Do you prefer to get your books at: library, bookstore or online? ?????
Do you prefer to get your books at:
library, bookstore or online?
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Do you prefer to get your books at:
library, bookstore or online?
?????
Indie bookstores are my favorite.
That being said, I’m trying to collect the entire Barnes and Noble leather bound collectibles collection, so I’ll buy them a little at a time.
Anywhere I can get them!
Yes
Bookstore
Bookstore or online. I honestly do not go to the library as often as I would like.
Library when funds are low. But the books I wanna collect go to the bookstore. Online for backup reads.
Bookstore!! But getting them online is cheaper so I do that more often
Second hand store. I’ve loved so many books I otherwise would never have known existed, so many POV’s I’d never thought of.
always ordering used books on amazon 🙂
I love browsing the library when I’m feeling like picking up something completely random and new off the shelf that I might not want to buy straight away, or if I need the next book in a series faster than I can purchase it.
I love the library booksale that they have each year because on the final day you can fill a box for $6 or a bag for $3. This is where I get the bulk of my books.
I love Thriftbooks for just about everything else because they’re cheap and amazing for high-quality used books.
Library. I have one literally behind my house, so it’s almost like having a personal library.
Bookstore, but most near me don’t have what I want, so I end up buying a lot online.
Bookstore…….
Right now it is library so I don’t spend too much on books
There’s no preference, as long they give me books I’m good ?
I like those mini libraries that you can put some in or take some out. No cost. No due dates.
garage sale…second hand book stores…on line used books
Bookstore ? on line if not in the store ! Don’t read library books ?love new ones too much ??
Library sale, thrift shops, online, second hand book stores
Library but also free nook books
Charity shop.
Library and used book stores
I love libraries but unfortunately there are none here in Greece (only a few for reference use) si I tend to buy my books new which is why I don’t have a huge tbr pile! Whenever I go home to the UK I love going to charity shops and getting secondhand books.
I run a Little Free Library in my front yard. So I usually buy hardcovers from Amazon or bookstores so I can share them.
I get a lot of mine from a charity shop, proceeds go to the local homeless and domestic violence shelter
Bookstore but the closest one is an hour away so I usually just go to my town library
All of the above
All of these options work for me.
All 3. I usually go to local bookstore or used bookstore and see if I can find it for reasonable amount. If not I check online and at library.
Library and I just checked out 9 books.
Bookstore ideally, but I live in a rural area and there’s only one bookstore nearby. It’s not a particularly big store and doesn’t have a huge selection, so I order online quite a lot too.
I get all my books on Kindle right now because there are no English libraries or bookstores near where I live. It takes like three weeks to get mail and I can’t wait that long haha
All of the above
Borrowing from the library and their book sales.
I buy a lot of books from my library.
All the above along with charity shops ☺️?☺️☺️
Library and thrift stores
I don’t care, I just like reading.it doesn’t really matter to me.
Yes. 🙂
Library…
Library.
Online!!!
Yes
Bookstore, but in practice, mostly at the library.
Online
Ideally the bookstore but sometimes online just kills it with pricing
Bookstore
All of the above ?
Unfortunately, I have developed the bad habit of buying online.?
@Rod Me too.
Financially I normally have to buy online but I do prefer book shops.
Local independent book shop, library or charity shop.
Bookshop
Any where I can
Library
Bookstore or online. I love the smell of new books. They should have that as a fragrance. Yankee Candle should have new book smell as one of the candles it sets the mood and smells great. Why not?
All of the above
Wherever there are books, however, prefer local used book store
Any which way …. just as long they are clean and readable …. ??
Bookstore
On line
Bookstore!!
All three
Library!
Anywhere!
Library!
All three
All three!
Any way I can.
I like hardcovers, so I will get them wherever…
Library, hands down. If I like the book and know I will read it again, I buy it. If not, the library copy is all I need. I only read online if there is no other option. I really love the sensory interaction with the book.
@Ana yes indeed on that sensory experience
Yes!
Online
Bookstore and Library
Library
book store and online
All of the above!
Checking all the boxes yes
If it’s cold and rainy fall thru winter Online. Spring Bookstore & library. Summer is split between online & Bookstore.
