Where Do You Get Your Books?

[gettinblurry]

Inspired by a comment in 'What I Have Read: May/june'

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Arts-and-Literature/Books-and-Authors/Question1341324.html

What are the book buying habits of ABers?

I've historically been a 'must be paper' kinda guy. Much to Mrs Blurry's annoyance, I can spend hours in a 'proper' book shop, browsing, looking for something that grabs me.
However, since buying a Kindle (which I believe I was somewhat mis-sold on by friends, with the promise of cheap books) I now find myself spending almost as much time trawling Amazon for bargains.

I see the benefits of not filling up our (currently stuffed to the rafters) flat with paperbacks & there are 'some' bargains to be had. I also like being able to take just a little tablet size device on holiday.

But still, proper books just smell nice...

Long question short: Paper or E-book?

[Tizzi24]

I have always been a bookworm, haunting the library, charity shops, market stalls etc. I recently bought a Kobo and I love the fact that you can store hundreds of books and it is so easy to carry around with you. I have 4 books on Kobo by one of my favourite author (Lee Child) that I cannot buy in the shops. I don't normally keep paper books unless they are by my favourite authors (I like to read them again and again) and have a collection of about 700 books. I will never stop buying books. The Kobo is for convenience.

[kvalidir]

I love paper books, get them from car boots, jumble sales, charity shops, books shops (we're not too far from Hay-on-Wye), online from Ebay, Abe Books and Amazon. I've got a lot of books, but then so have my parents and brothers and sisters, in fact there isn't a room in the house where there isn't a wall full of books. I've got a Kindle but it just doesn't do it or me unless I'm travelling when it's super useful but not a satisfying as a real book.

[ludwig]

Paper books, browsed and bought at a bookshop.