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Re: Where do you normally get your books?

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Amazon is the #1 place for me. Barnes & Noble, after that - since they usually send out coupons by email.

If I get lucky, I might find a book at the library's used book sale. But I don't often have much luck with used book sales, unfortunately.
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Anywhere I see them, when I have the money. When I don't the library is my best friend.
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Mjgarrison wrote: 07 Dec 2017, 16:41 Anywhere I see them, when I have the money. When I don't the library is my best friend.
I agree, though I usually don't have the money, so library sales are the best, and amazon kindle book sales.
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Amazon or Barnes and Noble for new print books or e-books. If the book is out of print it's wherever I can find it, library, used book stores, etc.
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I almost exclusively by my books from Amazon. Bad, I know. Sometimes when I'm out towards my in-laws I will stop at a place called Bookies. I'll also swing by Barnes & Noble sometimes.
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Bookstores for impulse buys, fun browsing and for colorful kid books, most bulk ordering I do in online bookstores and last couple of years I also love my Amazon e-books click-and-buy option.
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About once a year I splurge on new books for myself. But for the last few years, my books have been used ones (given to me) or ones from the library. Our library is able to "order" in books from other libraries so I usually go online to find an interesting one and "order" it.
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Amazon is my #1 place, and occasionally I get books as a gift.

I also like to browse used book sales at our library, but I don't always have much luck there.
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Amazon, the local thrift store, and Page 1 Books are my go to spots. If I have gift cards, I hit up BN. Sometimes I find a good one for cheap at Walmart.
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Amazon always has good options and sales. Barnes and Noble or our Canadian equivalent Chapters is also a great source because they often have a wide array of discounted books.
Used book stores are also great if you can get one.
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Any website or library works for me. I either download the ebooks or purchase them from bookstores.
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I like to get my books on Amazon.com, and Thriftbooks.com when I just want to get books without the hassle of going out to shop. For shopping, I like to get my books at Barnes and Noble, second-hand stores, Book and Game, and I like to buy books from the local Scholastic Book Fairs because that money goes toward activities for the local school district.
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I get ebooks from my local library on my kindle or buy kindle books from amazon.
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I used to go to some bookstores, but now, I read only e-books. Once, I also went to half price bookstore.
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Post by Kristin Ransome »

I try and get any physical copies of books from the locally owned bookstores! I love the atmosphere of them and they're always cheaper than the big stores like Chapters! I often find amazing things at the local thrift stores too!
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