Davo Posted April 15, 2008 Posted April 15, 2008 Just curious - where do you get your books from? Do you buy new? if so where (good bookshop or is there a good online store) or do you buy from second hand shops? David Quote
mags51 Posted April 15, 2008 Posted April 15, 2008 I get most of mine from the library or from charity shops although we have just been to the States so I took advantage of the weak dollar and spent quite a lot in Barnes and Noble. Family and friends also pass books on to me and I to them. Quote
Suzanne123 Posted December 24, 2008 Posted December 24, 2008 Usuarlly Waterstones! So I can gather loadsa points on my card Quote
jewell Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 I get some of my books from the local liabary. My fahter-in-law is book mad and we have some similar interests so i get majority of my books from his personal stock. If there is a book or a subject i'm interested in, he sometimes buys it for the whole family to read. And failing that he works at the local university and has a membership card for the liabary there. So, apart from the ocassional fictional book and my cookbooks, i manage somehow to get the book i need. Quote
Orchi Dolittle Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 I get my books from Barns and Noble Hasting Amazon Or library Quote
The Library Nook Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 This Christmas I got my books courtesy of my mother in laws book vouchers. She knows me well! Quote
Suzanne123 Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 I brought a few books from a charity shop the other day which I have never done before Quote
pipread Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 I brought a few books from a charity shop the other day which I have never done before I buy most of my books from charity shops, I only buy the ones in really good condition, they are such good value. I give most of my read books to charity shops too. Quote
rach.at.the.disco Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 I cannot stand second hand books - you never know who's touched them or where they have been so I buy all of mine new. As you can guess my bookcase is running out of room quickly . I generally buy them from Waterstones, Asda, Play.com or Fopp (they have some really good bargains. I got Notes On A Scandal for Quote
Ashernz Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 http://www.bookmooch.com A great way to trade books cheaply (and be able to look forward to mail in the letterbox!). Quote
The Library Nook Posted December 28, 2008 Posted December 28, 2008 I love bookmooch but have struggled to 'spend' my points earned! Quote
BookBee8 Posted December 29, 2008 Posted December 29, 2008 I cannot stand second hand books - you never know who's touched them or where they have been so I buy all of mine new. As you can guess my bookcase is running out of room quickly . I generally buy them from Waterstones, Asda, Play.com or Fopp (they have some really good bargains. I got Notes On A Scandal for Quote
Suzanne123 Posted December 29, 2008 Posted December 29, 2008 I buy most of my books from charity shops, I only buy the ones in really good condition... If I buy more books in charity shops, they will have to be in perfect condition otherwise id hate touching something someone else previously had and not knowing where it had been and being kinda ruined (that probably sounds odd!) Quote
rach.at.the.disco Posted December 29, 2008 Posted December 29, 2008 Oh my god, there is another person like me!! Yay! Hehe. I have to buy my books new, I can't explain it, it's a little obsessive. I am exactly the same whether it's a book for pleasure of for Uni. Even though the Uni books are ridiculously expensive, I always buy them new from the bookshop. Waterstones and play.com are my favourites I know what you mean. My family mock me for my book OCD (and my OCD in general) but there's nothing like a brand new book that no-one else has touched. I'm so fussy that I even choose the book at the back of the shelf because people are bound to pick up the front one to look at etc so it's less likely the one at the back has been touched. Sounds odd I know but it's just the way I am . Quote
Suzanne123 Posted December 29, 2008 Posted December 29, 2008 I'm so fussy that I even choose the book at the back of the shelf because people are bound to pick up the front one to look at etc I do that - I can never go for the first few books on a shelf! Quote
Nollaig Posted December 29, 2008 Posted December 29, 2008 I just bought books on Amazon.com (.co.uk didn't have them) and apparently they won't be here til about February 11th! I mean, I know its slow coz its cheap but really!! Thats a ridiculous amount of time! Quote
lexiepiper Posted December 29, 2008 Posted December 29, 2008 I just bought books on Amazon.com (.co.uk didn't have them) and apparently they won't be here til about February 11th! I mean, I know its slow coz its cheap but really!! Thats a ridiculous amount of time! Yeah that is an awfully long time Quote
baggiesfan Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 I buy online a lot or from Hay-on-Wye i am only about an hour or so away and i love it there. My favorite shop there is called bookends and every book there is only Quote
chesilbeach Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 Mostly Waterstone's, occasionally Borders and Blackwells, but I think I might try and use Amazon.co.uk more often, just because I'm less likely to be tempted by impulse purchases! Quote
Nollaig Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 I always use amazon - its still cheaper to buy books including shipping than it is to buy them in the bookshops here. Often I get a like-new book for 1p on amazon, thats only about €4.10 including shipping, when I could pay up to €10 here for the book alone. Quote
crotalus_p Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 I get a lot of mine from Amazon and a lot from RL bookstores there is one in Dublin called "chapters" which can have a few great bargains in it , then there is waterstones , Hughes & Hughes , Eason Quote
Nollaig Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 Hey you, does Dublin have a lot of second hand bookshops? I'm only in dublin city once a year or so unfortunately. I've never thought to go hunting for second hand bookshops up there. Quote
crotalus_p Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 Hey you, does Dublin have a lot of second hand bookshops? I'm only in dublin city once a year or so unfortunately. I've never thought to go hunting for second hand bookshops up there. Hmmm not many that I know of chapters has a whole floor of second hand books and there are a few others around ( I normally don Quote
Weave Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 (edited) Amazon Asda Charity Shops Borders Tescos Waterstones Edited January 25, 2009 by Weave Quote
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