I personally used to buy books a lot when I was younger and didn't understand the value of money I guess (haha). My parents always tried to dissuade me from it and eventually as my bills became bigger throughout the years I dropped the habit. However, I sort of hate borrowing books from the library especially when I'm as busy as I am these days because in the end, I end up paying late fees. I have a horrible habit of not being able to stop myself when I'm in a room full of books (library) and take out more books than I can read in one period at a time especially when I have all my graduate class readings to cover. Thus, I end up reading only one or two of the bunch and return the other ones unused and I pay a late fee. So whether you hate borrowing books from the library for any reason like myself or love having ownership of books especially reference ones, this is the website for you!
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Thanks for the heads up! Will check it out. My fave place for "buying" books is www.paperbackswap.com. You usually have to place a hold on new books, but I'm usually so busy reading something else, I don't mind the wait. You spend about $3.00 on each book - the price of shipping media mail. You mail a book out, get a credit and use that credit to get a book mailed back to you. Used books in great condition.
ReplyDeleteI love that site. I love getting book from there at such a discounted price. I can actually AFFORD to read more... haha! However, what ends up happening with Alibris is that I end up getting books that I store in my bookshelf for months. Not to mention, I dont even have the space for in my apt. I'm thinking about getting a kindle. Its pricy but I find it so convenient.
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