Where do you buy your books?

[Cowboy Brian]

I'm looking for some smaller online retailers that compete with Amazon. Seems like they have a virtual monopoly on the online marketplace space at this point.

 

[Longboysfan]

I just go to Barnes and Nobel.

 

[chicago JK]

Haven't bought a book in years. I am lucky to have a very good library near me and they typically get new books in almost as fast as Barnes and Noble.

 

[Longboysfan]

Haven't bought a book in years. I am lucky to have a very good library near me and they typically get new books in almost as fast as Barnes and Noble.

Dam.

 

[Supercowboy1986]

Have you tried half.com ? I used it all through college and always made money selling my books back to the bookstore at the end of the semester

 

[ragman]

Haven't bought a book in years. I am lucky to have a very good library near me and they typically get new books in almost as fast as Barnes and Noble.

Same here. I live about 3 blocks from a public library.

The only downside is that if you want a book that is really in demand, you need to be quick about getting on a reserve list. If you don't, you'll have to wait a long time before you get to read it.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

Sometimes I buy from used bookstores and from thrift stores. Books are especially dirt cheap at thrift stores, but it's a crap shoot whether you'll find what you're looking for.

 

[skinsscalper]

I'm a library guy. If something new comes out I'll get myself on a waiting list but if not, there's literally thousands of other books to read. Free reading is a beautiful thing.

 

[nobody]

I shop at Barnes & Noble, Half-Price Books, Amazon, and frequent the public library. I don't know of any small online book sellers. Sorry.

 

[strollinruss]

I usually would go to Hastings. Don't buy too many in a year, usually ask for books for Christmas from people in my family I respect. Heck, they know me best and know what I need to read. But Hastings is closing for good so will have to go to the mall when I really want something.

 

[nobody]

I usually would go to Hastings. Don't buy too many in a year, usually ask for books for Christmas from people in my family I respect. Heck, they know me best and know what I need to read. But Hastings is closing for good so will have to go to the mall when I really want something.

Sadly, the days of the small book store are dead. E-readers and the Internet on top of aggressive strategy by big book store companies did a very good job of murdering them.

 

[Meat-O-Rama]

I'm looking for some smaller online retailers that compete with Amazon. Seems like they have a virtual monopoly on the online marketplace space at this point.

Why? You like paying more for items at retail, and getting them almost as fast as if you'd driven to the store yourself?

 

[strollinruss]

Why? You like paying more for items at retail, and getting them almost as fast as if you'd driven to the store yourself?

It Is more of the ambiance and unique advice the smaller book stores have to offer. You have every right to purchase wherever you want but that attitude is why they are harder to find.

 

[Denim Chicken]

I shopped at a nice one in Charleston: Blue Bicycle Books

 

[haleyrules]

It Is more of the ambiance and unique advice the smaller book stores have to offer. You have every right to purchase wherever you want but that attitude is why they are harder to find.

Where l live. There is only one place that sells English books. Its great, an old house with stacks of books piled everywhere!! It takes hours to find anything. The fun is in the hunt!!

 

[strollinruss]

Where l live. There is only one place that sells English books. Its great, an old house with stacks of books piled everywhere!! It takes hours to find anything. The fun is in the hunt!!

Like. I pushed the corners of the post and nothing happened

 

[Khartun]

You can find decent deals on www.abebooks.com.

 

[haleyrules]

Like. I pushed the corners of the post and nothing happened

lol. Strolly..it seems that it takes some time to get a like button. did you notify all our old friends about this site?? NDQ..Deathevocation etc??

 

[RonSpringsdaman20]

strand book store in NY, Amazon... sometimes the street (vendors/etc)...
as recent as a month ago I started using Ibook, and I'm listening to my first audio book right now... which is a hard transition.

 

[Go Big D!]

I was going to say half.com but somebody beat me to it. You can get used books on there for almost nothing. I also got my books there when I was in college and could buy them 10-20% what they cost retail. Paperbacks for 2-3$ as well. It's worth the look.

I heard that Hastings is going out of business. You may be able to get some good deals there too.