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[quote=Anonymous]I only buy books for my kids, because I want to foster a love of reading and books (like PP said above). If I take my kids to Barnes & Noble to browse and they find books they actually want to read, I count that as a win and will buy them. Kids are also more likely to re-read a book. One of my kids is really into Manga, and it's hard to find those at our library. Most copies are old, missing, etc. Buying those seems like one of the only options right now.

I had a huge book buying habit when I was in high school through early adulthood (could never get to a library when it was open and borrowing ebooks wasn't a thing), but now I exclusively use the library. I'll maybe buy a reference book or a nonfiction book that I know is popular and will take me a long time to read. I was at B&N yesterday with one of my kids, and I couldn't justify buying a single book. I knew I could get most of the new books via Lucky Day at the library and backlist books would have short to no wait in Libby or on the shelf.

Thanks for the tip on pre-orders. Maybe I'll do that for my favorite authors. I also read over 100 books a year, so buying books isn't an option. Note that I have some friends who ONLY buy books and refuse to use the library! They are big readers but think the library is gross and weird. I have no words for that attitude. Just confusion. [/quote]

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