What's your favorite place to buy books?

Question

Tini · Accepted Answer

Thrift store! I looove pre-loved books 😆♥️

Tina · Answer

Garage sales.

Kathy · Answer

Anywhere, but library and yard sales are best for sheer volume.

Cassandra · Answer

http://bookoutlet.com/ and http://thriftbooks.com/

Angelina · Answer

Thrift stores, second hand book stores and my locally owned bookstore. I support small businesses.

Tika · Answer

Charity shops or online at world of books is good too. Tesco (a bit like Wal-Mart?) is good as it's 2 for £7 on new paperbacks or between £5-£10 for a new hardback.

Latanya · Answer

Library book sales

Robin · Answer

ebay and Goodwill.

Natasha · Answer

Chapters and a locally owned book store called books & company

Christine · Answer

Goodwill

Charles · Answer

Used bookstores bookstores

Jayne · Answer

Anywhere but the library also...I don’t like to give 📖’s back unless they’re borrowed from a friend, love the idea of when you give someone a book that they then pass onto someone else I love that 💕

Katie · Answer

Thrift stores

Morgan · Answer

Waterstones

Les · Answer

Half Price Books.

Kathy · Answer

http://www.paperbackswap.com/home.php

Ger · Answer

My local store. Or market :)

Natalie · Answer

http://thriftbooks.com/

Leora · Answer

Garage or estate sales

Sharmeen · Answer

https://www.fabingo.com/
Or
Urdu bazar

Joan · Answer

Amazon

Eleanor · Answer

Anywhere that sells books. I mostly get them from supermarkets, but adore Waterstones; I also buy off eBay and amazon.

Carol · Answer

Hard to resist Amazon because it's linked to my Discover cash back & so it feels like I get books for free. :)

John · Answer

Chapters, Used Book Stores..👍🏻

Chance · Answer

Books a million!

Cheri' · Answer

Abebooks
Com

Brandy · Answer

Half Price Books
Barnes & Noble

Karen · Answer

Half Price books.

Rula · Answer

I love book shops and I go to one in Cambridge called Heffers - it has such a great collection.

Nathalie · Answer

Online cuz English books > books in my mother tongue

Louise · Answer

Barnes and Noble
Waterstones

Louise · Answer

Suggested Halloween reading- The October Country by Ray Bradbury

Queli · Answer

Barnes & Noble, Local bookstores, Thrifts, & BooksAMillion

Josie · Answer

Thrift stores

Gayla · Answer

Half price books!

Gina · Answer

Thrift stores, Goodwill, yard sale

Brandy · Answer

BAM! Mostly but I just started buying them at http://bookoutlet.com/! I was super excited to get Caraval in hardcover for 4.49! There’s lots of books that are less than two dollars -new books in hardcover! Plus it’s free shipping over $35. Someone actually posted something yesterday about another online site that has free shipping on anything over $10 so I’m going to check it out once I figure out where it is 😂

Ree · Answer

Alma classics — Waterstones — sainsburys! 🤗♥️

Sabrina · Answer

Amazon prime since my Dad has it so I use his

Shannon · Answer

Amazon

Virginia · Answer

McKay's Used Books

Amber · Answer

Half price books,
Antique stores,
Thrift stores,
Garage sales,
Amazon in a pinch.

Aerika · Answer

Arc Thrift store or Goodwill. They are always cheapest.

Sherron · Answer

Book store, though they be scarce

Dawn · Answer

second hand stores, yard sales, church sales, flea markets,

Elizabeth · Answer

Library sales

Kathy · Answer

I load my iPad from Amazon.

Hailey · Answer

Half Price Books

Amanda · Answer

http://thriftbooks.com/ or bookoutlet

Tracey · Answer

Anywhere I can get them

Roberta · Answer

If I am not in a hurry, I love Betterworldbooks. They have great sales, I can find almost anything I want and for each book bought from them they also donate one to their literacy program and for each book the site also shows where any profit for books goes. The retired librarian in me loves that they donate millions of books. A big plus with BWB is Free Shipping!!

John · Answer

Half Price Books.

