Before buying any book...

I usually do some research and read some reviews before buying a book. If I am familliar with the author than I just go in a bookshop and buy it. And if I have read some other book of the same series, something like Lord of the Rings than without hesitation I would buy the next book of the same series because I already know what am I getting.

Generally I buy books from authors that I know of, especially those I have read before. When I go into bookshops there is often things saying 'if you liked this author give this one a go'

I rarely ever buy books. We go to our local library at least once a week. We borrow books,movies and magazines from there. It saves us a lot of money since we all love to read.

I usually surf the internet for something that I think I'd like but then again, my book purchases are spur-of-the-moments.

It is important for me to have a background of that book and to get good reviews about that book from other sources. One that influences me a lot is if I hear a lot of friends talking nice things about that book. I usually buy books which I already read somewhere before. I want borrowing books and reading them first before buying them. I only buy those that I know are worth keeping.

I tend to by books by authors that I favor but, other than that, I usually read the summary and decide from there whether it is something interesting. Occasionally I will see an add for a book in a magazine and if I find it interesting then I will go out and get it. Sometimes, rarely, hype will get me to buy a book. An example of that would be "The Davinci Code" by Dan Brown.

I tend to read the same authors quite a bit and don't usually try a new author unless someone has recommended them to me. However, occasionally I'll pick up a book after reading the back cover because I think it sounds interesting...

Well, I don't buy books. I have the library litery right around the corner from me. So I just borrow any books I want to read from there. But I do ask around from my friends if they have read a book that I am particularly interested in. If I am just searching for something to read and nothing in particular I have a place I go and read about different books and what they are about. I also get things in the mail that want you to join their club and enclosed in those is a small description of some of the books they have available so I go through those to see if there are any books that I want to get from the library. I know you indicated about buying books but I thought I would give my way of determing what book I would be interested in and how I determine how to find out about the book.

No I just buy the book, usually I know the author or I've read a review somewhere. Friends do give me books or recommend them but I never ask them.