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Utahfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1940 Posts
Portland
Oregon
USA
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 Posted - Sep 10 2005 : 3:45:06 PM
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I'm a reader, too, and I'd like to put you ladies on to a great source of inexpensive books, music, and tapes. It's Half.com by Ebay. I've been buying from them for about 5 years and sometimes I find books as low as 50 cents or 75 cents. If they ship media mail you end up paying about $3 for a book. 
After I'm done with it, if I don't love it dearly enough to keep I send it to someone I think would enjoy it or give it to a rest home or hospital in town. 
I'm also a writer (former reporter now freelancer and working on a mystery novel) and I feel guilty for not paying full price for my fellow author's work, but I'm also not able to swing that financially for all I read. I also use the library a lot. We have a beautiful new on here in Salt Lake City.
My favorite mystery series currently is Alexander McCall Smith's Ladies #1 Detective stories. He's a master at making you feel you're right there in Africa with all his wonderful characters.
Happy reading!
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ksuprincess97
Farmgirl at Heart
6 Posts
Sara
AL
USA
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Posted - Sep 15 2005 : 06:32:01 AM
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Utahfarmgirl - You are so right, I love half.com for books and movies and as a fellow writer, I feel the same way about not paying full price, but the budget doesn't always allow that. I write romantic thrillers and have one book finished and am currently querying agents and collecting rejection letters. I'll have to try the mystery series you recommended, I'm always on the lookout for good books to read!
"The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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Utahfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1940 Posts
Portland
Oregon
USA
1940 Posts |
Posted - Sep 15 2005 : 3:44:15 PM
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Sara ~ much good luck to you in your quest for publication! I look forward to seeing your book in my local Borders and B& N and I promise I'll buy it there and not on half.com heh heh! Keep us posted on your progress!
Hugs,
Patricia
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
146 Posts |
Posted - Sep 16 2005 : 12:10:57 PM
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Yes, me too Sara!! Do have any titles that have been published already?
farmgirl@heart
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ksuprincess97
Farmgirl at Heart
6 Posts
Sara
AL
USA
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Posted - Sep 22 2005 : 2:08:43 PM
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Nothing published yet, but I'm sending my work out, so maybe someday!
"The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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