How do you buy and select your books?

[shadowkat]

[Note: this is a general poll - if you don't perfectly fit into a category, who does? Just pick the one that fits you best. And if you feel it doesn't say what you want about your habits - leave a response detailing them. It's no different than doing those quiz memes.]

Curious how others online get their books. I get mine by browsing in bookstores. I rarely if ever order books online - because getting deliveries is so problematic. And I like to check out the book first, see if it's something I want. I like to discover them in bookstores. Also don't like libraries - I love my books too hard partly and I don't like deadlines.
That's me. Curious to see how others operate.


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Comments

[buffyannotater.livejournal.com]

I usually browse in the bookstore and purchase from Amazon, because of the discounts and no tax.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

How about books that aren't available in bookstores?

Do you order books from Amazon that has been rec'd online but you can't find in a bookstore? And you know little about outside of someone on lj?

I rarely do anymore - have been disappointed too many times, but am curious about other people.

[buffyannotater.livejournal.com]

Yes, I have, and I've actually ordered out-of-print books that people have recc'd via Amazon sellers. I'm usually more inclined to do it if it's one of the books that Amazon has the "Search inside the book" feature for so I can peruse a few pages first, but if the subject sounds particularly intriguing to me, I might order it regardless.