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Where do you buy your books?
I'm a Barnes and Noble gal, myself. Altough I have cheated on my beloved B&N on occasion with Borders. (I'm sorry!!!) :)I don't usually check books out from the library. Sometimes I order them on Amazon. Sometimes people who don't want their books give them to me. And my friends and I exchange books. However, I have had the nickname of "mobile library" for a while, especially since I let people borrow my books a lot.
Public and School librarys are my bffs.
I get a lot of books from libraries too. When I do buy books it's almost always from Amazon.
Taylor wrote: "I'm a Barnes and Noble gal, myself. Altough I have cheated on my beloved B&N on occasion with Borders. (I'm sorry!!!) :)"Me too, especially with the fact that I own a B&N nook. I used to always get my books from the library, but since I have fines, I haven't been in a while.
I'd love to find a local, independent bookstore. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to, although a friend of my mom's mentioned that she knew a few.
We used to have a secondhand bookstore in my city... It closed. Now the closest thing we have is the "Entertainment" section at Wal-Mart. Which, I'll have you know, practically vomits Twilight. *vomits on Twilight*Anywho... I was at the school library today, and every time I picked up a "Penguin Classics" book, the book smell was overpowering. It was wonderful. Other than the people at my table making fun of me for smelling books.
lol, i know of several secondhand places in my city, their really cool to go too, and it doesnt hurt that theyre cheap too ;)
i know, i went to one the other day and you could get the poisonwood bible for 2$!!! it was awesome XD
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Well, not that i know of.
When even I am in town I go to Borders and Dymock's.
However, there is an Angus and Robinson just around teh corner form where I live, so I go there a lot too.
And there are plenty of 2nd hand bookshops all over the place. When I say all over, I mean practically EVERYWHERE!
I go to Borders or have my dad order them off of amazon. generally they're new, but if the amazon used books say they're in good condition and if they're cheaper (which they generally are) then ill get a used copy.The library is my best friend. :)
Booklover23 wrote: "There are no Barnes and Noble's in Australia. Well, not that i know of.
When even I am in town I go to Borders and Dymock's.
However, there is an Angus and Robinson just around teh corner form..."
I usually go to Borders. It isn't as close as A&R, but usually A&R doesn't have what I want. They don't have as many books.
I use Half Price Books, there's a great one in Concord, CA. It's cheep, and even though the books might be a little beat up, totally readable. Borders and Barnes and Nobel are both to expensive for me.
:( there is only one major bookstore and its Barnes and Noble so i go there (the borders branch closed) and a Half Price books
I get books from barns and noble, half price books, and sometimes from amazon.
I tend to buy books from WHSmith (or if online Amazon/Tesco), although very rarely since I don't have much space to store stuff away. Otherwise its just taking them out from several libraries.
I very rarely buy books, but when I do, I buy them at good old Barnes & Noble.
I either go the the library, go the Barnes&Noble, or awesome library book sales, or order books from http://www.betterworldbooks.com/, and Amazon.
I usually go to the library, and then of course there are the library sales once a year, where you can get a used book for about 50 cents. We used to have an independent bookstore in our town, but it closed last year. However, there's still one in the next town over, and a Borders in the town on the other side. So, I'm not exactly starved for bookstores.
I mainly get mine from amazon.com! But I do go to the libary or borow books from my friends too!
Much as I love Amazon (somehow, they always get preorders to me on the day of release, if not before!) I kind of love THE BOOK DEPOSITORY. Free shipping! That includes international :D
I check out books from the public library but mainly buy by books from either Borders or Barnes & Noble. Some people like Books-A-Million, but I don't.
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When my $30 Angus and Robinson gift voucher runs out, thats how I will buy most books. Plus, they're pretty cheap.
I get my books from the library or Barnes and Noble.
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A website for buying books. The ones releases are not cheap, but everything else is :) Have a look around.
★ Jessica ★ wrote: "http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/ A website for buying books. The ones releases are not cheap, but everything else is :) Have a look around."
and it's FREE shipping! Not even Amazon does that (well, sometimes they do - but not all the time!)
That book depository site is so cheap compared to everything else. Even compared to QBD which is cheaper than the recommended price and way cheaper than borders.
Sounds cool. (Amelia, Amazon usually has free shipping when it comes to books.)I feel very out-of-the-loop, but what's QBD?
No one else has probably heard of it either. It's an Australian book shop and isn't really that popular and there aren't as many shops as there are of things like borders. Jessica probably hasn't even heard of it because I don't think there are any stores in South Australia.
Kate wrote: "Sounds cool. (Amelia, Amazon usually has free shipping when it comes to books.)I feel very out-of-the-loop, but what's QBD?"
Amazon usually only does free shipping on orders of $25 or more. Which, really, is a lure to spend more than $25 (in my opinion).
Maybe it's the difference of whether or not you're a member?
Oh, wow. I just realized that that's the whole point my mom is a member. I guess that answers that question then.
I looked around on The Book Depository and I have to agree it's pretty cheap especially with free shipping. I don't get to go to Borders or Barnes & Noble very often so I would like to start ordering books online. But only if my parents will let me which I doubt they will :(
i order them online thank you gift cards! ( and dad :D)and i go to borders because its cheaper than Barns and Noble which most ppl dont realize but mostly Sams Club...cause they get all my books and i get them at least 8 dollars cheaper!
Barnes and Noble and Borders. I have memberships with both book stores.
Just checked out the Book Depository, those are great prices! And they have pretty much everything. :)Never been to Sam's Club for books, but I've heard that they are a lot cheaper there.
Chapters Indigo, being canadian and all, although it is quite expensive.
The majority of the time, I go to Borders. That's because they give out 40% coupons almost every week. But I have a 50% coupon for B&N's right now, so I'm going to head over there tomorrow. :0If there's a book deal on Amazon (like, buy 4 paperbacks for 50% discount on all of them) or something, I definitely buy on Amazon.
Or I borrow it from my *rich* friend. :/
Sometimes when I don't have money I go there after school and read for an hour there in the built in coffee shop inside. That sounds sooo cheap lol. But I also like the quietness of the bookstore, it's very relaxing to read in there.
Ayana Barrons wrote: "Chapters Indigo, being canadian and all, although it is quite expensive."I know - the prices are ridiculous. I'm Canadian, too, (obviously!) and am seriously wishing some other book chain opened up...one that won't break my wallet. I just bought a book for $30 yesterday - I'm hoping it was worth it.
And they rarely dole out the coupons. Sucks.
Michelle wrote: "The majority of the time, I go to Borders. That's because they give out 40% coupons almost every week. But I have a 50% coupon for B&N's right now, so I'm going to head over there tomorrow. :0If t..."
Yeah, the Borders coupons are nice. But they're my mom's so I rarely see them. (of course I can't complain, because often they go towards presents for me)
You can actually get your own Borders card and use 2 of the same coupon. They let you :o
I can, but since I only go to Borders with my mom, it makes no sense to have my own. I just steal hers when necessary. (but it's fair because she steals my gift cards too)
I mostly borrow books from the library. I just buy (or reserve) my books in the bookshop.
No internet shopping for me, since the books didn't came last time I don't use it anymore.
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