Never Pay Full Price for a Book!

Are you an avid reader? Are you trying to instill aa bag of books to trade whenever we visit each
love of reading in your children?My whole family lovesother. After we've both read a book, then it goes to
to read! Right before bedtime every night, every onethe used bookstore.4. I have recently discovered
of us can be found with our nose in a book!It wouldthat the Dollar Stores in our area (and probably in
be very easy for us to spend a fortune everyyours, too) have books, hardback and paperback, for
month on books. But, since we don't have a fortune$1.00 each. The selection is not very large, but they
to spend every month, over the years I've foundhave fiction and non-fiction and books for grown-ups
several ways to get good books and never pay fulland children, too. A book can make a great gift and
price!1. Garage and yard sales are a prime source forat a $1.00 price it makes great economic sense, too.5.
both hardback and paperback books. There areBookstore chain stores, like Hastings, have clearance
people who will buy a book, read it once, and they'retables somewhere in the store all the time. It takes
ready to get rid of it. I pick up lots of books at yardsome time to look through them, but I have bought
sales and never pay more than 50 cents each.2. Usedmany gifts from these clearance tables.6. If you
bookstores are another place to find good readingknow of a book you'd really like to have, why not
material. Store policies differ but most do somethingjust let your family know? Your mom or your sister
like sell the books at half the cover price. If you bringor husband would probably love to give you a gift for
in books to trade, a store will usually give you creditChristmas or your birthday that is something that
for one-fourth of the original purchase price. Ithey know you really want.7. And don't forget your
sometimes buy books at garage sales for 50 cents,local library! The library is a wonderful place to get a
read the book, and take it to the used book storebook you've been wanting to read without having to
where I get more than my 50 cents in credit.If I findbuy it. You can also read the latest issues of most
a book in very good condition at a yard sale for lessmagazines at the library. I consider public libraries to
than 50 cents, I will buy it even if I don't want tobe one of the "finer things in life"!So, if you, too, are
read it because I can trade it in for credit at thean avid reader, or if you're guiding your children to a
used bookstore.3. Trading with friends and family islifetime love of reading, there are lots of ways to
yet another way to get good reading material. My"read on the cheap"!
mom and I live 200 miles apart, but we always have