How do you get your books?

[secretlyevil]

Library

online site

independent book store

big box book store

Kindle / iPad / Nook

I'm a big fan of libraries but ours really sucks. I end up purchasing most of mine online these days. Man do I miss Borders.

[angnshaun]

Nook... i havent opened a book since Nov 2010 when my mom bought my nook for my 30th bday. Id say about 75% of the books i get are under $5 or Free... I can get from the library on the nook but nothing is ever available when i want it... and i like to be able to read what i want when i want it.

[bluelikejazz]

Library, Library kindle loans, Amazon (both paper and kindle), library book sales.

[mdgirl]

The library, pretty much exclusively. I work right down the street from the main branch of the Seattle library so they have most books I want and it's easy for me to pick them up and drop them off (and there's a food truck with good banh mi that parks outside at lunch!).

[harmony11]

95% Nook (either actual Nook or phone app)

I pay for them. I am scarred by library fines and haven't had a library card in ages. I keep meaning to get one so that I can save some $, but I haven't gotten around to it.

[PinkSquirrel]

I do a lot of used book shopping. There are three main sources, local book sales (library, local organizations etc), a MA used book chain and then your standard used book stores.

For new books, I usually shop at Amazon.

I also take full advantage of my local library and the Boston Library's ebook collection which is far better than my local library.

I don't really buy ebooks, I would prefer a hard copy, so those are limited to books I can get for free.

[chicacocodrilo]

Mostly Amazon. We try to support our local book store, too, and usually end up buying from them when we head out to book signings.

[PinkSquirrel]

May 17, 2012 9:54:40 GMT -5 harmony11 said:

95% Nook (either actual Nook or phone app)

I pay for them. I am scarred by library fines and haven't had a library card in ages. I keep meaning to get one so that I can save some $, but I haven't gotten around to it.

There are no fines for ebooks. They just deactivate the book when you're loan period is over

[sweetc80]

I'm fortunate my library has an amazing, and huge, online ebook selection and audiobooks. Iget 90% from my library, but if I can't get it there or want to own it I buy from B&N and read on my Nook, iPad or Nook for PC.

[ChillyMcFreeze]

Mostly Kindle, and I rarely buy them full price. I wait for a good $1.99 deal unless it's something I'm dying to read. I also use my Prime account to borrow one book a month. For real books, I stock up at the B&N bargain section.

Pre-Kindle, I was a public library fiend. I miss that place.

[dvmmama]

The library both for real books and kindle books.

I haven't actually bought a book in a long time.

[nova726]

Library, nook books, library nook books, paperbackswap, Strand bookstore

[mollymoe]

I got a Kindle for Christmas so I've been a reading a lot of books on my Kindle. Before that, I would use paperbackswap and Amazon. There is an annual used book sale at a local library that I always go to.

I tried to borrow an ebook from the library but I guess I have a $0.25 fine that I can't pay online and I can't borrow a book until I pay it.

[msmerymac]

I much prefer to read on my kindle. I have a computer kindle app for work when it's slow or during lunch. I prefer to hold the kindle when I'm in bed vs. a huge, heavy hardcover. I also love the ease of getting new books on kindle.

That said, it was getting expensive. This year I've really limited myself to what I spend on ebooks, and I've spent less than $50 since the first of the year. Which is what I'd spend in a month or two sometimes last year! I usually buy books that are $3.99 or under. I think the only full-priced book I've bought this year is Insurgent.

The kindle library system (Overdrive) has been such a blessing to me. I have 2 big local libraries (city of LA and county). I have kindle waiting lists at both. So most of my books I still get to read on kindle, and I get for free. The downside is that I have so many library books at one time, I have to power through them before they expire. So the books I already own on my kindle (let alone in a physical copy) are woefully under read right now.

[charlatti]

Almost exclusively library. We have an amazing library system here. I pretty much only buy books if it's something I know I will re-read or if they are books for DD. Then it's either Amazon or a local independent.

[5kcandlesinthewind]

I got a Kindle last fall, so the bulk of my e-books come from Amazon or the library. Everyone gave me Amazon gift cards for Christmas, and I've only just run out.
I try to shop at the independent bookstore near my work for physical books, but I confess that I am much too lazy most of the time and order from Amazon. I've only gotten a couple of physical books from the library so far, though. (I joined when I got the Kindle, because we didn't have a car at the time, and it was next to impossible to get to via public transportation.)

[iamali]

I used to use paperbackswap.com a LOT, but I've pretty much stopped using them.

Right now it's mainly checking them out from the library or used books sales at various places.

I also check out Nook books at the library.

[imoan]

Library (which reminds me, I have a few books overdue), and Amazon (via the Kindle)

[textbookcase]

Our library is the worst, but I will go there if I'm not looking for something specific. I get almost everything on the Kindle these days. There are no good independent bookstores around here, but I go to them when I'm close to one. I get books at Target sometimes.

[textbookcase]

Oh, and used on Amazon. I get a lot there.

[So_Fetch]

library and used book sales. Our SPCA does two used book sales each year and I STOCK UP. Although, I stocked up when Borders closed so I could probably read for 6 months before i needed to get anything new.

[BlackCanary]

I rarely buy books now. If I really love something and I know I'll read it again, then I'll buy it.

I usually get my books through the library kindle loan or a physical copy through the library if it's not available on kindle.

[qbert]

I love my library! I also buy a ton of books at used book stores and tend to go a bit overboard with that.

[whitepicketfence]

Most of mine come from my local library but I also get some from the Free Library of Philly (all e-books). My local library rocks but doesn't have quite as large of a selection of e-books yet that the Philly one does.

I also ocassionally download one from B&N.

Every August, my city has a huge used book sale to raise money for our library (people donate the books to be sold) and I usually stock up then.

[dorothyinAus]

I get books mainly from bookstores. I am still a paper book reader. But I was given a Kindle and will buy some books for it, but mainly I have it filled with trashy Amish romance novels. I love the Kindle for my guilty pleasure books.

I would use the library more, but my local library is crappy. The library across the street from where I worked was awesome, and really made me want to spend time there and explore the wonders in the library. I would spend way too much time at work staring at the library day-dreaming about the books. Then I lost the job and lost the good library, so I am back to reading from my own library. I have 900+ books in my personal library, not counting my Kindle books.

[BravoBravo]

b&n ebooks or from an elibrary like the Free Library of Philadelphia www.freelibrary.org

[falada45]

I buy most of my books used off of Amazon.

[duckduck]

I borrow from my local library and Philly-- Nook, physical books, audiobooks. I find out about a lot of free Nook books through B&N's Free Fridays and on frugalgirls.com. I try to not buy books, but when I do buy a book, I usually buy the Nook version so it doesn't take up room in the house. I have way too many boxes to move in a couple of weeks as it is.

[Nerd Alert]

I get my books from:

Library for physical books and e-books. I try and go every other week and I always have a hold list going for e-books. The selection is limited at my nearest branch, but they transfer books quickly or there are a few nearby that I'll drive to. They also have the bi-annual book sales that I always attend.

Store wise I shop at B&N, Target, Sam's Club and Books-A-Million. I did just find out about a local used bookstore that I want to check out next week.

I always check out B&N's Nook Daily Finds and Free Friday selections, as well as Amazon's Daily Deal for Kindle (computer app). Some times I will check out the Kobo or Sony site as well and sideload those to my Nook.

[SpartanGirl]

I use the library for physical books unless it's something I really want to own - then I shop Amazon.

I also have a Kindle but I haven't bought many books yet.