Books Made Me Broke discussion

I know a lot of you get your books from the library, or buy them on your e-readers, but for those of us who still love our physical copies, where do you buy your books? Do you pay full price or buy them used? What was your last great book deal?

I rarely pay full price for a book (I'm cheap), unless it's a new release. Under $5 is usually my spending limit.

My last great book haul was at a book sale earlier this year. I bought (hardback,used, new condition) (hardback, used, new condition), (hardcover, new condition), (paperback, used, new condition), and (paperback, used, new condition).

I paid a dollar for each book. I also buy books at thrift shops (just got for $2.95) or used at bookstores.

So tell me about where you buy your books, or your last epic book deal!

I get my books full price. Sometimes I would go to Sam's Club and they would have books 10% off from the BAMM stores. I also have a BAMM card and a BN card for deals like that.

I get books at Sam's sometimes too:) their book ARE alot cheaper. This book I once wanted was 21.99 at B&N and 16.99 at Sam's.

I will forever love B&N tho <3

Cheapest book I got was 75 cents plush Shipping and handling. Go to amazon.com and go to their bargain books section and from there you can pick genres or books under 5, 10, or 15 dollars

I get my books at the local bookstore. But they are pretty expensive because I live in norway and taxes and stuff(ugh). I tend to go in when they are about 50 per cent off, or a buy 2 get 3 sale. But I also use cdon.com, which have a lot of offers. But books are generally expensive here.

I get most of my books from my local library's book sale they usually charge &1 for hardcovers and $.50 for paperbacks... even books in bad conditions as long as all the pages are there I try to recover them so they can look good as new. If I were to go to a book store I would go to books a million and look at their bargains.

Kaitlyn wrote: "I get most of my books from my local library's book sale they usually charge &1 for hardcovers and $.50 for paperbacks... even books in bad conditions as long as all the pages are there I try to re..."

Wow, I thought everything was more expensive here, but it's only about a dollar for a library sale here as well. There is one now, and I looked it up and down but couldn't find anything I wanted. Libraries here tend to put up the books no one wants to read...

Right now my favorite online store has a sale for the Game of Thrones books. They cost about 30 dollars(180 kr) for the set. If I were to buy them one by one, I would have to pay about 100 dollars (600 kr). And I'm seriously contemplating the meaning of life right now.

I found a hard back copy of and a copy of at a TJ Maxx. One was 10 dollars and BC was only 5.

I usually wait for them to go down in price on Amazon though. I try not to buy full price at the bookstore, but sometimes I can't help it.

Lina wrote: "Kaitlyn wrote: "I get most of my books from my local library's book sale they usually charge &1 for hardcovers and $.50 for paperbacks... even books in bad conditions as long as all the pages are t..."

Well here I am the technology coordinator and the cataloger at my public library and if the covers are damaged in a bad way or we already have a copy we have very limited space so we sell them and they are pretty cheap we encourage people to read so much... we even had a fifty shades of grey book in the sale for $.50 just cause there was two pages falling out

Kaitlyn wrote: "Lina wrote: "Kaitlyn wrote: "I get most of my books from my local library's book sale they usually charge &1 for hardcovers and $.50 for paperbacks... even books in bad conditions as long as all th..."

That is great, actually! Here we have like the Royal History of Norway in the Most Boring Way Possible. Those kind of books. Or those forgotten fiction books that were sold to book clubs because no real publisher wanted them.

Chimney wrote: "I usually buy from Barnes and Noble, but I almost never buy at full price. I tend to use their website, so the books are usually 20% to 30% off and I get free shipping for being a member. I also us..."

Haha! I avoid used as well, I think we have the same thing going on. The only books I will buy used are school books and plays (seeing as plays are riddonkulously expensive)

Chimney wrote: "Same, or if the book is out of print and either super impossible or super expensive to get as new. The price of school books has always made me cringe."

Even the paperback school books are super expensive. My theatre history book cost what must be about 100 dollars (600NOK), just because it's a school book. And I was just like. I can get six paperbacks for that. Ten if I'm good.

Books constantly make me feel broke. I don't buy cheap copies unless I want a second copy to lend around and not care if it gets beat up. Typically I buy from Biblio sellers or Amazon. I never go in to physical bookstores anymore because there are simply no good ones in my area. We've got lots of terrible chain stores that have lots of inventory and poor selection.

I also always buy at least two at once to save on shipping.

BAM, Walmart, a Booktrader store near me, and ebay.

Chimney wrote: "Augh, I am so glad I don't have to buy school books anymore. I remember when I was taking culinary and the book was around $300."
I remember thinking this too.

Then I started buying books that had nothing to do with uni which cost nearly as much.

Elizabeth wrote: "Chimney wrote: "Lina wrote: "Chimney wrote: "Same, or if the book is out of print and either super impossible or super expensive to get as new. The price of school books has always made me cringe."..."

