I rarely take the time to read a book, now that I am on the net. When I did purchase books, they were mostly from yard sales, flea markets, trading with co-workers, also at the Library when they had a sale. My most favorite was buying cook books at the local book store called Walden Books.
Mostly for under 5.00 each for hard backs. No cooking is not what I like to do, but I enjoy reading the recipes and saying someday I might make that.