Where do you find out about the most interesting books to buy? I used

applegrove

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Tue Jul-19-11 09:51 PM
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Where do you find out about the most interesting books to buy? I used

to work at an airport bookstore and they only carry bestsellers so that was great. Next I'd look at the recommendations from the big box bookstore. But I don't have a car anymore. So I'm going to have to walk more frequently to the library or to a second hand store nearby. Do you look for positive reviews on the inside cover pages? Is there a website you go to? What works for you?

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u4ic

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Tue Jul-19-11 10:00 PM
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1. The library

I'd need an extra 5 lifetimes just to read the books I've seen and wanted to read, never mind the ones I will find. :crazy:

Maybe it's just me, but I don't like buying books unless it's a reference that I'd refer to frequently.

I have no problem finding books I want to read; I just go to shelf of the topic of my interest.

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mainstreetonce

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Tue Jul-19-11 10:09 PM
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2. Amazon

I read the reviews on Amazon and there is also a site called
Shelfari that is good for finding recommendations. Sometimes in a big bookstore I see good new titles and make notes and then look for them at the library.

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applegrove

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Tue Jul-19-11 10:18 PM
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4. Thanks for the link.

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Tuesday Afternoon

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Tue Jul-19-11 10:11 PM
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3. I read the first page . . .

if I want to turn the page and keep reading; I know I have a keeper.

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grasswire

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Tue Jul-19-11 11:06 PM
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5. I get newsletters from abebooks.com, and powells

abebooks has the most unusual books anywhere. They post some very provocative lists! Example:
Click here: AbeBooks: Because You Read: Our Customers Recommend the Bleakest Books

powells is the biggest bookstore in the country, open 24 hours a day, all year. It's an institution in Portland; takes up a whole city block, several floors. Their recommendations are useful. New and used.

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one_voice

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Tue Jul-19-11 11:12 PM
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6. I read reviews on Amazona...

friends recomendations, DU's reccomentdations. And Goodreads.com is a good site too.

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RSillsbee

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Tue Jul-19-11 11:12 PM
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7. I walk around the used book store until something catches my eye NT

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