#book buying

Book Buying on a Budget

If you're looking for ways to save and still get the most bang out of your bookish buck, check out these tips for buying books on a budget.

Rules for Buying Books as Gifts

When buying books as gifts, Rioters have rules for themselves including a preference for hardbacks, focus on non-fiction, and more.

Go Beyond Reading Diversely: Buy Diversely, Too

We know that we should be conscious of reading diversely when we're picking up books to put into our eyeballs. But what about the next step? Are we purchasing books as diversely as we're reading?

The Amazon Books Store Experience – What’s the Point?

Shopping at the physical Amazon Books store in Chicago shows reveals interesting new approaches, inexplicable new complications, and a lot of questions.

My Newest Bookish Obsession: Thrift Books

A reader discovers a new site for shopping for books on the cheap.

Empty Shelves: My Weird Relationship with Book Buying

How years of not buying books has changed one reader's relationship to book purchasing now.

No New Books: My Month Long Self-Imposed Book-Buying Ban

What do you do when your unread pile starts turning into a mountain? Reading the books is one option. A book-buying ban is another.

A Bibliomaniac Does Her Taxes: A Story in Gifs

A bibliomaniac finds out how much she spent on books when she goes to the accountant to have her taxes done: a story told in GIFs.

The Do’s and Don’ts of Mixing Books with Booze

Tips for readers who want to avoid going bankrupt at the bookstore after happy hour. Our top list of the dos and don'ts for mixing books with booze.

My First Experience at The Strand

One Rioter finally ventures to The Strand bookstore in New York.