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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Over the last year or so I have become a real bookworm, I have my kindle , kindle fire and have started a (small) collection of books.
It's quite handy that I work in a thrift shop as I get them at ten a penny.
SO what I would like to know;
Do you prefer to have your books brand spanking new from a bookstore or are you a person who goes into to second-hand bookstores
Or neither of the above and buys online for their ebook reader ie kindle, mono.   |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Over the last year or so I have become a real bookworm, I have my kindle , kindle fire and have started a (small) collection of books.
It's quite handy that I work in a thrift shop as I get them at ten a penny.
SO what I would like to know;
Do you prefer to have your books brand spanking new from a bookstore or are you a person who goes into to second-hand bookstores
Or neither of the above and buys online for their ebook reader ie kindle, mono. "
#kobo.  |
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Depends, after a year in Belfast new books were the norm.
Lack of decent second hand stores led me to Waterstones and WH Smith. In Canterbury I was on first names terms with every shop. Being back in Glasgow, I miss the shops that folded over the years. The remaining shops are good, yet have to compete with Amazon market and Ebay. E books are an easy way, for out of print stories to be rediscovered though.
anyone else miss John smiths |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Depends, after a year in Belfast new books were the norm.
Lack of decent second hand stores led me to Waterstones and WH Smith. In Canterbury I was on first names terms with every shop. Being back in Glasgow, I miss the shops that folded over the years. The remaining shops are good, yet have to compete with Amazon market and Ebay. E books are an easy way, for out of print stories to be rediscovered though.
anyone else miss John smiths "
I quite agree with you, I think e books will unfortunately take over, nothing beats reading a proper book.
I don't mind wether it's a second-hand book or brand new. |
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By *eatherWoman
over a year ago
glasgow |
i love reading and have passed the love of books onto my children and grand children espescially the youngest one at 19 But can i say he is like me aand will allways prefer the paperback kind and does not like Kindle .Now dont junp down my throat if thats what u prefer all good luck to you  |
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By *ndykayMan
over a year ago
Falkirk |
Don't have a kindle. Unfortunately, the books I'm reading these days tend to be children's books that I read with my little girl.
I even know the hungry caterpillar by heart. But I don't think you can beat a real book  |
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By *riendly foeWoman
over a year ago
In a crisp poke on the A814 |
"I like the 'feel' of a book.
Doesn't bother me if they are new or second hand. I love them no matter where they came from."
Avid book reader and have no interest in a kindle or anything like it.. |
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By *andACouple
over a year ago
glasgow |
Big reader here and always buy my books new, although I wouldn't mind 2nd hand if they were first editions 
Have a kindle but only use it for holidays
as I prefer having a real book. Even if I did run out of space long ago for them all |
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"Big reader here and always buy my books new, although I wouldn't mind 2nd hand if they were first editions
Have a kindle but only use it for holidays
as I prefer having a real book. Even if I did run out of space long ago for them all"
I can't read "books" on my laptop, it just doesn't seem right. I don't have an e-reader, obviously, but you don't really get picture books on them, do you? (I read a lot of books on photography & art, and they have pictures, mostly). I suppose the same thing goes for magazines like Cougar Weekly. I've never seen a link for the Kindle edition in it.
Anyways.. I love books, the papery kind. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Buy books with the best intentions, thinking im buying stuff i will be really into, Keith Richards biography was last book i started.
The Child Called IT, is the one of few i read from start to end.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Got to be the paper variety for me...its the whole experience. Coffee (scone if im bloody well lucky enough) , feet up, the smell, the pages....a kindle just isnt the same x plus...where would i put the bookmark my boy made me when he was 7?? Its laminated....and going strong..... |
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"Got to be the paper variety for me...its the whole experience. Coffee (scone if im bloody well lucky enough) , feet up, the smell, the pages....a kindle just isnt the same x plus...where would i put the bookmark my boy made me when he was 7?? Its laminated....and going strong..... "
ENOUGH WITH THE SCONES, ALREADY! I'll bake them over the weekend!
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Got to be the paper variety for me...its the whole experience. Coffee (scone if im bloody well lucky enough) , feet up, the smell, the pages....a kindle just isnt the same x plus...where would i put the bookmark my boy made me when he was 7?? Its laminated....and going strong.....
ENOUGH WITH THE SCONES, ALREADY! I'll bake them over the weekend!
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Im after yer buns as well as yer scones tho!! lol...... |
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"Got to be the paper variety for me...its the whole experience. Coffee (scone if im bloody well lucky enough) , feet up, the smell, the pages....a kindle just isnt the same x plus...where would i put the bookmark my boy made me when he was 7?? Its laminated....and going strong.....
ENOUGH WITH THE SCONES, ALREADY! I'll bake them over the weekend!
Im after yer buns as well as yer scones tho!! lol...... "
And I'm after yer dumplings....  |
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I love new books, second hand books, books on my kindle - all kinds of books. I've been a book worm since I was a wee girl. I often could be found in the book section of big department stores! I always smelled new books first! lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Was put in the special-slow class for reading in primary school, i knew it, teachers loved reminding us all of it!! Yet essentially we could read, just asking a kid to stand up in front of a class full of other pupils i think never helped!
I doubt myself with a book in my hands, a bit sad really. |
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By *adcowWoman
over a year ago
kirkcaldy |
have loads of books only ones i buy brand new are those by my favourite author and therefore can't wait to read the next one. though like the OP have worked in charity shops and bought some there or at boot sales too. in process of adding to my kobo collection too |
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