Comments on: Frugal reading http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/07/18/frugal-reading/ Personal Finance and Wealth by the Penny Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:23:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: udandi http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/07/18/frugal-reading/#comment-171 udandi Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:38:41 +0000 http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/07/18/frugal-reading/#comment-171 Udell's Library Lookup! I <a href="http://udandi.blogspot.com/2006/07/three-for-thursday-library-related.html" rel="nofollow">posted</a> about it last week, but in short you install a bookmarklet for your local library's catalog to your browser's toolbar, when surfing Amazon/BN if you see a book you like, you can click the bookmarklet for your library, if they have it you can reserve it for your branch, like Claire mentioned. Udell’s Library Lookup!

I posted about it last week, but in short you install a bookmarklet for your local library’s catalog to your browser’s toolbar, when surfing Amazon/BN if you see a book you like, you can click the bookmarklet for your library, if they have it you can reserve it for your branch, like Claire mentioned.

]]> By: mapgirl http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/07/18/frugal-reading/#comment-170 mapgirl Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:13:23 +0000 http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/07/18/frugal-reading/#comment-170 Bookcrossing folks trade books. I borrow books from friends with extensive collections. I have a good track record so they don't mind lending to me. I try to return books in 60 days whether I've read it or not. Sticking to that rule helps. I can usually borrow the book again if I didn't finish or find more time to read it later. In return, I usually buy a book for my friends as birthday/Xmas presents or let them borrow mine. Being a huge reader, friends and co-workers know that gift cards to bookstores are welcome presents. I once got a bonus card from work for Blockbuster and I had to tell the manager that I didn't own a TV. She turned around and gave me a card for a bookstore instead and subsequently all my management thank you's were bookstore cards. Library. Love, love, love the library! Find a library in an affluent area. You will find recent bestsellers waiting on the shelf because most of the people in the area will buy their own copy. It was amazing to swoop in and find a copy of The Confusion waiting during the first month of publishing! Bookcrossing folks trade books. I borrow books from friends with extensive collections. I have a good track record so they don’t mind lending to me. I try to return books in 60 days whether I’ve read it or not. Sticking to that rule helps. I can usually borrow the book again if I didn’t finish or find more time to read it later. In return, I usually buy a book for my friends as birthday/Xmas presents or let them borrow mine.

Being a huge reader, friends and co-workers know that gift cards to bookstores are welcome presents. I once got a bonus card from work for Blockbuster and I had to tell the manager that I didn’t own a TV. She turned around and gave me a card for a bookstore instead and subsequently all my management thank you’s were bookstore cards.

Library. Love, love, love the library! Find a library in an affluent area. You will find recent bestsellers waiting on the shelf because most of the people in the area will buy their own copy. It was amazing to swoop in and find a copy of The Confusion waiting during the first month of publishing!

]]> By: empty spaces http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/07/18/frugal-reading/#comment-169 empty spaces Wed, 19 Jul 2006 07:49:02 +0000 http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/07/18/frugal-reading/#comment-169 i use barnes and nobles as a reading library! i also just checked out 7 books from the local library. I also have an amazon.com card that rewards you with money to spend on amazon.com i use barnes and nobles as a reading library!
i also just checked out 7 books from the local library.
I also have an amazon.com card that rewards you with money to spend on amazon.com

]]> By: thatedeguy http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/07/18/frugal-reading/#comment-168 thatedeguy Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:53:05 +0000 http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/07/18/frugal-reading/#comment-168 That is an excellent tip Claire. Thank you for adding it! That is an excellent tip Claire. Thank you for adding it!

]]> By: claire http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/07/18/frugal-reading/#comment-167 claire Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:52:04 +0000 http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/07/18/frugal-reading/#comment-167 If a book is very recent or very popular, you can place a hold on it using the library's online system. That way, you're in a queue, and when your turn comes to borrow the book the library will call you and hold it at your local branch so you can pick it up. If a book is very recent or very popular, you can place a hold on it using the library’s online system. That way, you’re in a queue, and when your turn comes to borrow the book the library will call you and hold it at your local branch so you can pick it up.

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