Where do you find/acquire the books you read?

Question

Do you use the public library, internet, used bookstores or national chain bookstores or do you just borrow books from friends? Where did the last 5 books you read come from?

Answer 1

I belong to 2 'genre' book clubs just for the catalogs. I find books that look interesting and check them out at the library. If they're good, I buy them, second hand if I can. Every once in a while I'll just troll through the shelves and grab something that looks interesting. If I find an author I like, I like to own all their books, especially when I find a great one that's nearly forgotten like Josephine Tey or Charlotte Armstrong. I do love Barnes & Noble, but I usually only buy from their used section or when a loved one gets me a gift card. (If they weren't a loved one before, they are then!) For out of print stuff, my local used book stores just aren't that great, so I'll go through the amazon used booksellers. I've gotten a few books there (like "The Little Girl Who Lived Down the Lane") for $1 or less, with $3-4 S&H, that I could have spent $25 on because they're "rare". The last five books I read (besides Christmas gifts) 3 came from the library, 1 from B&N, and 1 from a charity shop in England. Thanks for the question! :)

Answer 2

I get a lot of books from the library. When I find one that I particularly enjoy, I buy it. I do sometimes wait for novels to go into paperback and sometimes pick up hardcovers at flea markets and used book stores. Two of the last five books I read came from a library and the other three from a bookstore, a national chain.

Answer 3

Mostly I hunt around second hand bookstores, there are a couple close by where i work. Its amazing the books you can find in these places, my partner does a lot of studying about various subjects in her spare time and the second hand stores are a minefull of reference material for her. I do use chainstores as well depending on what im looking for. The last 5 books i have read (well 9 if im honest) have all came from chainstores. Currently reading, Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman the funniest book of the appocolype i have ever read.

Answer 4

I mainly borrow new titles from the public library before deciding if I want to own them. If I do, I tend to buy from the library's used book sales or the book stores like Barnes and Noble or Borders. The last 5 I read came from the library and Borders.

Answer 5

I get most of my books from a used book store. The library isn't close enough to me to make it worhtwhile to go. The internet? Sometimes, if I can find a good deal, but I absolutely HATE to pay shipping on EACH book, as most places (amazon, B&N) choose to ship seperately. A used bookstore lets me buy hard covers for under 10 dollars! Thats a bargain! I do, occassionally, buy a book at a local chain store...only if I really can't wait for it to appear at the used store.

Answer 6

I borrow from the library quite heavily, but for the last 5 books, I would say between garage sales and retail.
I do not borrow many books, but do tend to loan one out at a time.

The last book that I read was "The National Sunday Law"
It is free for the asking, and very imformative. After reading it, one must make a conscious and deliberate decision.
BTW, it speaks of the Sabbath.

Answer 7

The last 5 books I read I borrowed from my cousins because they have all the latest best sellers (The Davinci Code, Tuesdays with Morrie and a few others) But I also buy books and borrow from the library.

Answer 8

Read reviews, then the library or Internet sources, then sometimes order them online. Also, what's a better environment than a used bookstore or a Borders or Barnes and Noble?

Answer 9

Most of the books I read I take out from the library. I would say that the last five books I've read were from the library. I did receive a number of books for Christmas which were all ordered off of Amazon.com.

Answer 10

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