I live on disability and wish to read books that are current that I'm always seeing advertised on TV shows or on radio shows but even if my local library does have the title it's always out and it's like a year or two until i get to read the book. I'm also into politacal books that are to the left like Al Franken etc. and i like good spy novels. After i pay all my bills I only have a couple of bucks left for the month so you see my dilemma I hope. I know they've got a program to get books for prisoners like what I'm seeking do I have to go to jail to read good current books?
2006-09-30 17:06:14 · 5 answers · asked by older_fat_male 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
You might get lucky on Bookcrossing, where people give away books.
2006-10-01 00:37:02 · answer #1 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This might be an obvious answer, but the best places to search for used or nearly good or new books on-line are Amazon.com, eBay, and many others. Using Google Books also might be another good source to find current books at a cheaper cost.
I purchased a number of books through Amazon at a significantly lower price. Books that someone already read that just wants to recover some of or a fraction of the cost involved. Or perhaps someone recovered a book(s) from a friend or someone else or perhaps even an eviction or yard sale or a number of locations.
Be that as it may, searching on-line resources is a great place to start. Even college text books can be purchased a lower cost, the latest issues that the professor requires perhaps. The best thing about the Internet is brings closer access to a world market place than ever. All the best on your endeavors to save cost on books.
Now if you are expecting to get books for free, there are other options but it might take longer to gain access to them, such as your inter library loan systems available at public libraries. As for me, there too slow for me, information on demand kind of guy.
2006-09-30 17:23:51 · answer #2 · answered by Paul Stanley 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your local library takes "orders." That is, they will put your name on a list for the book you want. When it gets to your turn, they call or mail you that your book is in. Then you just go pick it up at the local library.
Also, if your local library does not have a book, they will be happy to order it from a nearby library. I do this all the time, I'm from a "town" of 3,000 and most of the books I want I have to have the library get from a nearby city of 100,000. Once I'm thru with the book, they simply send it back. Just ask them about their books on loan. Or when you look the books up on their computer, ask them if they can "borrow" it for you from another library system.
Its your tax dollars at work and most of the librarians are very kind and helpful!
Also, sometimes they have clubs such as a "Friends of the Library" that sell used books for anywhere from a .10 to a few dollars. Ask about it.
2006-09-30 17:22:27 · answer #3 · answered by AdamKadmon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear Sir or Madam:
I would strongly suggest that you visit your local library.
In almost every case I have ever seen, library cards
are free to the local residents. Often libraries have
hardback books they can loan you, and paperback
books they will give you. Some metro libraries do not
have the patience to fool around with paperback novels
and fiction. So, you will have to investigate several to
find out which do.
2006-09-30 17:30:50 · answer #4 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There probably isn't a program to buy books for you. I know there isn't one to buy books for prisoners. They buy them for the prison library, not for individuals.
I suggest you put a reserve on the book you want to read at your local library. If they do not have it, get it through interlibrary loan.
Your other option is to bid on books at Ebay or buy them used through Amazon or Half.com.
2006-09-30 18:40:28 · answer #5 · answered by loryntoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