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Where Do You Get Your Books?
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Inspired by a comment in 'What I Have Read: May/june'
http:// www.the answerb ank.co. uk/Arts -and-Li teratur e/Books -and-Au thors/Q uestion 1341324 .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?
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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?
Answers
Both! Have a Kindle, haunt the library, love Oxfam (one in the town only sells books) and we do have a non-charity second hand book shop (used to be about four), have Smith's where I get my Telegraph special offers and a Waterstones where I can access dates of new publications of my favourite authors.
Er, like reading.
Er, like reading.
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