Do you go to the library or bookstore more often?

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AuthorMeghan
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Re: Do you go to the library or bookstore more often?

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Please, don't hate me:

I haven't bought a physical book in about a year....

I've gotten a lot of books from the library. When I'm short on cash I can still read from there, and find that if I love a book I'll buy it or find an ebook edition. I also don't have a lot of room for books, so that doesn't help either. :)
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Post by clmartin »

I love going to the library but don't often get the time. Usually I read books on my kindle app on my phone and buy books when I can at the store. l prefer the library however. I love the smell of books from the library. Seems to add to the whole reading experiance.
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Post by dottleddolly »

I don't go to the library as much as I would like to. I use my kindle a lot. I like going to bookstores too, and I use amazon and sometimes buy second hand books off of there. We have a good second book shop in town so I often gets books from there too.
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Post by lucy_borland »

I love the feeling of browsing through a bookstore, finding the one and knowing that it is mine. Libraries are great for freebies, but you have to give it back. I can't do that "giving back thing."
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Post by fritzycaptain »

I never go to an actual bookstore. We have a great library in our town, lots of new arrivals every day. I also use Library to Go on my IPad. If I do want to buy a book, it's Amazon Prime for me.
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Post by LisaDeAnn »

I'm definitely one of those people that can't go to a library. Every time I tell someone that knows me that, they kind of freak out and wonder how that's possible with how much of a book lover I am. But that's just the point, I love them so much that I don't care how bad reading the book was, I will keep them all. Building towards that 'Beauty and the Beast' library!
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Post by lilrebel430 »

I love to collect what I read, so book store by far. I love hitting the discount shelve. You can find awesome reads there.
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Post by littlemissbookworm »

I frequent bookstores. I used to go to the library all the time then i got to where i wanted to keep the books, so i decided bookstores are probably the safest route. :wink:
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The closest library is 5 minutes away, the closet book store is 30 minutes. I end up going to the library more often!
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I practically live at the library.
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Post by icerose92 »

Definitely the bookstore because I'm not a fan of any of the libraries around me. There's a store in my area that sells surplus books for $1.99 to $6.99. So new books that are usually $12 to $20, I can get super cheap there.
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Post by tannes »

I love to go to a used book store in my town. I can take books that I have read and get credit towards other books. I can find a lot of books that I haven't read before and give some one else a chance to read the books that I have already read.
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Post by sethkcaz »

When I was still in College, I used to go to the library everyday and to the bookstore once a week. But now? I can only visit the library once a month and the bookstore? Once every 2 months.
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Post by AmaRaeKelley »

Bookstore more than library only because I don't like to be surrounded by books if I cannot keep them. But I still love both
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Post by twogold14 »

I use the Library to get most of my books, but I prefer the atmosphere of a actual bookstore.
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