do you also buy second-hand books?

I'm a bookworm too and it does get expensive at some point, if you want to have something to read all the time. Thank God for second-hand books. I really don't care if they're second-hand, or third for that matter, as long as they're not falling apart. I also have an affinity for hard bound books and when I buy them second-hand at least they're cheaper. When I go to a second-hand book store I always leave with more books than I can carry!

I've taken to buying second hand books lately. Sometimes I'll buy brand new but that is pretty rare anymore. I buy used books because a lot of them are in great shape and paying half or less for a used book saves me money and the environment because more new books are not being printed. When I do buy a new book it's usually pretty cheap and it's an impulse buy because I really want to read a book.

Yes, I get all of my books secondhand. I rarely buy a new book unless I have a gift card. I read a lot, and new books are too expensive for me to buy them.

absolutely.you can't get me out of those stores. i can get a lot more books for the price of a new one,and sometimes books i couldn't find anywhere else.

No, I do not buy books anymore if I can help it, I have found reading what I like is mainly on the net. I have a company ArcaMax, and they have provided me with great stories, I can choose what I like to read and either read it on their site or have it sent to my email. The only books I have to buy is for my studies, And being so far away, I seem to have to buy what they send. Other than this, Bookstores are the past for me,

I love books. I have heaps of them and I can't find a bloody place for any. My room is all ready crowded. Well, anyway. I don't buy second hand books often, I went to Good Will once and got a boot for less than two dollars. But, that's about it. Otherwise, I get my books from the regular book stores.

I have no problem with buying used books. I can get a whole lot more for the money that way. As long as the book is in fairly good condition regardless of whether it is a hardback or paper I like the price. My stepdaughter gave me a giftcard for Christmas to Barnes and Noble for $25. That does not go far there. With that same $25 at a half priced store I can get several books.

Hello djmarion, I love reading also, novel or real life story of famous people and chicken soup of the soul...Like you, i don't buy new ones, I will be going also in a place selling for a second-hand books!

Yes, I buy second-hand books too some times, especially books which have gone out of publication and hard to find. I like to have a collection of those type of books.

Hi djmarion, I will buy second-hand books sometimes, but I still use the library a lot. I find that new books are very expensive and see nothing wrong with buying second-hand. Blessings.

Hi djmarion. I love buying second-hand books. Especially, I love to hang out in a second-hand bookstore. When we moved south, one of the things we miss most were all the bookstores we had in our university town in a midwestern state. I just can't imagine not having really cool second-hand bookstores, but alas, we are in that situation now. We do go to the library here which has a small second-hand bookshop within it that we often visit. Plus, the money we pay for books there goes into the library's fund for buying new books, so that's cool. Sometimes, there are some real finds in the bargain book section of the bookstore. Take care and happy book hunting! PearlGrace

If you don't mind second had books that's good. It doesn't always have to be a new book. The prices are cheaper that the new one anyway. Now if you can't find the book your looking for secondhand that would be the only time that I would buy a new book. I have even brought second hand book off line before and it was not a bad price for the book. half.com is with ebay. They sale book, movies, cd's , dvd for half the price you might pay for them in the store. Check it out and see for yourself. They might even have some books for the courses that you might be taking if you can't find them in the store. Have a good one.

I only buy new books if it is in a series I am waiting for, otherwise I am all for buying old used books. A girlfriend of mine and I just share books. We will talk to each other and say you need to read this or that here let me lend it to you.

Hi, Yes buddy i always prefer to buy old books as they are cheap as in we always can purchase them at lower price as compared to new ones. However there is a slight difference in the new and the old edition, but not that much they are almost same. I used to went out if i need any kind of book and that day i will really enjoy as the books are not in any store but they are lying on the roadside on the footpath and i have to look for that book. You will not believe that these kind of stalls will be from one end to another for about 5-10 KM and even in the inside Market as well, so i really enjoy to buy those kind of books. bye.

I have found that its a good idea when you are required to buy lots of books for your studies and second hand books that are good in shape not only save your money but you end up getting more books for you.

hi djmarion! looks like you're a book addict. ^__^ i also prefer buying second hand books. just like what you said, they are cheaper and still in good condition. the only new books that i bought were classics and hard to find in a second hand shop. recently, i have discovered a fantastic second hand "tiangge" of popular books and i've bought a few, novels of Anne Rice, John Grisham and Stepehn King. i plan to go back there again as soon as i have the time because there's a lot more i want to buy and i'm starting to be a bookworm again. ^__^;; being a bookworm is like a seasonal thing for me since i can't always buy books every now and then. even if they are cheap, i still spend a lot if i buy a lot. it'll be good if there's a book cafe here in our town, like a manga (comic books) cafe where you can read mangas for free.

I buy new and second hand books. Some books are hard to find second hand, so I get them new, but if I can, I'll take a preloved book and add that to my collection. I have more of them than new books and don't get so upset if they are destroyed, as I didn't pay a huge fortune for them.

I only buy second hand books. I will not pay full price for a book as I think they are way too expensive to buy new. So I go to some book stores here that sell second hand, as well as new books. I trade my old books that I have read, for some old books I haven't read yet. I get three of mine for one of theirs. I wait till I have at least 9 books to trade in and I get 3 books for them. But of course my supply of used books that I have read, slows down and I have to buy them. But they only cost around $2.00 a book and so they accumilate again and I trade them in again. I also go to a lot of church sales and garage sales to buy my books. Those ones I can usually get for around a buck each, sometimes even less. I once went to a church sale that it was the last day so they sold everything that was left, at $5 a green garbage bag. I took as many books as I could fill in the bag, around 160 of them and went through them and kept the ones I would read and took the ones I won't read to a second hand book store and traded those ones in for others that I will read. But since then I have moved and didn't want to move all those books with me so I gave them all away. Now I have to go out and buy more since I am now settled into my new place and need more books to read.

Hi. I have always loved to read! So I almost don't care where I get them from. But seriously, once the cost of paperbacks started soaring sky-high, I really started to concentrate on other places to buy my books. Even the book club's prices for their cheaply made hardbacks have risen. When I had more time, the library was a wonderful, relaxing, cozy, and comfortable place for me. For just got to have book for my collection, I will break down and buy them from a bookstore: bargain section or not. But with my favorite authors being so prolific, Salvation Army stores, thrift stores, and Goodwills are still a good bet.

I love old books the way they look, the way they smell, the way they feel. I am a member of a swap club where you get the books free and then you pay postage if someone wants a book you have. I have saved well over a hundred and fifty dollars just in the last 6mo. I spent the entire 9th grade in the library, skipping lunch and p.e. (i failed p.e. but it was worth it)!