Every Wednesday YA Highway ask a question Road Trip Wednesday they post a question and everyone answers. So here is this weeks question:
Where do you buy most of your books? No one is judging!
Okay so this seems like an easy question right? Not so much. I don’t have any place I must buy a book. I did get a Kindle so I do buy books on there through Amazon.com of course but I still buy books in print. Mostly when I’ve already gotten some in a series and want to have them all in the same format.
So when I buy books in print if it’s a new release I admit I first check Walmart or Sam’s Club as they usually have a good price. Then I check online, I’m economical. I also can check Books A Million which I have nearby, well by nearby I mean as close as nearby is where I live. Barnes & Noble is a bit further away but I use their website a lot, especially when they have a sale. However for older books there are a few discount stores a little ways away that have books for under $10. Some even for $1. Yep if it’s been out for a while checking there is a good idea.
That’s about it. Don’t have a specific place to buy books. Anywhere that has a good sale I’m likely to get a couple books. What about you?
I am thinking about getting a kindle. I still hesitate but if I do I will probably continue to buy "real" books from times to times.
ReplyDeleteI get most of my books from amazon but I also have a few other places :-)
Mmm... yes, I understand completely what you mean by the "series" thing and buying books. I couldn't have bought the first couple of Harry Potter books in hardcover, and then switched to the paperback for a couple, and then got the last ones digitally. No. They all must be the same format! I'm like that with pretty much any series. If, by necessity, I have to get a book in a series that has a different cover design or is in a different format from the others, my skin crawls. Eeek! Yes, I've even paid more for a book to keep it in the same format and edition of a series I'm collecting.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if you can put in a publishing contract, "All editions of this series must look the same. Forever." :)
I agree about the series! I wanted to get Clockwork Prince the minute it came out, but I have every other one of Cassandra Clare's books in hardback, so I just couldn't do it. I asked for it for Christmas, and now I'm waiting patiently. @Colin -- of course you can't! They have to change the cover when they make the movie ;)
ReplyDeletelol I have the same near-obsession with all books in a series being the same format! My Lord of the Rings doesn't match up and it's been bugging me for ages...
ReplyDeleteI love a good deal on books. Since I buy so many it's especially important to buy them at a good price. In the U.S. you guys seem to have a lot more places to get books cheap than up here in Canada. I'm a little envious =)
ReplyDeleteAnywhere that's a good deal - so me! Your list looks a lot like mine.
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