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I am just curious where you get most of the books you read?

I am just curious where you get most of the books you read?

LeGalia #get the book

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Yvonne

Library, Amazon, charity shops, supermarket and local bookshops. Basically anywhere that sells books ?

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Linda

There is a book shop in my town that sells second hand books, when I’ve read them they give me 1/2 the price I paid back, they even take books I’ve bought elsewhere, like charity shops, they other day I got 10 books for £3 at one that had a sale on

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Karen

Kindle app or Libby library app.

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Ana

My neighborhood has three different Take A Book-Leave A Book little free libraries! I love randomly finding books I always wanted to read in them. And it feels sweet when I leave something good and I see it’s gone in a couple hours =)

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Savanah

Netgalley for sure

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LeGaliaQuestion author

Now I have never heard of the before

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Savanah

It’s website that you can apply to read ARC books and review them on there.. goodreads.. amazon. Etc. I’ve read hundreds of books in the past year from them and they have great books.

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Savanah

It’s kindle books though ?

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Cezary

Websites with free ebooks 😉

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Marie

Library for “real” books, or charity shops. For kindle, bookbub, the book hippo crew , bookends or Amazon for all my freebies!!

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Cat

Op shops

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Ariannah

Library, Project Gutenberg, Amazon, Google Play, a few other sources – all ebooks.

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Marie

Also, my doctors surgery has charity book, you just donate what you have!!

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Anne

Mainly the library or if I get vouchers as presents , I will buy then

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Joanna

Library ?

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Becky

Library and charity shops

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Susan

Library mostly for me

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Crystal

Library, scribd, amazon

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Apoorv

I follow book blogs like http://www.booxoul.com/ or bookstr, for book recommendations and when I like a book, then I buy those books from the links given in the blogs.

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Lisa

Kindle mostly . Sometimes I still buy real books and the supermarkets which are a fraction of the price of Waterstones and book shops .

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Kate

I love Waterstones prob my fave… All the regular Bookshops! Amazon, EBay sometimes????

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Koerner

Library

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Kathy

Local library… best place ever..

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Caroline

Mostly library I order what I want to read on my library app and the rest on kindle for freebies and bargains

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Priscilla

Scribd library app.

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Beth

Library

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Marina

http://bookmate.com/, http://audible.co.uk/, and a vast library in Russian collected over the lifetime by my grandfather and his father before him 😉

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Sally

Charity shops and Amazon – pretty much all secondhand

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Kristy

Most of my books come from thrift stores and library sales. I also do book exchanges once a month and visit my local library weekly!

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Mary

Library & charity shops

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Sandy

Amazon

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Wanda

I’ve started using the library and feel like I’m saving a bundle!

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Joanne

Waterstone’s, W H Smith’s, charity shops…

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Nicole

http://thriftbooks.com/

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Caroline

Amazon

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Deidra

Library for me recently. When I used to read only 2 or 3 books a year I would usually buy them from Amazon, Half Price Books, or even rarely Barnes and Noble.

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Barbara

Definitely the library.

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Kerry

Used bookstores

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Abu

Amazon

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Sarah

Amazon, Barnes and Noble, eBay for certain ones, and thrift stores

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Kat

charity shops

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Tara

Library

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Michele

Amazon (I work at Amazon Books ?), Edelweiss and the library through the Libby app.

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Bridgette

Goodwill, salvation army, and http://thriftbooks.com/ ? just bought 6 books for $4.50 yesterday at salvation army.

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Lori

Used book stores

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Joy

Charity shops

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Claire

At work. I work in a school library ?

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Jenn

Second hand shops, indigo and amazon

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Olive

Library

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Tamara

The public library

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Veronica

Library

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Sara

Support your local used book store!!!!

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Lisa

They are all long gone , where would you find one ? . Even independent book shops are few and far between .

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Tara

Some from Barnes and Noble or Amazon since my only local used bookstore closed, but now I’ve discovered http://thriftbooks.com/ ☺️

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Lisa

Library, used book stores, and Salvation Army. I never pay full price for books!

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Irene

Library

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Lessy

Target lol

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Lessy

“Local” isn’t local for me so I can’t support small bookstores unfortunately

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Janette

Library and charity shops ???

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Lorna

Me too!

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Tessie

Amazon & second hand sellers on Amazon (where P&P doesn’t push the price above the new price).
The library rarely has the books I want to read.

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Debra

Waterstones ?

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Kit

Amazon for kindle

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Michael

Library!

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Laura

I belong to a Book Club, so I alternate reading on my kindle and my book club books.

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Joanna

Library…it’s right across the street! Am Iucky, or what?

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Jalpa

Library ebooks

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Sharron

Amazon, Waterstones, and The Works and second hand bookshop for discount books.

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Samantha

Library..

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Robin

Library. I’m older and feel less need to collect so many books. You end up having to pack them and dust them and I would rather spend my time reading.

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Taylor

Amazon and half price books!

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Llainy

I buy them, get some sent from publishers/authors. Given as gifts xxx

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Shelley

Local Thrift stores

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Heather

Kindle Unlimited

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Jenn

Library! I own very few books

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Jason

library. pirate bay. thrift stores. coffee shop book trades.

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January

Library

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Leigh

Amazon

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Susan

Amazon

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Emma

Amazon

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Stephanie

Amazon

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Sandy

Library. In Ma there is a website called bark.cwsmars for you to reserve up to 20 books from all Ma libraries. Ì usually get my pick of new books!I love being the 1st to read a new book.

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Ruthie

Amazon e books

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Emma

I buy them or I get sent them as gifts also some come from authors x

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Freda

Charity shops mostly, then I donate them back, unless they are really special to me. Also get some as presents ?

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Carol

ebay, amazon, abebooks, charity shops

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Trudy

Op shops. So I can regift other books

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Carolyn

Arcs, library, amazon, target (don’t like target as they are becoming over priced)

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Sara

Buy them or get them at the library

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Sophie

I’ve bought loads in charity shops this week on holiday ?

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Carolyn

Amazon uk

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Rhona

Library and Amazon

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Tamara

http://thriftbooks.com/ mostly

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Katie

I pin all the ones that interest me then I look online at my library website

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Katie

Sorry, meant to say I pin them on Pinterest

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Liliana

Amazon

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Sally

Amazon-Books-A-Million or Barnes and Noble.

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Katie

Markets and any buy/sell apps and arcs from publishers!

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Carla

Buy them or trade with friends

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Kristy

Amazon

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Patricia

Amazon

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Annarita

Amazon

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Erica

Exclusive Books…

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LeGaliaQuestion author

What is Exclusive Books

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Lis

Library, thrift stores, used book stores, clearance at regular book stores, amazon and eBay. Kindle – free books only

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Brittany

Library, thrift stores and garage sales.

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Liorah

Library

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