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¿Question #4317?
mrbeankc: Do you buy most of your books online or from a brick and mortar store?

Dizzy_Drizzit: Little of both. Same with BGs.
randomdude: What's a book?
djdragon001: About half and half.
Randy Cox: I am illiterate.
jokerjesterknave: Brick and mortar store. Unless I am looking for something out of print, I like to handle books before buying.
Caerid: Brick and Mortar
pwilz: Dollar stores.
pakruse: Mostly brick and mortar (but our most frequent bookstore is a used bookstore). Most new books, online.
MisterCranky: It's on the tip of my robotic tongue....
DasViktor: brick and mortar store.
dlaurent: Square Books in Oxford Mississippi
Felimid: Both.
mimem: online
Hendal: store, used if possible
captncavern: BMS
TheBannister: Non-fiction, online; fiction; from a brick and morat shop.
jessitron: online
gmonk: From a concrete and girder store.
louiseh: B&M
doctor_no: thrifting counts as brick and mortar?
ricardofo: from www.borders.com or www.amazon.com
sigtaulefty: online
cgund: Boy, good one. I read lots of books. Lately, many from the library. Otherwise prolly 2/3 online from amazon, used-via-amazon, and ebay, with the other 1/3 being b/m.
macls29: online
derekjinx: I don't buy too many books, but when I do it's from a store.
Limey Sponge: about split, with a hefty amount of Library Borrowings
dfniii: sometimes the store is brick and mortar, other times its more of a concrete type substance
bismarck1871: I try to buy everything except groceries online.
jannelle: Online
wwwebb: Store...Too much of an impulse buyer
Blind Reality: online
DHEK: From a brick-and-mortar store.
Greedo: Mostly brick and mortar, but I try to use local mom and pop type of book stores before I resort to buying from the big monopoly bookstores.
xandryyte: about half and half
elirlandes: From a proper shop.
vampywife: trick question...we get textbook-type books online and pleasure-type books from a brick & mortar store, so it's sorta 50/50.
aleo09: what are books
matthewjhoskins: Brick and mortar 99.999% of the time.
xlorp: I buy my books from a bookstore.
Beyak: brick and mortar
Sigisgrim: It's about even
citizengeek: Online- better selection and prices. plus no local independent booksellers here. :(
Agyar900: Store
ZiggyZambo: Brick and Mortar, but used.
Csigs: Book reading takes away valuable board gaming time ...
fuzzyfife: brick and mortar
Dweeb: Yard sales and thrift shops for me. I only read junk.
Cut & Space: I don't buy books
mooka: online
bwildrick: brick and mortar
Cromaa: Books? Books?
XenoMaster: I go to a bookstore unless I need books on mortaring
Avatar_69: From a real shop
darcyj2: Actually...it's pretty even...about half in store and half online.
erli: I buy mostly from Amazon.com
Pseudo Nymh: Brick and mortar. I read very fast (usually finish a book in a day or two), and my interests change so rapidly that ordering online usually only piles up reference materials on old whims I had.
CherryPie: From a store.
loiosh13: Brick & Mortar - something about seeing before buying!
Chris Page: Physical store.
LemonyFresh: books?
Kazin: Brick and Mortar.
scriptorum: Online.
Gecko23: online. There are no b&m book stores around here anymore.
bigbadsteve: brick and mortar
RumRunner: Online
cheng: Store
puffinslayer: Brick & Mortar - Used - Brand Bookshop - Glendale, CA
Ozvortex: Usually flea markets and garage sales.
shebby: bricks & mortar
jasta6: Brick and Mortar store
ecasco_online: online
MDettmer81: Brick & Mortar
Recneps: I go to the Library. Them paper things is expensive!
ZombyDawg: I purchase mine the analog way.
javelin98: About half-and-haf
wargamer55: Store
skrutsch: Brick and Mortar
LudesFactor: probably half and half
Dorque: Online. It's cheaper.
ssmooth: I borrow most of them from a library.
Mike A: Used book stores. I love used book stores.
archduke: online
Komodo: brick and mortar
skelebone: When I do buy books, I do tend to get them from a brick and mortar store. Though my LGS sucks, my local bookshops are pretty good.
puffinge: oh no, he said brick and mortar. I buy some from both.
Lord_Prussian: Now, probably online. Used to be brick and mortar.
chaddyboy_2000: Books, what are books?
CDRodeffer: Actually, I buy most of my books at yard sales. But if you're limiting it to new books, then locally-owned non-chain bookstores are my preferred venue.
jttm: Brick
CortexBomb: Online, but it's close. I have a favourite used book store in Kalamazoo that I hit every now and again and always buy several things when I go there, but I buy marginally more books from Amazon's used sellers
Spielfreak: Brick & Mortar, although our online purchasing has been increasing.
djlg: B&M