Comments on: Books I Acquired Last Year for Little or No Money

By: cryptolect

cryptolect — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:39:22 +0000

@Lynn Braz@facebook I am getting reacquainted with the local library and just checked out James Baldwin’s Go Tell It on the Mountain. Definitely worth the stroll!

By: Lynn Braz@facebook

Lynn Braz@facebook — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:02:54 +0000

Great article! Although you were able to polish of 59 books in a year without borrowing a single one, I want to make a case for the local library. Saves money, saves clutter. Even when I travel I join the local library whenever possible. Less to pack.

By: cryptolect

cryptolect — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:26:28 +0000

@bacon @bacon I’ve never heard of Betterworldbooks! Will definitely check it out, thanks!

By: selenana

selenana — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:18:16 +0000

@Megano! I used to use book mooch a ton too, but the overseas postage gets spendy. In the U.S. they used to have that book rate, but I think it’s gone now? I feel like it wasn’t ever 2.50 to send a book if you sent it media mail. Also agree with the author that the selection’s not GREAT but there’s definitely always something you wanna read.

By: bacon

bacon — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 01:58:11 +0000

Betterworldbooks.com can be really good on prices, often with free shipping; has a large selection and does good things in recycling and raising money for libraries. Amazon, of course, is great but unfortunately quite the opposite when it comes to ethics — horrible labor practices and with dreams of world domination — so I try hard not to use them if at all poss. Most thrift shops also have books, though some are raising their prices to unconscionable levels. Also, help independent booksellers by browsing on ioba.org.

By: mcv

mcv — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 20:56:41 +0000

@cryptolect For most public library systems the selection is far more varied than you could guess by looking in a branch or even a local system card catalogue. Ask your librarians about inter-library loans.

By: cryptolect

cryptolect — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:24:59 +0000

@stuffisthings You don’t have to read far to get the gold, do you?

“White men were described almost uniformly with disparaging words. For example, the word ‘ilk’ was used for a number of Presidents of the United States.”

By: Jenn@twitter

Jenn@twitter — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:03:28 +0000

@stuffisthings I’m sad that nobody I know wants to buy me the Kindle version of anything. Which I get – having nothing to wrap and not knowing when something arrives is not very fun. But I, too, would rather have the Kindle version than the physical version for most things (unless it’s something I know I’ll want to lend to friends).

By: stuffisthings

stuffisthings — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:48:59 +0000

@stuffisthings Speaking of which: go have a look at the 1-star reviews of that book. Wow.

By: stuffisthings

stuffisthings — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:44:07 +0000

@cryptolect I've also seen people reading 50 Shades of Gray (not to mention lots of just terrible schlock) but I have major train neurosis. Like, I wonder if people can hear the music coming from my earbuds and are judging me. Also the book I'm worried about is The History of White People and I think the prospect that someone might think it's, like, a David Duke tract is far worse than someone thinking I'm into mild S&M or whatever.