How to buy books

past articles about reading has caused a considerable stir - it was nice to see how to link to it and how it is actively discussed. However, after its appearance I began to frequently asked question: "how to buy and order books?". And so I decided to formulate a few tips on how to acquire them.

The last time I mentioned the need to consciously read and run by a special notebook for reading in which you want to write books that need to be explored. Notepad - is the foundation and support of all lovers of reading. If you do not want to put annoyance on the shelf next book, which is again not "fired" - do not buy the book just like that. Notepad to read easily filled - weekly Internet somebody says that he enjoyed on the large resources (like Habrahabr or our Layfhakera) laid out a review of the interesting books. If you feel that something is worth reading - record book in his notebook.

List of books in a notebook for reading can be considered a long-list. Not all the books that you have written is worth buying - I eliminated half. Something very difficult to buy, and some books are too expensive. It happens that some publications are outdated and no longer sell. I personally, for example, fundamentally do not buy bad books published - I read such unpleasant.

Carefully read the reviews and surveys, if it is possible - to read a couple of pages of text (publishing house "Mann, Ivanov Ferber ", for example, for each of the book lays out a few dozen pages of text - can be read on to evaluate syllable). It so happens that everyone is waiting for the book, but in the end it turns zilch - not worth spending on this time and money.

Try not to buy books in bookstores - my experience is that in most cases they are there much too high for the price. If you want to buy a book in just a store - pre-check, how much they cost in the network. And I oddity - I do not like to use books that someone before me to touch (I hope you do not have this).

Never buy books online at one - shipping just devour all the advantages of its order. Personally, I rarely buy at least ten books at once - in the end they get very inexpensive. For such orders in many online stores there are special conditions, offers, and discounts (in the "Boffo", for example, the price of each book drops sharply for large orders, and I'm saving up to 20%).

Do not be afraid to buy books abroad (more precisely, never buy English-language books at home). Large Bookstore (e.g., Amazon and Barnes & Noble) is delivered directly to the book Russia. And online you can buy books, have been in use - it is worth real pennies at very decent quality <.>

Splurge to buy e-reader to cool to save in the future. Read a reading room as comfortable as a simple book, but the electronic media are several times cheaper than printing (plus the fact we are saving trees). In the reader can store hundreds of books, reading them at any convenient location. Already, 50% of all the books I read electronically, and in the future I plan to bring this figure up to 80-90% (and this despite the fact that over the years I have considered myself a fan of paper literature).

Try to "break" the purchase of books in the company where you work. Justify this by saying that the right books smotiviruyut you and your colleagues to work better. In most cases the company interested in the growth of its employees, goes for it.

Cooperate with friends - try to create their own little club lovers of reading, get a general budget and spend it on books. The books themselves can be read at a time, and after all read - to sell. As a result, the price kazhdoy new nuggets of information Buda minimal.

Correct purchase of books and the creation of his small library of "favorites" - not an easy task and requires some experience and even luck. However, I'm sure - it is necessary to start and stop will be quite impossible. And not for nothing that the earlier a person is evaluated on the size and composition of his personal library.