Do you buy books new? Major booksellers struggling...
@above31rubies (1863)
United States
March 21, 2008 1:38am CST
Borders may be selling out and Barnes & Nobel is seeing a drop in profits as well.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080320/ap_on_bi_ge/booksellers;_ylt=An6b59_9p.IlB45Od1OguFBxFb8C
I rarely buy books new. When I do, I usually buy them at Amazon.com and will occasionally go to the local bookstore. I am a member of a Christian book club but won't buy much if anything from there once I have fulfilled my membership.
Do you buy books new? Where do you usually buy them from?
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
22 Mar 08
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The only way I would pay full price for a book is if it was something I needed right then and it wasn't available quickly any other way (can't see that happening often), or if it was for a gift.
I frequent the library, but if there's a book I know I'll be referring to more than once, I'll buy it but at a greatly reduced rate through amazon or eBay or something.
I got a book about gardening at the library yesterday that I really like and am headed to amazon right now to see if I can find a copy!
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@horsesrule (1957)
• United States
21 Mar 08
I love new books and I prefer them to used books but they just cost so much! So I have to buy used books as much as possible and join sites such as paperbackswap.com and such to get books.
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@akhilarya (53)
• India
21 Mar 08
my fav book..and my lasterst..is...counts your chicks before their hatch..by arimdam chaudhary..
@superpidge (78)
• Australia
21 Mar 08
I prefer new books, I also prefer hardcover so it's really annoying that usually you can only get the hardcover when they are new releases.
