Do you go to the library or bookstore more often?

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Re: Do you go to the library or bookstore more often?

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i volunteer at the library, i go there a lot. i like to buy books at goodwill. great prices. :roll: rt
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I'm certainly reading from the library more often these days. I'm stoked about the electronic borrowing across the state of Maryland. Libraries are working smarter to serve subscribers.
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I mostly read books purchased on my Nook. Other times I go to bookstore.
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Bookstore. I get a certain pleasure holding a brand new, fresh, and crisp book. Not to mention the smell of the papers. Admittedly, I also feel a little germaphobic with used or public books... although I try to get over it when it's a very good deal and/or a very good pick from the library.
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I love browsing through a bookstore. I like seeing the new releases and trying to find good deals on the bargain tables. I usually don't buy a lot, but I get ideas for things I want to put on my iPad.
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Post by Mollyrussell22 »

I just use my kindle nowadays but before I got that I used to do both but I mostly went to the library because I could take my time looking at books and I could also get out 3 or 4 books at a time because I was a quick reader and could finish a book in a day or two if I really liked the book.
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I prefer to get books rather then read them on the computer

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I prefer to get books rather then read them on the computer
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I definitely go to the Library, because otherwise whenever I go to the bookstore I spend all of my one on impulsive book buying :?
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I hardly go to the library, i find my book or books for my children at book stores, amazon, goodwill, yardsales. I know the authors we like and know which ones we are looking for, so i always check out the goodwills once a week.
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The library because I'm a broke college student haha I have been looking into some of the online bookstores where you can get secondhand books for really cheap. Garage sales are great too but my favorite book source right now would be my mom's bookshelf!
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I go to the library far more than I go to the bookstore. It fits my budget better.
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I go to the library more often because it is close to home where I can walk to the library anytime I want. I always like borrowing a book out before I decide to purchase it at a bookstore.
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Unfortunately there are no bookstores where I live so it would be the library. Even then I usually have to get them to order the books I want on loan from another library.
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I go to the bookstore more often. There're not many libraries around where I live, and the ones that do exist, have hardly any books at all :(
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I go to the bookstore more often because the bookstore sometimes has books that libraries don't have.
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