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Feb 09, 2009 03:13PM

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Anything I see that I want I just go on the computer and request that book at the library.
Yes it does hurt the authors buying used. It does help small used bookstores buying used so you help more people by buying used. (Said the man who has a used bookstore)

I love used bookstores, but I've never lived very close to a good one.

wonderful website. although its a bit hard for me to give up my books for trade.

I am collecting TIME LIFE books and books about New York City. For those I use ebay or go to secondhand bookstores. Unfortunately we don't have any good ones close by.

We had a massive used book sale in Phoenix this past weekend and I wheeled my cart out with 40 books for $30. Amazing morning.

Jennifer - I am so jealous! I love coming home with a great "haul".
If anyone is interested I am running a huge sale at my bookstore.
Price Right Books
500 Church St. N.
Concord, NC 28025
Saturday 2-28-09
From 9am to 5pm
All Goodreads members that show up if you buy books from me tell me you are from Goodreads and I will give you an extra 20% off the total purchase
The Normal sale of my books right now is 50% off my lowest price the cover price of fiction hardcovers plus Buy 4 books get 2 more free.
Example:
So if you pick up 6 hardcovers that all say $8.00 the you cut that in half and take away two so you can get 6 hardcovers for $16.00
most of my hardcovers are priced less that $8.00 anyways and my paperbacks are super cheap and you can mix and match on the buy 4 get 2 free.
Come shopping
Saturdays are the best days :)
Wes
Price Right Books
500 Church St. N.
Concord, NC 28025
Saturday 2-28-09
From 9am to 5pm
All Goodreads members that show up if you buy books from me tell me you are from Goodreads and I will give you an extra 20% off the total purchase
The Normal sale of my books right now is 50% off my lowest price the cover price of fiction hardcovers plus Buy 4 books get 2 more free.
Example:
So if you pick up 6 hardcovers that all say $8.00 the you cut that in half and take away two so you can get 6 hardcovers for $16.00
most of my hardcovers are priced less that $8.00 anyways and my paperbacks are super cheap and you can mix and match on the buy 4 get 2 free.
Come shopping
Saturdays are the best days :)
Wes

Thrift Store if I see an interesting title and I don't feel like wasting money in a book or department store.
Only once did I spend money in a book store on the Twilight Series it was worth it.

Whe I have a chance I will take a series list to one of the three used book stores in the next town.
I also belong to audio.com and download from there.
If I do not find what I am looking for in any of those places I will plan a day long shopping trip to the "big" bookstore in Denver.
Garage sales! My best treasure, was finding Anne Rice's The Vampire Armand. It was a hardcover book in black with no slip cover. I read "vampire" etched in gold and was intrigued. I picked it up for $1 and decided to give it a try. I read the book so fast I didn't know what hit me. I have since been an avid collector of Anne's work, and love to read her stories! Although I have since lost that book by lending it out, the treasure of finding such an amazing author has stuck with me. I usually buy every book I see at garage sales because of this. It has become an addiction.
I also buy lots of books on ebay when I'm looking for something in particular and the occassional new book at Barnes and Noble when I find a series that I can't get enough of such as Harry Potter.
I have never swapped any of my books but do have some duplicates in my possession that I can part with... maybe...
I also buy lots of books on ebay when I'm looking for something in particular and the occassional new book at Barnes and Noble when I find a series that I can't get enough of such as Harry Potter.
I have never swapped any of my books but do have some duplicates in my possession that I can part with... maybe...


Thanks for the bookmooch website, I joined immediately! Sound like I have a solution to all those books in storage...


1. I see if the library has a book that I want to read. If my library system doesn't have it I will try interlibrary loan--amazing system where your library will check the availability of the book you want with all the libraries in the US that own it. I have received books from all over (I'm in OH) and I have received books from FL, AZ, CA, MI, other parts of OH, etc.
2. I go to used bookstores and remainder stores (I love Half-Price Books, esp their clearance section where you can get all kinds of stuff for 50 cents and up.)
3. A lot of times I will browse in a bookstore or the book section of a box store or even supermarket and if I see a book that sounds interesting but I don't feel that I "have to have it" I will jot the name of the book down and then check to see if I can get it through the library.
4. Library book sales are really great. If you wait till the last hour of the sale many times they will say all the books you can get in a bag for a dollar. I got my grandson (several years ago) two bags of books for $2. What a great deal.
5. Goodreads giveaways. I have won 3 books already and I really haven't been doing this very long. Some author websites also do giveaways. I haven't checked but probably some publisher sites do too.
6. I have found books, one time we were at the grocery store and there was a trash can with a book on top of it. I took the book. I was at a restaurant with my daughter in Phoenix a few months ago and I noticed they had a receptacle with books in it. While my daughter took care of the bill I sat down to look at the books. The restaurant manager told me to take a couple if I wanted them. It was hard narrowing it down to two but I did. When I went outside the manager was talking to my daughter, I said thank you but it was hard picking just two, he said well you could have had how ever many you wanted. No I didn't go back in and get them all :-)! In fact I refrained from going back in and getting anymore. I figured I would leave them for the next book-a-holic.





. library
. ongoing library book sale
. Goodwill/thrift store
I never buy books new anymore.

