Where do you get your books from, and what do you do with them when you have finished?

[lucyellensmum]

A comment on another thread, got me wondering about peoples attitudes to the books they read, with regards where they get them etc.

On the most part, i tend to get my books from second hand shops, i will occasionally buy new, but unless there is something i am waiting for i buy second hand. If i went to buy new i wouldnt be able to decide because of the cost, but second hand at about £1.50 ish, it doesnt matter too much if the book is shite. I used to keep all my books, but then got rid, now i tend to give them to charity shops or pass them on to friends.

Just wondered about everyone else?

I'm not sure whether the public lending rights (money we get when you borrow our books) apply in NZ but I have a feeling they do, twentypence. You'll have lots of grateful first time novelists blessing your name!

Yes--Cocodebearis: you wouldn't do this for the money. My publisher sold German rights to my book last May. This May, I will receive half the money for the sale. A year later.

But I'm not complaining because I love it and I know I'm lucky to be published.