here in Holland :)
Also old books intrigue me so I often buy second hand books as well.
But I never sell/trade my books even if I didn't like them I still keep them. The thought of having a wall or maybe even a room full of books later on in life makes me giddy!

TRY BOOKINS.COM

I am addicted to Goodwill, we have three in my near-by area, i go once a week to see what they have.. .99 cents for a paperback 1.99 for hardcover, cant beat that!

theres a salvation army nearby but they rarely have a selection, at least of anything good.

and ebay.. and half.com, theyre also my close friends :D

I get most of my books from the library, there just really isn't a substitute for it. It's one of my favorite places in the whole world. I buy lost of used books from the library sale twice a year.
When I feel the need to buy a book it is usually from Kroger's or Wal-Mart. That's really all there is around here, closest book store is at least 20 miles away. I have bought a couple of line but I'm so paranoid that I'm going to get ripped off that I don't really buy a lot on line. My fav. is when I'm gifted a book, not because it's free but because it means that person really knows me, especially if the book is great.

I used to get my books from Borders and Barnes and Noble but since I'm currently unemployed I get my books from the library. If I find a book I really enjoy and I have extra money I'll buy it from either one of the stores I mentioned before.

I buy mostly from my local library's used bookstore. And they also hold a huge semi-annual sale in my mall, which is great. I also shop online if I need something hard-to-find, or I go to B&N or Borders.

Is anyone else really disappointed the the book membership programs that stores have these days? Borders and B&N are the only ones in my area, and both of their membership programs are lacking. It costs $25 per year to join B&N, but you get 10% off of every purchase (I got the membership for Christmas so that I didn't have to pay up front for it). The Borders one is free, but the coupons you get in your email are kind of puny, like 20%, nothing like the good ones they used to have a few years ago.

Maybe I'll just have to start my own bookstore and membership program? Hmmmm....

Connie wrote: "I have a Kindle, so I've been buying e-books this past year (but I still have 60 or so tbr books that I bought over the last 10 years and never got around to reading). I've been using the library ..."

Hi Connie..I too have a kindle and am curious as to how you use an Amazon gift card to purchase your Kindle books. When I buy my kindle books they ding my credit card at once. Thanks in advance for this info.
Vanessa

I have a Kindle, but in an effort to not spend a fortune, I still go to the second hand store at the Library and purchase books for anywhere from $1 for paperbacks to $6 for current hardbacks. Luckily our second hand store at the library is amazing. I like to purchase from independent bookstores when I can, but I go to Barnes and Noble a lot, and of course purchase from Amazon...good prices and usually free shipping. I also borrow from the library as much as I can. My biggest problem is that I read about 4 books at the same time...thus the Kindle is perfect for me.

I AGREE SARAH THATS WHY YOU SHOULD STOPPING PAYING FOR BOOKS ALL TOGETHER AND JOIN THE TRADING SITES WITH THE REST OF US.