Free Book Shops

Discussion in 'U.K.' started by fountains of nay, Jul 9, 2007.

  1. fountains of nay

    fountains of nay Planet Nayhem!

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    Does your town/city/village have a free bookshop? We have one here and it's fantastic. It ain't totally free, you make a donation (the guy accepts anything) and away you walk with some really fantastic books and the best thing about it is that all the proceeds go towards renting the shop and planting trees in Africa.
     
  2. phoenix_indigo

    phoenix_indigo dreadfully real

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    that sounds really cool. i don't think we have anything like that here. just charity shops mainly.
     
  3. fountains of nay

    fountains of nay Planet Nayhem!

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    Come down to Exeter and I'll show ya where it is :)
     
  4. CrucifiedDreams

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    That's very cool, unfortunately nothing like that around here.
     
  5. BraveSirRubin

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    Lots of these things exist over the internet.

    Used book stores sell books online for 0.01 cent (at least in the US) plus shipping... (I think they make like a 1$ on shipping), and they usually use the money for some philanthropic cause, or at least to stay open.

    I'm sure some of these bookstores also exist in the UK, just do the google.

    Plus... they always have a great selection. I bought practically every Vonnegut and Burroughs book in existence off one of them.
     
  6. fountains of nay

    fountains of nay Planet Nayhem!

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    J's from Canada! :D

    Anywho's...where's the fun in going hunting for books online?
     
  7. BraveSirRubin

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    Good point.


    But this only means that you're not hunting for books, you are hunting for an experience!

    The books are just a great perk :)
     
  8. fountains of nay

    fountains of nay Planet Nayhem!

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    I think I'll stick to hunting for books in the fleash, much more interesting. Plus, I love randomly finding decent books, it makes my day! :)
     
  9. IlUvMuSIc

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    Nothing like that here... In fact a book shop just closed down in the town centre to make way for yet another clothes store!! Its not even a good clothes store...
     
  10. fountains of nay

    fountains of nay Planet Nayhem!

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    That's really sad :(
     
  11. foreverseeking

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    If anybody wants, I have a lot of old books that need to find new homes. Mainly Tom Clancy novels. I don't suppose anyone would be interested? :)
     
  12. phoenix_indigo

    phoenix_indigo dreadfully real

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    funny, i have a bunch of Tom Clancy that I don't read. :tongue:

    if i read him more often i might be interested myself, but well seems he collects dust recently in favour of other authors.
     
  13. foreverseeking

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    Ah, well, in my case it just seems that I've re-read every book at least 5 times because I enjoy them so much! :p I think it's time I give them a rest for a while. hehe
     
  14. phoenix_indigo

    phoenix_indigo dreadfully real

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    what other authors are you into?
     
  15. zjqdarren

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    any free books send to me ( freight collect)
     

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