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  • June 16, 2010 at 3:28 am #40298
    RoadToGrinnell
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    Just out of curiousity…

    Does anyone shop at Half Price Books on a regular basis?  Do you find it to be a good source for new reading matieral?  Do you generally go to browse, or do you come armed with titles and authors?  Do you often sell back the books you’ve finished?  Have you found somewhere else to buy new-to-you books that is less expensive?

    I was there recently and purchased a book I couldn’t find in my library systems.  I am pondering, after I’ve read it, whether to pass it on or sell it back as “down payment” on a new book.  (If it’s not worth keeping, which I don’t expect it to be.)

    June 16, 2010 at 11:03 am #45861
    Melody Kondrael
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    Wow, what is this store??? I have never heard of it! It sounds very cool. :)

    June 16, 2010 at 1:29 pm #45862
    wyatt
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    I like shopping at half price book stores in fact I’m going to go to one today. Often they don’t have the new books but if your looking for classics and older books you can get them pretty cheap. I think half price book stores are a good place to buy books. at my half price book store, with 15 bucks you can get quite a number of books usually in good quality other then buying 1 new book with that money. I love half price book stores!

    June 16, 2010 at 3:21 pm #45863
    RoadToGrinnell
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    Half Price is a discount bookstore.  Their advertising stick is “Books at half the publisher’s price,” hence the name, but some of their books are less.  They buy used books for cash/credit, so their stock is a mix of used and new.  They have a little bit of everything.  They handle movies and music, too!  They just recently built one in my area, so we’ve been able to go more regularly.

    I’ve purchased craft books/mags from them, which I intend to keep, but this most recent trip I bought a book I only plan to read once, in all likelihood.  So I’m debating about whether to sell it back for credit or just pass it along.

    I agree, Half Price probably wouldn’t have a lot of the freshly-released titles, but they have plenty of recent books, as well as older titles.

    Did you find any gems today, Wyatt?

    June 17, 2010 at 2:14 am #45864
    wyatt
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    Went to are half price book store today. I got DragonSpell by Donita K. Paul and I got Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini. Also I got a Peanuts comic collection.

    June 17, 2010 at 2:36 am #45865
    RoadToGrinnell
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    I’ve had DragonSpell recommended to me, but I haven’t gotten there yet.  I have a family member that really enjoys the Eragon series and Peanuts!

    Do you usually trade in the books when you’re finished reading them, Wyatt?  Or do you  mostly buy and collect?

    June 17, 2010 at 3:19 pm #45866
    wyatt
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    I like to buy and collect. In fact because of all the books I have I need to get a new book case. :-)

    June 17, 2010 at 10:12 pm #45867
    RoadToGrinnell
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    LOL!

    I just started reading the book I bought from Half Prince – The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists.  I don’t think it’s going to have reread value, but I know some friends who would probably enjoy reading it. So I probably will end up passing it on.

    June 22, 2010 at 3:15 pm #45868
    wyatt
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    I forgot to mention, the Eldest book was a limited edition…edition and I got it for only six bucks and it’s in good condition. (:

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