Hit me with your favorite cheap place to get your books, please. This mom is on a tight budget and I need new reads lol
Hit me with your favorite cheap place to get your books, please. This mom is on a tight budget and I need new reads lol
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The library! Lol
Half priced books
Amazon
The library
Facebook market
eBay
Can’t beat the library!
Abe books
Goodwill and other thrift stores.
http://thriftbooks.com/
Book Outlet
http://bookoutlet.com/
St Vincent De Paul’s…79 cents a paperback, 1.49 hard cover! Or the library
If you have an e-reader, Gutenberg has lots of free eBooks (58,000) you can download or read online.
https://www.gutenberg.org/
Library ?
Public library
I agree with the library!! It is super nice to also get ebooks on my kindle for free from the library.
Either library, share shop (like a thrift store) or the spca in my town has a book store as well. Share shop in my town sells all books for about 10 cents each and the spca sells them for $1.
The library
Goodwill
Resale shop
Buy and sell groups on fb
Half Price Books
Book Outlet
Libby (OverDrive/Libraries to Go) borrow for free, ebooks & audio.
Def Goodwill
Thrift Books
Ebay…always price sort low to high! ?
Goodwill, Halfpriced Books, and Deserets
Library book sales
http://thriftbooks.com/
Library, Salvation Army and Goodwill…though my local GW raised their prices. ?
If you have a half price books keep an eye out for their clearance sale. Pittsburgh has a massive one fills the convention center with books everything $2 or less. Mass market paper backs are $.50. It’s a great chance to stock up. I know other areas have their own annual sales.
I get most of mine at the thrift store or at library clearance events. Some libraries also have used book stores.
Book outlet is actually great for cheap books. They have new books, current books and super discounted prices! They have a few stores and a great website that also has a rewards program
If you have a kindle
Bookbub
Bookgorilla
The fussy Librarian
Book adrenaline
The ereader cafe
All websites that will send daily emails with free and discounted books
The local library – completely free
I’m guessing mama needs to invest in a kindle
Thrift shops dollar tree dollar general and book outlet
The library
2nd and Charles (store) if you have one near you. They have mostly second hand books in good condition. Also you can take them any books you don’t want anymore. If they want any of them to sell they’ll give you what they value them at. They’ll then give you that balance in cash or as a store credit.
Also:
Thriftbooks
eBay
Library sales
Second hand off my local Facebook buy swap sells! I’ve picked up a heap of bargains!
Thrift shop is like a treasure hunt and you can find some amazing deals.
Thriftbooks and Better world books
Local library book sales and FREE use of the library books and e-loans.
Savers, a thrift store, don;t know if they are in your area. Local library has an annual book fair. On s
Sundays, books sell for 5 bucks per bag.
http://thriftbooks.com/ free shipping on orders over $10!
Better world books.
Thrift Books
I got 5 books for $11 at Goodwill today!
Library.
Library
Library. Or if you do get a kindle, kindle unlimited will be the most bang for your buck. But the library does free ebooks too now
http://bookdepository.com/
I know many people get theirs from Book Outlet
Oxfam
If you have thrift stores in your area, they usually have book sections with really good prices. If you want to order online, thriftbooks and better world books are my favorites.
Little Free Library
The free Library which is 3 blocks from my house, I was taking books to it, and someone had ripped the door off and shoved all these books crazy in there. So, I took out all the books, lined them all up and made it look presentable again, people are just monsters. They are like the people who fold down the corner of the page to keep their place.
@Julie, there are several in my town, and they were all Eagle Scout projects, so they are well-maintained. Each one is located at a school (elementary, middle and high school), so when I am giving a book, I have to decide if it’s appropriate for the location, lol. When in doubt, I donate it to the thrift store. I don’t want to be That Person ?
Well, when I went through the books, I put them each a section I thought was appropriate, children’s, young adults, adults.
@Julie Thank you for taking the time and care to make it inviting to others. Little Free Libraries are the best!
I know, they are great, I went to a library sale and bought all these books when I was much younger, loved reading them and put them in the little libraries, the next week they were all gone.
local library
Library or Goodwill
Book Outlet..addicting though
I can agree to that.
