Hi All, Since I have the book edge scanner I will get them from the library instead of buying them and cutting them up. Though, when it is a book I care about I tend to still buy the hard cover. Something about the smell and feel of a new book:) Just one of my quirks:) Defend your choice to alternative medicine and food supliments. www.healthfreedomrights.com Katie Hill Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Laura Glowacki Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 12:54 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: buying books I love amazon for used books. Much of the time there is a description of the shape it's in, and I think it's a very good way to procure books to scan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 1:38 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: buying books > Me, too. For one ting, I don't like to spend the > money, although I realize, thanks to a favor Lissi did > for me, that out-of-print books in excellent > shape--new--can be obtained inexpensively from > third-party buyers at amazon. For another, I don't > usually like to reread books, and if I do want to, > after a few years, I can get them from the librariy. I > don't have a lot of space. > > However, thanks to bookshare, I've bought more new > books as gifts for family and friends than probably > ever before in my life. Before, I haunted used-book > stores until I found what I or they wanted. smile > > Cindy > > --- Amber Wallenstein <amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I'm glad I'm not the only one who hates buying >> books. I do too, and use my university library >> system, and my local library who does a lot of >> inner-library loaning. I also use PaperbackSwap. >> amber >> Book blog: >> http://community.livejournal.com/book_cuddler/ >> I have accepted a seat in the House of >> Representatives, and thereby have consented to my >> own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our >> children. I give >> you this warning that you may prepare your mind for >> your fate. >> John Adams >> E-Mail: amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ ________Need > a vacation? Get great deals > to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. > http://travel.yahoo.com/ > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.