Where do books come from? (No, not from Mommy and Daddy books.)

If there were a survey that asked “Where/how do you acquire your books? (mark all that apply)”, my response would look something like this:

Traditional bookstores
Used bookstores
Online
Thrift shops
Other stores, e.g. supermarkets, home and garden centers, office supply stores
Yard sales
Library book sales
Borrow from library
Borrow from friends
Gifts from friends
From the author (at book signings/readings)
Books laying around on bus benches or in coffee houses (some of these may be from Book Crossing or other similar endeavors)
Little Free Library (and if you don’t know about these yet, please visit the site)
the free table (I’ll talk about this in a future post).

If you are a reader (and you know who you are), you have a similar (long) list.

And for one more new idea for getting books to the people, check out the “pop-up”, open air reading rooms provided by The Uni Project.

Books are everywhere.  Life is good.