If you love to read and love to save money, I will share the best place I have found to buy used books in good condition for cheap. It’s amazon.com

Yes, the library is cheaper-free to be exact, unless you have overdue books fees. But the library doesn’t always have the books you are interested in. In fact, they may not even have such a good selection at all. Libraries only are allowed to get so many new books a year, after all.

To buy used books for cheap on amazon, just go to amazon.com and search for the author, subject, or title you are interested in.

Then the results will come up and for a particular book, it will show you the new price, directly from amazon.com and it will show the lowest price from individual book sellers selling through the amazon.com website.

Then click on the link that will say something like 29 new and used books from .99 and it will take you to a page with all the used listings for that book.

You will see the price, the seller’s location, and the condition of the book. The book can be from fair condition to brand new. You can also see the seller’s id and feedback from previous buyers.

I have gotten several used books in good condition from amazon.com. The sellers sell from the amazon.com website and amazon takes a small percentage when a book sells. I bought several books for just a few bucks. Several times the shipping costs more than the books themselves. But even with the shipping charges, it is still cheaper than buying it brand new.

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