Also online to pick up at local used bookstore so a 4th option
Don’t know how to go online.I buy new ones once in awhile at Sams. I buy them used,or go to library. Between my house and garage I have over a thousand books I haven’t read.I used to own a used bookstore
Library
Yes please 🙂
Bookstore. I love watching my home library grow
Bookstores or online?
All
Library and thrift stores!
Book store and online
Both library/ book sale and store
I’m using my library more often now as I try to read the unread books I own, but, for buying, I prefer bookshops, because I prefer to support them rather than online sites that sell other things, though sometimes online shops have books I can’t get easily at shops. So I do use all three 🙂
Library
Where ever I can find the stuff I like to read.. sometimes I could find it places, sometimes I cant, sometimes it’s too expensive
Anywhere
Wherever
All the above and more
I prefer to buy mine so I know their mine if that makes sense
Afraid not…
of course it does
So I know then if I damage it not that I do busy in case I no need to worry as it’s mine anyway
I could not possibly afford to buy all the books I read so I borrow quite a few from the library. Recently I have also been using Scribd to read some of them online but I do buy quite a few as well. I always scout the books at garage sales, thrift shops, etc.
Libary
Buy online and your bookstore closes. So does your library. Then all the people who aren’t as rich as you and can’t afford to buy books won’t be able to read. Use your library! Shop locally! 🙂
Local used book stores then library then big store then online
Yes.
Yes
At my three local libraries and my local Lifeline op shop!
I get them anywhere, anyway, anytime.
@Rod What he said
Thrift store!
Library primarily and occasionally from Walmart or Amazon.
Yes
I prefer from bookstore but it doesn’t always happen that way lol
Library, or second hand stores
all of them
library
Whichever one has the book I’m seeking.
Library! I also borrow DVDs and CDs. Saved tonnes of money and space.
All of the above.
@Michael ^same!
Ideally a bookstore but my library is my go-to.
Online or a Bookstore…
All of the above
Book store.
All of the above and used bookstores are my favorites
Coming from a low income household libraries were and still are extremely important to me.Tasmania has recently ditched fines for late books. A library spokesperson stated there were a lot of valid reasons for people not returning books on time, such as lack of transport and illness, and they should not be punished for it. and says access to books should never be about the ability to pay.
“One of the greatest equalisers in our community is being able to access knowledge … so having libraries really open and available is an absolute basic need for people living on the lowest of incomes.”
Definitely online
Library
Books are too expensive
online
I prefer the library but I read Kindle almost exclusively now because my eyes adjust to it better. So I buy a lot online when they don’t carry something I just HAVE to read!
Online
Yes
bookstores
Library and online
Library
Yes.
Library (ebook downloads) or online when I want a hard copy 🙂
Anywhere!!!
All three ?
Yes.
Ebooks online or ebooks from my library
Yes, yes, yes
All 3
I concur. All three!
Library??
Bookstore and online.
Bookstore and online. I’m building my own library.
All 3 🙂
All 3
I little of all.
Library.
I used to buy lots of books but as at 2018, I vowed to stop buying until I finish reading all the books currently on my shelf. I have 193 out 334 books to go!
Bookstore
Used bookstore
buy mine at bookstore
Bookstore
Bookstores and online.
All of the above.
Online 100%
online pdf?
Both.
Bookstore
All 3, just so long as I get them, lol
Do they have books? That’s where I go. Gas station? Library? Walmart? B&N? HPB? Garage sales?
All three.
All of the above ?
Online
Bookstore and library
both but i get more mine at the library
yes
All the above
Library mostly. Sometimes have to wait for a more popular title, but theres always other books to read while waiting.
Anywhere available. Flea mks and salvation army stores often have a great selection at a very low price. My sisters and I trade frequently.
Library
Library. I am too cheap to buy them. If I do buy them its at a yard sale, thrift store, or the library.
Yes. For two reasons. 1) No Cost. 2) I make a bee-line for the returned -books section , where books returned during the day are kept temporarily, before they are put in their shelf space. I get to see the creamy books at one shot!
Mostly library. I read so many that I can’t afford to buy them all
Library (I work at a public library) AND bookstore AND online!???
Library and used book stores??
Library of course!!!
All 3!
library
Paperbackswap
Some I get from my brother otherwise download
All of the above!