Like books? a money saving tip often forgotten

spacegirl_2

I LOVE books and I also love selling the ones I've finished with on greenmetropolis.com and buying new ones.

You get £3.00 for every decent-quality book you sell, with various scales for hardbacks, pristine condition, signed copies, etc.

It's far, far simpler than ebay or amazon resellers You just print off the email they send you when someone wants to buy your book and post it off.

Spacegirl

jackomdj

Thanks Spacegirl, just had a look at greenmetropolis & it looks great - will deff be selling some books on here!

Nicky

mellow2

I use a book library as well as a toy library for my daughter. It's wonderful as my daugher gets to play with a new toy every month.

Poppycat

mellow2 your not allowed links in signatures

EDit sorry but even none clickable links are allowed thanks

nodwah

Libraries are great! It's seem s so obvious but I had my own lightbulb moment a few years ago when the number of books in this house was really getting me down. The staff are alsways so helpful and genuienly interested when you make requests.
I even donated some job-seeking related stuff once and they were so pleased to get them -thinks like those directories of employers that you get.

purplepixi

I love the library, but I have found that sometimes you just can't find what your after.

In Oxfordshire if you reserve a book that's in their catalogue then you're charged at 85p. If however you want a book that isn't in their catalogue they will order it for you, but again at a charge.

Sometimes I think it would be cheaper to buy them off Amazon market place, at least that way you don't have to give them back, and they're always there when you want them for reference (I tend only to buy reference books).

But the library does have plenty of useful things other than books, free internet access (especially good for those who can't get broadband yet, and there are still quite a few). It's a great place to find out local information. They always have free activities for the kids during the holidays and there's always access to a fax machine (for a low fee), which is good if you need one!

lellie

I used to work for manchester libraries. Free reservations there

bluenose1

I too recently have started using Library recently. I must have spent hundreds buying books on Amazon to then give them to Charity as soon as they are read.
In my library in Sefton, Merseyside it is £0.85 to reserve a book, free for kids to reserve.
They then send a postcard when the book has arrived (normally less than a week) So as quick as Amazon delivery.
Also have storytime etc for kids.

EDIT
Just been on my Council library web site and never knew you could reserve books on line and browse the whole of the Library across the whole County on line, you live and learn.

Ellie-Lee

I read about 4 novels a week but I like to read books in the bath, its the only place I can shut the door and have quiet without two kids, so I end up with wet books. I swap loads of books with friends and on swap sites too, then if they do get destroyed its my own fault! We get loads of kids books from the library though, and they had a book sale yesterday, all books 5p we bought about 6!

barbarawright

I'm another librarian and this thread gladdens my heart! I thought I'd add another moneysaving tip you might not know about. Most libraries subscribe to internet sites like the Oxford English Dictionary and the Times Digital Archive (the entire Times newspaper 1785-1985) and the Encyclopaedia Britannica. (My library has a lot more). Some of these will only be available in the library (such as Ancestry which family tree-hunters will know about) but a lot will be available at any computer as long as you log in with your library card.

Have a browse around your library website and see what you find under something like '24 hour library' or 'Online resources'. Great for homework enquiries and if you like history or biography (or are a general knowledge geek like me) you're bound to find something to interest you.