Welcome to the "i can't eat because my books are too expencive" club! Nice to see you :D

I usually buy my books new, but twice a year there is a HUGE Friends of the Library sale that seems to keep my reading habit at bay for awhile. This April I loaded myself down with about 30 and paid only $22!

Our library has 2 book sales a year and I get a bunch from there. We also have a great used bookstore called Book City in my town. Also, thrift shops like Salvation Army or Youth Ranch you can get great deals on books!!

Elizabeth wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "Lina wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "Chimney wrote: "Lina wrote: "Chimney wrote: "Same, or if the book is out of print and either super impossible or super expensive to get as new. The ..."

I'll get the wine! and then we'll have a partyy!

Come to Norway! It's allowed to buy wine from you're eighteen, but drink it whenever the f you want :D

I have a guest bedroom. There's probably room for two people there (y)

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Lina wrote: "I have a guest bedroom. There's probably room for two people there (y)

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Lol, Dan and Phil.

Always Dan and Phil. Too much Dan and Phil.

Lina wrote: "I have a guest bedroom. There's probably room for two people there (y)

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Dan!:D

My hometown library has paperbacks for $0.25-$0.50 and hardbacks $1-$2 so I tend to stock up while visiting the parents. My mom goes to estate sales. Sounds crazy but she walks out with boxes of books (some to be recycled later). My fave is Half Price Books which just sent out some coupons this week!! Got a bag of books for about $10. I am a frequent purchaser of the el cheapo racks outside the door and the hidden clearance in the back. Never pay full price even at Half Price! Everything will go on sale eventually..

Estate sales are great opportunities to snag amazing rare books.

Lauren wrote: "My hometown library has paperbacks for $0.25-$0.50 and hardbacks $1-$2 so I tend to stock up while visiting the parents. My mom goes to estate sales. Sounds crazy but she walks out with boxes of bo..."

omg Half Price Books is awesome!

I hate that we rarely have super-sales here ._. because taxes and shit.

I just discovered iBooks. So. Many. Free. Books.

ok next time I decide to go to Books A Million I need to be chained down. I decided to go last night and I needed to be reeled in. Ended up doing very well and only spending $15 for me on 3 books (buy 2 get 1 free) and a metal book mark. I was so proud.

Kaitlyn wrote: "ok next time I decide to go to Books A Million I need to be chained down. I decided to go last night and I needed to be reeled in. Ended up doing very well and only spending $15 for me on 3 books (..."

OH my god that is soo cheap. Here I would probably pay about 24 dollars for a paperback. I need to live in the states or something.

U guys don't understand I went to the in store café and begged for a pen and paper so I can write down authors and titles and series titles I was dying

Kaitlyn wrote: "U guys don't understand I went to the in store café and begged for a pen and paper so I can write down authors and titles and series titles I was dying"

That is basically the story of my life, sweetie. We're all going to die in libraries so full of books we'll never get to read them.

I know I want a room just to my self just for books... lol I am so sad haha I hit the YA section in that store and said ok I can stay here for a few years where is my cot to sleep on haha

Here is a question when do you buy a book after you have read it or before I have had the thought of after I get it and read it from the library the I will getting it if I like it enough... but after I have read it I wanna move on to something else.

Do you mean if I buy books when I've already read them? In that case, no. But mostly because I buy most of my books before I read them.

Kaitlyn wrote: "Here is a question when do you buy a book after you have read it or before I have had the thought of after I get it and read it from the library the I will getting it if I like it enough... but aft..."

Yeah, I only did that once. It was Going Bovine. HAD TO HAVE IT.

Went garage sale-ing this morning. Thank god for teachers! Got a whole box full of children's books & preschool story textbooks for friends for $12 :)

And noooo...I did not find anything for me to read. But the day is still young!

Guess I agree I just guess I don't wanna spend money on a book I may or may not like

Kaitlyn wrote: "Guess I agree I just guess I don't wanna spend money on a book I may or may not like"

I always just assume I'll love the books I buy. I just.. hm.. that author seems good. Let's buy ALL THE BOOKS he's ever written. *cough*John Green*cough*

haha nice that is so epic... I bought this one last night just based off of the cover details...

even though it is number 2 in the series it looked too good to pass up for $7

I agree the cover has to catch my eye first then the details on the cover have to be interesting then I may take it and sit to read a chapter before buying it

If I had the money I could have easily spent $1,000 last night

Anyone else wish that every book they own was signed by the author or is it just me

I don't think I have enough room in my house for $1000 worth of books...or the money. Danggit. :/

yes I agree. I am in love with the idea of having my own personal library in my house filled will all of the books I like.

I live in a tiny flat, with a room the size of Harry Potters cupboard under the stairs. No room for bookshelves. At all. Now my books are stacked in various places in my dresser. But I always buy more, because I can always take them home to my mom's if they get out of hand.