Ten Reasons to Buy Used Books
April 26, 2007 by
Ten Reasons to Buy Used Books #1: You'll Save Money
When you buy used books, you save money. The cost of a new novel is usually around $7 for paperbacks and $25 for hardbacks. The best places to buy used books are your library, used bookstores, yard sales, flea markets, and Paperback Swap.
Ten Reasons to Buy Used Books #2: It Keeps Novels Out of the Landfill
When you buy used books, you ensure that fewer copies are printed. Why is this a good thing? This helps to avoid used novels ending up in the landfill. When people have yard sales, they sometimes throw away items that do not sell. Do you really want used novels to end up in the landfill?
Ten Reasons to Buy Used Books #3: Save Trees
When you buy used books, you help to ensure that new copies aren't printed. This means that fewer trees are cut down. Even if you buy novels that are printed on recycled paper, that paper could have been used for something else.
Ten Reasons to Buy Used Books #4: To Trade on Paperback Swap
Paperback Swap allows you to trade used paperbacks for free. This means you can buy used books that you might not want, and trade them on Paperback Swap for used novels you really do want. You'd be surprised at which novels people will pick from you list too.
Ten Reasons to Buy Used Books #5: Great for Vacations
How many times have you left a good novel in a hotel hundreds of miles from your home? Instead of leaving a fabulous copy behind, why not buy used books to take on your next vacation? This way if you leave the novel behind you won't feel as bad, because it didn't cost much.
Ten Reasons to Buy Used Books #6: No Need to Worry About Damage
When you buy new copies, you hate to read them and break the spine. But, when you buy used books, you don't have to worry about causing damage, because they've already been damaged.
Ten Reasons to Buy Used Books #7: Cheap Way to Stock Bookshelf
When you buy used books, you can fill your entire bookshelf for very little money. For example, sellers on eBay often sell large quantities of used books for very little money. You can sometimes get sets of 15 for $8. Then there are yard sales. You can sometimes find used books for $0.10 at yard sales.
When you buy used books, you save money. The cost of a new novel is usually around $7 for paperbacks and $25 for hardbacks. The best places to buy used books are your library, used bookstores, yard sales, flea markets, and Paperback Swap.
When you buy used books, you ensure that fewer copies are printed. Why is this a good thing? This helps to avoid used novels ending up in the landfill. When people have yard sales, they sometimes throw away items that do not sell. Do you really want used novels to end up in the landfill?
Ten Reasons to Buy Used Books #3: Save Trees
When you buy used books, you help to ensure that new copies aren't printed. This means that fewer trees are cut down. Even if you buy novels that are printed on recycled paper, that paper could have been used for something else.
Ten Reasons to Buy Used Books #4: To Trade on Paperback Swap
Paperback Swap allows you to trade used paperbacks for free. This means you can buy used books that you might not want, and trade them on Paperback Swap for used novels you really do want. You'd be surprised at which novels people will pick from you list too.
Ten Reasons to Buy Used Books #5: Great for Vacations
How many times have you left a good novel in a hotel hundreds of miles from your home? Instead of leaving a fabulous copy behind, why not buy used books to take on your next vacation? This way if you leave the novel behind you won't feel as bad, because it didn't cost much.
Ten Reasons to Buy Used Books #6: No Need to Worry About Damage
When you buy new copies, you hate to read them and break the spine. But, when you buy used books, you don't have to worry about causing damage, because they've already been damaged.
Ten Reasons to Buy Used Books #7: Cheap Way to Stock Bookshelf
When you buy used books, you can fill your entire bookshelf for very little money. For example, sellers on eBay often sell large quantities of used books for very little money. You can sometimes get sets of 15 for $8. Then there are yard sales. You can sometimes find used books for $0.10 at yard sales.
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