Your Pre-eReader Book Buying Preferences?

[ProfCrash]

Other. Sometimes it was a hardback sometimes it was a paperback.

[teadonkey]

Originally Posted by sakura-panda

All the new entertainment type stuff comes out on Tuesdays -- I don't know why. Books, movies, games, CDs, etc. My husband and I check out the ads on Sunday and then go to the store on Tuesday to get the titles we want -- they are usually cheapest that first week, Tuesday through Saturday.

Thanks! That's strange. I was thinking about movies when the Tuesday thing was brought up, since a lot of new movies come out on Tuesdays. I didn't realize it moved into other forms of entertainment, though!

[Worldwalker]

Other: generally paperbacks on sale or with coupons, possibly mixed with used/charity books as well, depending on availability.

[Tattncat]

I put down "Other"; I used to buy 3-4 new paperback books and second hand/ batgain books whenever I found them. I actually spend more and read more now.

[shanghaichica]

A lot of second hand books and a few new paperbacks. I'm amazed at how many books I buy now I have my reader.

[jessicalynn]

Before I got my ereader I would usually go to the store and buy 2 paperbacks at a time. Also I would use the library. I think I'm actually more of a bargain shopper now that I've gotten the ereader!

[phenomshel]

Originally Posted by teadonkey

I've heard this term before, but I don't get it. What is new release Tuesday? I've never noticed Tuesday having MORE books than any other day?

I'd looove to say I was a bargain hunter and bought used books. I'm a bargain hunter for EVERYTHING else and I wait for books to come out on paperback for the exact purpose of them being cheaper. I read books that the library has instead of buying them. But when it comes to used bookstores... I can't do it. Every one I've ever been in makes me want to die from mold inhalation. It's a sad, sad thing. I am sooo allergic to mold AND cigarette smoke AND long-haired cats. Used bookstores seem to reek of these three things. It is so upsetting.

But anyway, I answered 3-4 paperbacks. I used to get them 3-4 at a time from Amazon to get free shipping.

The first Tuesday of every month is when most of the cozy publishers release new titles. Check FictFact.com for a calendar of releases.

[CWatkinsNash]

This was hard for me. How about "all of the above"? Back before my "unexpected career change" I would hit the Davis Kidd bookstore after work at least once a month. I'd get a stack of books from the clearance table, one or two non-fiction hardbacks and a few fiction paperbacks. Then there were the books I bought on Amazon, both new and used, and occasionally OOP titles on eBay if it was something I couldn't find elsewhere. Impulse paperback buys at the drugstore, the airport, Walmart...

I guess I should have chosen "Other" but I chose "3 or 4 paperbacks" because that was the most frequent type of transaction.

[caleb72]

I put 3 or 4 new paperbacks, but in reality I would only be able to manage to buy 2 new books at the absolute maximum with $50 in Australia.

Regards
Caleb

[sakura-panda]

Originally Posted by teadonkey

Thanks! That's strange. I was thinking about movies when the Tuesday thing was brought up, since a lot of new movies come out on Tuesdays. I didn't realize it moved into other forms of entertainment, though!

I knew about movies and CDs, and recently I noticed it was video games as well. I don't normally notice book releases but it makes sense to me that books would be on the same release schedule.

[Anthem]

Originally Posted by Hatgirl

But is this just me? Before they bought their eReaders, did everyone else on the board mainly buy their paperbacks and hardbacks new, as publishers seem to think? Poll time!

I couldn't whole-heartedly select one of your poll options but I can explain myself (Argh! Everyone moaned)!

Purchasing a plethora of books is one of my little pleasures. Bargain sections the world (well, City!) over are my plaything. Then again, I love to shop discount by going on-line to one of the many fine internet accessible mail-order retailers and loading up a virtual shopping cart of goodness. Then again, I have zero qualms with simply popping in to my local independently run or so-big-your-brains-will-fall-out-fathoming-it-all super bookstores and grabbing a new item off of the shelf and throwing it on the counter with disgusting braggadocio as I whip out my ten year old Perry Ellis wallet and flash my plastic (Debit!).

Enter e-books! Mail order and retail shopping are basically intact because buying an e-book is basically like purchasing something from a web site or going to a retail location in our electronic era. But the bargain shopping is basically toast (sizzled and zapped).

I'm hoping a true bargain bin/remainders something or other is erected (!) in the future digital domain so that I can get truly good books that were expensive but the retailer could not manage to move for prices that make me feel like I'm thefting them.