Brianna · Answer

Library sales, second hand stores

Trinity · Answer

B&A

Alice · Answer

Boos a million

Alice · Answer

Sorry I meant books a million.

Caroline · Answer

Barnes and Noble and Amazon. I also loved Hastings but it went out of business 😭

Linda · Answer

Amazon.

Ashley · Answer

Barnes and Noble. Just walking in, and smelling the books and coffee, is such a stress reliever.

Matt · Answer

Local bookstore, Hyde Brothers for used, out of print, or hard to find. Amazon or Kobo for everything else.

Luca · Answer

Waterstones, Piccadilly Circus,Central London. Former department store, now with five floors of books. Coffee, sofas and knowledgable staff: perfect.

Barbara · Answer

My library book sale

Steve · Answer

Library sales, Half Price Books, Barnes and Noble clearance.

Mel · Answer

Book Outlet.

Tram-anh · Answer

A Canadian bookstore: Chapters, Indigo & Cole; a Canadian French bookstore: Renaud-Bray

Darlene · Answer

Murphy’s Used Books in Kettering Ohio

Amy · Answer

Goodwill and other thrift shops and used book stores

Arturo · Answer

amazon

April · Answer

Barnes and Nobles. I am super weird when it comes to picking out my books. I look for the perfect one that is as close or untouched as possible 😂

Jackie · Answer

Amazon or Abebooks

Alana · Answer

Chapters, Walmart or a second hand store chain called The Book Market :)

Eileen · Answer

B&N or Half Priced Books

Gloria · Answer

Barnes&Nobles and stores that carry used books

Julie · Answer

Amazon, Bookoutlet and thrift stores

Cynthia · Answer

Thrift stores. I find some treasures there, plus many of them are in great shape. Some haven't been used

Amber · Answer

Half price books or amazon

Stacy · Answer

Amazon

Jill · Answer

Amazon or http://thriftbooks.com/

Jenny · Answer

BookOutlet

Veronica · Answer

I use my wonderful little library ! They are excellent ! 👏

Danielle · Answer

Hastings

Trevor · Answer

Anywhere local thats sells books. Online I use https://www.betterworldbooks.com/ Free shipping worldwide and no minimum order.

Hayls · Answer

Library sales, Op shops, second hand bookstores, Amazon, facebook groups & sometimes Dymocks but not often as they are across town and it’s hard for me to get there.

Issa · Answer

Amazon or this store called savers

Emma · Answer

Charity /second hand book stores

Jennifer · Answer

The Book Nook

Hannah · Answer

Amazon, Books-A-Million, Barnes & Noble, my local library( i just purchased like new hardcovers of books for 1.00 each), the thrift stores and the book consignment stores in my area and also Book Festivals.

Lysa · Answer

Thrift stores such as Goodwill and Salvation Army. There's an estate warehouse where I live that had a bunch of used books. I also like to scope out library sales. Thriftbooks and used books from a Amazon or B&N are also great.

Kristi · Answer

B&N -- Nook

Maliha · Answer

Online and stores ❤️

Sharon · Answer

Barnes and Noble

Koki · Answer

Second-hand book sales around my university.

Leigh · Answer

Amazon

Bj · Answer

Beach Book Boutique - Airlie Beach Australia 💙

Katy · Answer

Amazon

Carrie · Answer

Anywhere and everywhere. Thrift stores, online, books a million

Saundra · Answer

Barnes and Noble is my favorite but I also love Half Priced Bookstores. ThriftBooks, Amazon. Anywhere I can get them 😊

Ann · Answer

Barnes and Noble and anywhere else books are sold...haha

Dawn · Answer

Amazon

Mikael · Answer

My local book store naturally! :)

Lena · Answer

Russian websites. Labirint.ru and ChitaiGorod.ru

Lynne · Answer

At my "dealers", AMAZON

Noelle · Answer

Book sales ❤️

Leona · Answer

Library bookstore and book outlet,com

Amber · Answer

Thrift stores, antique stires, garage sales, discount stores, Amazon in a pinch.

Louella · Answer

Local bookstore and Fullybooked

What’s your favorite place to buy books?

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