[bookshare-discuss] Re: Affordable Books

  • From: "Natalie" <lemina007@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:25:32 -1000

Monica,

I totally love half.com. I buy most of my used books from there. Though, I'm not sure if I'll do so much in the future. They raised the shipping price, so even a seventy-five cent book used or new will cost you $4.00. Ouch, in my opinion.
Swapping books is also one way of getting other books. My sister and her friend know I scan, so they often give me their books when they're done with them. Or, I was doing this until recently. I met a woman online who would subscribe to a Harlequin line, and when she was done with her books, she would sell them to me for one-third of the price, plus shipping. It was awesome. Sadly, she canceled her subscription, so I'm back to buying them full-price at the bookstore.


Aloha,
Natalie

----- Original Message ----- From: "Monica" <plumlipstick@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:41 AM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Affordable Books



Hi. I'm curious to know where most of you like to get the books you scan. Do most of you use a print library, or do you buy your books? Do any of you belong to one of the online book of the month clubs?

I like to buy used books to scan. I have bought several books from Amazon sellers. Today I just received my first book from half.com . You can buy used books, textbooks, and movies from the site. It's owned by Ebay, but you don't bid on the items there. You just buy them like if you went to a large garage sale. Even with the cost for shipping, I can usually buy a book for half the price of a new one. The paperback I got today cost me a total of $5.50, and it's in like new condition. Amazon wants $10.98 for a new copy, and that doesn't include shipping.

On that note, I'm off to scan my new book.  <grin>


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