Comments on: Beat the credit crunch: Five cheap ways to get books http://www.thegirlinthecafe.com/2009/05/05/beat-the-credit-crunch-five-cheap-ways-to-get-books/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:49:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: thegirlinthecafe http://www.thegirlinthecafe.com/2009/05/05/beat-the-credit-crunch-five-cheap-ways-to-get-books/comment-page-1/#comment-46654 thegirlinthecafe Wed, 06 May 2009 14:03:56 +0000 http://www.thegirlinthecafe.com/?p=2372#comment-46654 @Pedro - I like the idea of leaving them on the train. I had never heard about the twitter one though! @Edwinek - I actually did that too, order them second hand from Amazon for nearly no money! @Zazz - I visited a train company in Wales and they had the exact same thing! Forgot about that. I think it is a great idea indeed. @Joachim - yes I normally read a book once, and have no problems reading a second hand one. And I like the idea of books moving on to the next reader after I have read it. Ear surgery is tomorrow! @Pedro – I like the idea of leaving them on the train. I had never heard about the twitter one though!

@Edwinek – I actually did that too, order them second hand from Amazon for nearly no money!

@Zazz – I visited a train company in Wales and they had the exact same thing! Forgot about that. I think it is a great idea indeed.

@Joachim – yes I normally read a book once, and have no problems reading a second hand one. And I like the idea of books moving on to the next reader after I have read it.

Ear surgery is tomorrow!

]]> By: Joachim http://www.thegirlinthecafe.com/2009/05/05/beat-the-credit-crunch-five-cheap-ways-to-get-books/comment-page-1/#comment-46652 Joachim Wed, 06 May 2009 13:11:33 +0000 http://www.thegirlinthecafe.com/?p=2372#comment-46652 About trust: on some fields here sunflowers are grown. When they are in full splendor, anyone can cut down a few and drop some coins in a metal (reinforced!) tubelike piggy bank. A price is suggested on a sign. Same thing I have seen for pumpkins. By the sheer volume of books published anually it seems books are less valued these days. People seem to part easier with books. Did I miss the outcome of your ear surgery or is it still in the pipeline? About trust: on some fields here sunflowers are grown. When they are in full splendor, anyone can cut down a few and drop some coins in a metal (reinforced!) tubelike piggy bank. A price is suggested on a sign. Same thing I have seen for pumpkins. By the sheer volume of books published anually it seems books are less valued these days. People seem to part easier with books. Did I miss the outcome of your ear surgery or is it still in the pipeline?

]]> By: Zazz http://www.thegirlinthecafe.com/2009/05/05/beat-the-credit-crunch-five-cheap-ways-to-get-books/comment-page-1/#comment-46650 Zazz Wed, 06 May 2009 12:41:35 +0000 http://www.thegirlinthecafe.com/?p=2372#comment-46650 We are having a library at the place where I work (the local chamber of industry and commerce), and some time ago someone had the great idea to dedicate some of the shelves to fiction books. You can leave your private books there when you don't need them any longer. Or, when you are looking for something to read, you just go there and choose a book. You can keep it if you like, or you just bring it back after reading. Great idea, worth imitating. We are having a library at the place where I work (the local chamber of industry and commerce), and some time ago someone had the great idea to dedicate some of the shelves to fiction books. You can leave your private books there when you don’t need them any longer. Or, when you are looking for something to read, you just go there and choose a book. You can keep it if you like, or you just bring it back after reading. Great idea, worth imitating.

]]> By: Edwinek http://www.thegirlinthecafe.com/2009/05/05/beat-the-credit-crunch-five-cheap-ways-to-get-books/comment-page-1/#comment-46648 Edwinek Tue, 05 May 2009 16:58:09 +0000 http://www.thegirlinthecafe.com/?p=2372#comment-46648 Don't forget Amazon's second hand option. I've bought great books in very good condition for almost nothing. Don’t forget Amazon’s second hand option. I’ve bought great books in very good condition for almost nothing.

]]> By: Pedro http://www.thegirlinthecafe.com/2009/05/05/beat-the-credit-crunch-five-cheap-ways-to-get-books/comment-page-1/#comment-46647 Pedro Tue, 05 May 2009 14:40:07 +0000 http://www.thegirlinthecafe.com/?p=2372#comment-46647 There's a Twitter (Boekenruilen) where you you swap your books and I remember the NS (Dutch Railways) had something simular. Leave your book in the train or at the station to have it picked up by someone else. There’s a Twitter (Boekenruilen) where you you swap your books and I remember the NS (Dutch Railways) had something simular. Leave your book in the train or at the station to have it picked up by someone else.

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