I buy books at the thrift store. They’re $2.99 for paperback and $3.99 for hardcover.
More and more I’m seeing people using their phone to check the price and then loading up multiple carts of books for them to sell for profit.
So instead of people having access to cheap books these dopes are inflating the price.
Go to the library. Super cheap there
Really? Went to mine recently and they were pretty bare as they were redoing their inventory. Didn’t even consider this as an option. (Didn’t think they sold books)
*- I must have missed the high brow humor. I like keeping the books that I have read.
does your library system have on-line search and request?
I live in backwards Arkansas with a book burning dictator governor and we have a great one - I always search there before buying and it's amazing how often the book comes up.
really new and popular books occasionally have a wait list - but most of the time if the book is anywhere in the state - it's delivered to my branch with 2-3 days.
I remember discovering this years ago when I was living in NYC. My wife and I jokingly called it "Netflix for books" (this was back when Netflix was still sending DVDs by mail).
These days, I don't even get books anymore. I just go on the library website and download ebooks and audiobooks. Similar deal in terms of most books being available immediately, and some requiring a waitlist. If there's a specific book I want to read, I may pay for it from Amazon or wherever, but most of the time, there are so many good titles available from the library that I don't even have to think about paying.
Libraries are amazing. I feel like if we had never had them and you proposed the idea now, it would get attacked as socialism, government telling us what to read, etc. Instead, we have free books at our disposal (not to mention free wi-fi, book readings, great place to bring young kids, etc) and everyone accepts that it's obviously a great idea