Time for the bookish discussion question of the day 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻! Here it is: How does your book-buying break down in terms of category? What I mean is, how much of your buying is online, in independent bookstores, from a book chain/franchise, at libraries‘ book sales, things like that. #BookTalk
Reagan I only buy from chains once or twice a year now. Mostly I hit up used bookstores and library book sales. I do try to make sure I buy something when I go to the independent bookstores, maybe 10-15% ebooks even though I read 95% print 😬 6y
rwmg Mainly online with binges in chain bookshops a couple of times a year and an annual discount book sale 6y
Djspens I love to browse independent book stores when I can. My favorite store, #prairielights in Iowa City, often has author signed copies which are fun to have. Amazon is my go-to for inexpensive, quick and easy. I've recently discovered #betterworldbooks, which I love! Takes a week or more to get the books but they're so inexpensive it's worth the wait! 6y
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StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego At least 90% used book stores or thrift stores. Then our national chain book store. I don't shop at independent book stores as much as I should. And I rarely shop online. I just don't have the patience to wait for my order to come in. 6y
WorldsOkayestStepMom About 95% of our books come from library book sales. I will buy from Amazon if I need an ebook for book club that isn't available at the library or with the Libby app. My husband and I occasionally have a date night where we will visit either a used book store or a chain store a couple times a year. 6y
mreads Either directly from small (mostly not for profit) publishers or from library sales or thrift stores. 6y
tournevis I buy most books online and mostly ebooks. I'd say, for ebooks, 20% Amazon, 40% Kobo and 40% independant publishers directly. I buy physical books anywhere. 6y
PagesByTheWater Currently: online 10%, chains: 88%, indie book store 2%. But with the discovery of a new book store and the indie book store closing it‘ll most likely become: online 5%, chains 5%, indie store 90% 6y
Cailey_Mac 90% online and 10% in stores, either Indie, Walmart, or Barnes and Noble. There really isn‘t anything close by to me besides Walmart, so online usually wins🤷🏻♀️ there used to be two book stores close by but they‘re long gone (edited) 6y
DHill I‘m about 50% ebooks and 50% print, mostly from chains, though there is a local indie I always buy from when I visit. @Djspens #prairielights is fantastic. Check out #nextpagebooks if you‘re in Cedar Rapids. 6y
Peddler410 I don‘t order physical books online. 50/50 independent/B&N — I would like that first number to be higher , working on it. Audio books are 100% Audible. I also have options for getting free books online. 6y
bookishbitch I'm fortunate to have an amazing indie bookstore locally. I try to order and buy there aside from kindle purchases. And the o y reason I have a kindle is that.my husband bought it thinking I could just buy all my books that way. Nice try that didn't work. 😊 6y
cwarnier I love scholastic for kids books otherwise usually amazon. Once in a whole BN. 6y
LibrarianRyan 60/40 BN/Bookoutlet. I don‘t buy books from Amazon unless I‘m desperate. 6y
Gissy I have only two bookstores so I try to support them, but time I have to buy on line because they don't the book or the edition I'm looking for. 6y
CouronneDhiver 95% Book Outlet, 3% Indigo, 2% Amazon... I just can‘t justify the high prices for the same backlist books (I don‘t really gravitate to new releases) 6y
DGRachel I try to share the love amongst all the platforms, but I‘m also trying to spend less with Amazon and do more preorders through my local indie. I also utilize book depository, Goldsboro online, or Waterstones online for those Must Have UK covers. 6y
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