@Flo ?
Books you can hold, or e-books?
@CJ books you can hold
Ah – if it was e-books, I could have helped you out – there’s heaps for free of those.
Library! Specifically, I love Overdrive for e books. For books you can hold, half Price Books or Amazon.
I loved Overdrive. My library uses it but promotes Libby more now.
Goodwill, library, dollar store
Goodwill!!!!
http://thriftbooks.com/
Goodwill, thiftbooks, half price books bookoutlet, dollar tree
Half priced books, the friends of the library bookstore or the library when I’m on an extra tight budget.
Bookoutlet. Up to 90% off. The books are new but remaindered. Right now the cheapest “Scratch & Dent” (creased corners/shelf wear etc) are an additional 30% off until 1/25. Free shipping for orders $35 or more.
If I am rounding out an order I add a few middle grade books for $1-3 each to put in a Little Free Library.
Thrift books online. Free shipping over $10.
Ten dollars?! What?! That is great!
@Flo the books are usually $3.75 and it gets me in a lot of trouble, but I have found many books that I was looking for. I also have 2 used book stores where I live.
Online Abebooks. I often get books for 3.50 and no shipping
Amazon Used Books
Kindle Unlimited
The library. If you want to own, some have sections where they sell books throughout the year. Online I like Book Outlet. I’ve purchased second hand from the Amazon and Barnes and Noble marketplaces. I read the reviews and only order from top rated sellers. When the weather gets warmer, tag sales and again the libraries. My local libraries will do a huge fundraiser. Hope this helps!
Libraries sell their books cheap and thrift stores and garage sales will b cheaper
The Dollar store
EBay
Dollar tree/thrift stores/goodwill/library book sales
Library book sale, yard sales
I find a lot of library book sales but you could try thrift books
I go to charity shops and go on http://worldofbooks.com/
http://bookoutlet.com/, http://thriftbooks.com/, http://abebooks.com/..
Book depository has free shipping, in store I go to places like Kmart and big w or second hand book shops (disclaimer: as far as I’m aware this applies to Australia only so don’t hold me to it)
The library 🙂
Better World http://books.com/ http://thriftbooks.com/ / I too love the library. If they don’t have it, they get it for you from other libraries in the same county.
2nd and Charles
Right now, Barnes and Noble has a few paperback on sale; two for eight.
Op shops/charity shops
http://www.betterworldbooks.com/
Salvation Army or sale rack at library. I’ve gotten some great deals.
Amazon or half price books
Try http://paperbackswap.com/
Library book sales
The Works
@Cozy…all books are free, recipient just pays media mail shipping. Enjoy!
@Kimberlee thanks for that, I’ll be checking that out! Great concept
Library or Libby app!
Thriftbooks
Bookoutlet
The bargain section at booksamillion/Barnes&noble
Dollar tree
You mean other than the library? If you don’t mind ebooks, there are several daily newsletters that list the “Free Books of the Day” on places like Amazon and Barnes and Noble. I’ve gotten most of my ebooks that way.
Amazon’s free books:
https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=2245146011
I get 100% of my books from the library or garage sales.
Book people or car boot sales. The works
The Dollar Tree, yard sales, library book sale
Goodwill, Library book sale, public auctions
Thriftbooks … amazing app my daughter showed me just recently and i absolutely love it. Plus if your order is over $10 your get free shipping
@Jammie their great lol I just looked all on their site
If you live in Orlando I will share.
@Ellen unfortunately I don’t ):
@Brandi If you have a library card you can use Overdrive, Hoopla apps to read or listen free.
Thrift shops! Love to go to goodwill. Watch library sales and when the weathers better hit yard sales.
I get mine from overdrive library app!! ???
@Niki ?
Goodwill and flea markets
The Library, I love buying books too, but if there a budget involved…this is the way to go.
@Julia ?
Amazon tomorrow for FREE a dragon romance https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FC4MT29?pf_rd_p=c2945051-950f-485c-b4df-15aac5223b10&pf_rd_r=6JJYJBN7Q76ZX4AGXYHM