I almost never buy books--I mostly don't want to own them, and I can't afford them. I use the library or the Little Free Library boxes around town.
If I had extra money, I'd definitely buy books full price from actual bookshops, not just the 1¢ + $3.99shipping books online--and then give them away.
I did buy two books for my fandom research, in person this week, because they aren't in the library--and interlibrary loan is too short (3 weeks, no renewal).
They're both on videogaming, about which I know basically nothing, so I really need the help.
I got one at an all-'round independent bookstore,
and one at Uncle Hugo's Science Fiction Bookstore,
a place that'll make you weep with joy because of how crammed with ramshackle goodness it is … or weep with allergies because of how dusty it is.
It's "The oldest independent science fiction bookstore in America. Founded in 1974."
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< < < I also did order this old (1990s) one online for $4.
Anime and manga are other areas I'm weak in,
but also I just couldn't resist the title.
This one I may have to keep on my own bookshelves.
If I had extra money, I'd definitely buy books full price from actual bookshops, not just the 1¢ + $3.99shipping books online--and then give them away.
I did buy two books for my fandom research, in person this week, because they aren't in the library--and interlibrary loan is too short (3 weeks, no renewal).
They're both on videogaming, about which I know basically nothing, so I really need the help.
I got one at an all-'round independent bookstore,
and one at Uncle Hugo's Science Fiction Bookstore,
a place that'll make you weep with joy because of how crammed with ramshackle goodness it is … or weep with allergies because of how dusty it is.
It's "The oldest independent science fiction bookstore in America. Founded in 1974."
____________________________________
< < < I also did order this old (1990s) one online for $4.
Anime and manga are other areas I'm weak in,
but also I just couldn't resist the title.
This one I may have to keep on my own bookshelves.
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