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Where do you buy your books?Newest Review: ... buy books from Amazon unless it's a specific academic book, but creating my Christmas wishlist recently I noticed that they have Philippa Gregory books for just £3.99 (normally £7.99), which is a great deal. For proper book shopping and buying though, you can't beat Waterstones and the various old bookshops that are only found in London. You can keep your Starbucks and stuff - I like good ... more |
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by jennikitten - written on 27/11/08 (Very useful, 7 readings)
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Tesco is a great resource for buying new books...I've found they are often half the RRP, which is especially useful when it's a chick lit book or a so-called 'bestseller' that I'm not sure I'll like. However, the flip side is that at the end of the day, it's not a bookstore and they don't have a whole lot of choice. I don't normally buy books from Amazon unless it's a specific academic book, but creating my Christmas wishlist recently I noticed that they have Philippa Gregory books for just £3.99 (normally £7.99), which is a great deal. For proper book shopping and buying though, you can't beat Waterstones and the various old bookshops that are only ...
by Dinah93 - written on 27/11/08 (Very useful, 83 readings)
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I'm currently on the path to getting debt free, but a total bookworm. I love going into a bookshop and leafing through all the new books, the smell of the fresh pages, the stands of new out titles I've never heard about with a back cover more enticing than a warm fire in winter.... But then I walk out the shop. £8 for a single book, are they mad? I might only read it once, and even then I might not like it! Yes a book might take me 6 hours to read, so around £1.30 an hour isn't bad, cheaper than going to the cinema or the pub certainly. Most of my recent material has come from my local library. I haven't borrowed these, I have bought the old ...
by bamamo - written on 01/11/08 (Very useful, 65 readings)
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Books are, undoubtedly, one of my favourite things. If I could choose any shop to never have to pay in, it would most likely be Waterstones. My to-read box is currently overflowing (and will be even worse when my latest Amazon order arrives!) and I will probably need to find a bigger one soon. Despite this I still sometimes take a trip to the library and, depending on my luck come back emptyhanded or struggling under a stack of about eight books. Since joining Dooyoo, I have started buying a lot more books rather than hoping the library will have one I've been hoping to read. Sometimes I'll stumble across a book online that is too obscure or too new or ...




