Bookstore Or Internet? Where Do You Get Your Books?

[Lost Cause]

When you buy books, do you have a favorite bookstore, or do you just get the name, and order it from Amazon or Barnes & Nobel?

Do you like the thrill of the hunt, atmosphere, the smell of the books?

Where did you last buy your book, store or the Internet?

Title?



* I bought my last book over the Internet, although I like buying used books in a used book store, I buy my new ones from www.amazon.com
My last new book was, "Ridin' High, Livin' Free" by Sonny Barger.

 

[HeavyStick]

I'll compare books in the bookstore, se what titles I like. If it's a new release I'll grab it then. If it's been out a while I'll compare the prices online and wait to save money.

 

[morninggirl5]

I buy my books at the bookstore. I have to have the book in my hands, read the first page or so, read the last page or so.

When i go to the bookstore, i buy at least 5 or 6 books.

 

[Angel]

When I know exactly what I want, I amazon it.

When I just want something, I'll find a random backalley bookstore and browse a few hours.

Sometimes I like the B&N atmosphere so I can grab a tea, sit in an overstuffed chair and read a book or two before I buy something.

 

[red_rose]

I buy my books at the bookstore. I have to have the book in my hands, read the first page or so, read the last page or so.

When i go to the bookstore, i buy at least 5 or 6 books.

I'm the same way.

 

[peachykeen]

I'm all about the library. If I actually had to buy all the books I read, there'd be no money for wine. Or accessories.

When I do buy, I buy from an excellent independent bookstore here in my neighborhood.

Mr K buys a lot of architecture books, big-ass coffe table tomes with loads of great photos and stuff; he usually gets them at specialist bookstores.

 

[crappie master]

read the first page or so, read the last page or so.
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Thats cheating!
I always save the last page for last.lol


I buy books at bookstores. dept.stores, yard sales, used bookstores are good too.

 

[Lost Cause]

Second hand books.....

There used to be a bookstore that filled a cranny between to big buildings in a worn part of town.
It wasn't advertised, but was usually crowded. You'd walk in the door that had a bell attached, the store was about 10 X 50 feet.
The smell of musty pages and coffee hit your nose, along with the easy chairs arranged in a living room atmosphere in the very front, in the very crowded store.
Ray was the weirdest dude in the good way, he'd ask if you wanted a cup of his gourmet coffee while you looked at books.
Most of the time, you'd buy 5 paperbacks, and he'd count two, and tell you he was having a 3 second sale on those particular books!
Ray had the best sci-fi paperback collections I've yet to see anywhere else, his store was my central sci-fi central.
The best time I had was buying some books, and sitting in the living room and talk sci-fi, authors, plots, and the best short stories. I missed many appointments because of those conversations.
I forgot to ask, but Ray seemed like a literary professor that walked away from the politics and status quo to start a little used bookstore.
I moved up here, and lost touch with the little used bookstore until a year ago, when I went back to the 'hood.'
The place was vacant, for lease, no books, no forwarding address posted.
That was my favorite bookstore, farewell Ray, let the wind fill your sails.

 

[SpiceCake]

bood store and I swap with friends - just like everything else!

 

[ksmybuttons]

I'm a library gal, too, Peachykeen. When I want something to own, then I buy it.

Powell's City of Books is fun. And (hanging head in shame) I have a Barnes and Noble very close.

 

[sanjuaneros]

I purchase my books, and reading material frequently from the internet.

 

[KillerMuffin]

Both. If I can't find it at the bookstore, I'll buy it off the 'Net. I prefer to look through the book before purchase.

I should note that the bulk of my book purchases are non-fiction and I require specific information and writing. Something you can't really figure out without looking at the book.

 

[Purrde Flower]

I usualy go to Hastings

 

[Guest]

I'm incapable of passing a second-hand book store, it's a curse.

I salivate in books stores like a man in a hardware store.

I have been banned from all the on line book-seller sites for loitering.

I am a confirmed book junkie.

 

[Andreina]

depends... some books i can only get online without having to wait for too long.

stepping into a bookshop means leaving with about $100 less on average... I love books.

 

[sunstruck]

Bookstore. Unless it's something I can't find easily in which case ordering online is faster.

But I'll never give up the sensual joys wandering through stacks of books waiting for something to catch my eye.

I love second hand book stores, especially if I'm looking for some light fun paperbacks or old classic volumes. But there's also nothing like that crack when you open a new book for the first time. I've wasted away hours on the couches and plump chairs at Borders reading the first chapter of every book in a huge stack I plucked from the shelves, sipping on a moccachino or chai latte and munching whatever baked good I'm hankering. It's pamper time. lol I did it last week and came home with 12 books. Next time I'm going to peruse the cd shelves too. lol

 

[kotori]

Bookstore, locally owned and operated. If they don't have it, they can order it from their wholesalers in pretty much the same time as one of the internet guys. Sometimes I'll use amazon to get the ISBN to give to my local. I have had good luck though with getting out of print things thru an online company.

 

[just pet]

I prefer to buy from a human, and my favorte independent bookstore closed. There is a great bookstore named Dutton's that is a bit far but worth the drive. It has mostly rare and used books. I haunt the Barnes and Noble but for many of the hard to find books, it's Amazon.comm
Last books purchased:
Great Apes by Will Self for my sister to read on the flight to London
Natural Liberation, Padmasambhava's Teachings on the Six Bardos

 

[pointless]

bookstore. it's all about touch, smell and sight in that order. and of course content.

 

[Shingen]

I shop both...on the internet and at the bookstore. Although I hang out at B & N sometimes. Borders too.

 

[The Heretic]

Amazon, or Barnes & Noble - usually Amazon as they both have comparable prices, but Amazon generally has better and faster shipping. Sometimes Barnes & Noble has books that Amazon doesn't.

Sometimes I have to go someplace like Fat Brain (still in biz?) to get a tech book.

 

[Rubyfruit]

I just wait for my mom to finish with the latest best seller and pass it on to me.

 

[Lasher]

If it's something I know I want I'll usually just order it online.

What I really like doing is wandering into a bookstore and then just taking forever to see what I can find. Used bookstores are great.

One place I really like is a discount bookstore Downtown that's in the basement of the building with Planned Parenthood in it. Not only do I get the joy of shopping for books, but I also get to piss of the anti-abortion protestors sitting out front when I walk in...

And I always feel safer walking thru a metal detector before entering a bookstore.

 

[Chernosoth]

I bought a few at used book sites, but I avoid the billionaire's giant river site . Mostly I shop at thrift stores. I saw an amazing thrift store in Oregon where the book section is bigger than some entire bookstores. In my neighborhood, the bookstores have mostly disappeared. There is one left within convenient and comfortable biking distance. For years I thought it was a bible store by the name. Maybe it was years ago. Today I was riding past and stopped to shop there. It has a decent selection for a little store.

 

[TallMan69]

Lucky to have 3 or 4 used bookstores and a B&N nearby. Fun to browse through those. Also fun to look through those little free libraries that have been popping up. They’re pretty clever structures but often crammed with romance novels. But sometimes one will find a rare gem. Also buy books through Amazon and for the Kindle. A variety of sources. Occasionally, I make it in to a library but not that often.

Had a Hastings and a Borders that went belly up in the last decade. Sad to see those go. The Hastings offered so much and different gaming groups even met there. Borders was fun to look for movies and music as well as books. Went to both for items for close out sales.