Do you buy books in the stores or get them online?

I buy books online and in bookstores, yard sales, anywhere books are sold. But mostly, I get so many free for a book review site I'm a reviewer for, that I rarely buy them. About the only time I buy books is from yard sales to resell to the used bookstore. As far as print books ... always! I've yet to read or listen to a book that I couldn't hold in my hand. I'm in to the full effect of a book, I want to turn the pages, smell the printed page and cover, and give it a special place on a bookshelf for safekeeping.

I prefer shopping in bookstores. It's very rare that I can't find what I'm looking for in the bookstore, and even then if I ask someone who works at the bookstore they'll go out of their way to order a copy or find a copy for me. But I also like a lot of small-print books that I can't find in book stores. If that's the case I buy the book online. But I like bookstore and I like browsing through books and being able to pick them up and take a look.

I don't like reading from a computer screen. For me, a book has to be a book. I like curling up with a good book when I can. But with my two children, there's not much time that I can have to curl up. Buying them, well, I buy from the book store as well as online. It depends on when and where I see a book that I want to read. I like going to the bookstore and browsing different books. But it's hard to find time these days. If I want to read a book and don't have time to dash to the store, I search online and buy it. Buying from a store will always be my first choice.

Usually I by from store but i ckech first time for offers.For me is still difficult to read from the screen.

I do both! ;D

I usually buy my books from a bookstore but hard to find books I go on eBay.

I pretty always will buy my books in the stores. I enjoy being able to hold the books in my hands and just read from paper. I have a much easier type reading actual books. I don't really like reading books online. It's just not for me. My eyes get tired more easily if I read from off my computer.

I am mostly a nonfiction reader. I read at least four or five books at a time. Sometimes I take advantage of amazon.com especially if I want books that total over $25. In the U.S. they ship free for anything over $25 if it is a new book purchase. If I am buying a used book, sometimes I can pick it up for around $1 U.S. and then minimal shipping, which is still a good deal. I like to go to used book sales or shop for books that are being sold at less cost at our local stores. My absolute first choice is my local library. Our library is now on line and I can search throughout our state for the reading material I am looking for. It is very seldom that what I want to read is not available. Sometimes if it is a new book, I have to wait on a waiting list but eventually I do get the book. The absolute best deal in town is my local library. Once I have read a book from the library and decide that it is a keeper, then I look to purchase it. I do not like to download books and read them on the computer because it bothers my eyes. The library, though, also offers this option.

well i buy books in stores but im trending now to the online not to order but for the ebooks. but i still prefer the feel of a paperback.

I get most of my books from our local library.I also read books online but I have to agree annamol, it is more tiring to the eyes :)

Do I buy books online or in stores? I do both. I recently started getting my books off Amazon because they are cheaper.

Hi annamol I only buy printed books. I don't like to read them online. I do purchase books on line, mostly from Amazon. They sell used books at very low prices. I also take advantage of the library in my community, who, every July, has a used book sale. I wait until the last day when I can get a large bag of books for $2.00 US. I get 2 or 3 bags, and they last me until the next sale. I can't afford to buy them new, so this works for me.