Where Do You Buy Your Books?

[sahm1225]

My search function isn't working for some reason so sorry if this had been asked before.

I usually get them at thrift stores, garage sales or hand me downs.

I'm curious where everyone else gets their books from?

Thanks!

[Cat Herder]

Scholastic Book Clubs for the Daycare.

Amazon for my family.

[momofsix]

Same as you-sometimes I can find a ton, sometimes they're all junk. Just keeps me coming back to keep looking! I also buy old books from the library, they always have used books for sale here.
I've taken to taking a lot of books out on loan from the library too. I'll look up what we're studying on amazon and get good book recommendations and then I'll put them on hold at our library. I can get a whole slew of books on whatever unit we're studying!

[CedarCreek]

Half price book store!

[daycare]

first choice is yard sales..... I have bought $100.00 books for .25$

Then I would say scholastic, but I am not crazy about the quality

Then amazon, I have amazon prime, so I don't pay shipping. Amazon prime rocks, especially if you use it for TV too...

[Blackcat31]

Scholastic.

[Unregistered]

Our library has a sale ever Saturday .25 cents a book.

[blandino]

Up until I read about Scholastic on the forums, I was buying them at Target, and paying 10.00-20.00 a book. I now use Scholastic or Amazon - and I save a ton of money.

I buy board books for the book corner, from the Target 1.00 section. Since they are out to play with for toddlers and preschoolers, they don't last long. So I prefer to buy the inexpensive ones and replace them often.

[KidGrind]

Yard sales

Amazon

Barnes and Noble

[Laurel]

Yard sales, thift shops, some are given to me, buy some various places like
Amazon or Barnes and Noble, dollar store, etc.

Can someone answer a question about Scholastic? I tried their book clubs one time but I found them to be such a huge hassle. Because of my age group I had to get two of the clubs (ex. Fireflys and ? forget the other names). Then I was supposed to sell them to parents which I don't like doing. Then it seems like each month they had deals but the deals were always different. To me it was such a hassle. Can't you just buy them outright? I would like to be able to go online, pick some out and purchase them just like I would do at Barnes and Noble online. Can I?

I haven't checked in a long time. Maybe that is possible now?

Thanks, Laurel

[Josiegirl]

Mostly yard sales unless I see something special at thrift stores, etc. I will order Elephant and Piggie books off amazon, just because they're our favs right now.
It's terribly difficult to pay full price when sometimes the dcks can destroy them in 30 seconds.

[Lavender]

Thrift stores, Amazon (esp. used books on Amazon), sometimes Scholastic but they don't have as much for me since I have babies.

[nothingwithoutjoy]

Library book sales, thrift stores, tag sales, Amazon (used). You've heard all those already. So here's my best tip: paperbackswap.com. You post books you don't want anymore (don't have to be paperback) and people request them. You mail out a book and pay shipping (my accountant says you can write off the shipping as you would the price of a book) and then you get a point. You can use that point to request a free book from someone else. So basically, the books cost the price of shipping.

[Josiegirl]

I do Paperbackswap also. And when you sign up and post 10 books, I believe you get 1 free credit to use. Correct me if I'm wrong Nothingwithoutjoy. Most of the time the books come to you in really good shape. Once in awhile you get something you wouldn't have even paid .25 for at a yard sale. And with the cost of postage at around 2.50 or so a book you want to make sure you're getting a book you really want. For example, I've been building my collection of 'Journey Around....' so I put them on my wishlist there and have patiently gotten a few. I also got a nice 'signing with children' book there. It is a good option. They also have sister sites, swapping DVDs and CDs.

[sleepinghart]

-Scholastic(the Book Fairs at our local schools of course and the school's fundraisers too)

-Amazon.com(..can get them new or used for very reasonable prices)

-Borders/Ingles

-Just many, many numerous different places

~These are just a few of the places I get my books from- not at all a complete list by far. ....Just a couple of the most recent and most frequented places I've bought from lately .