Though this may seem obvious, it’s worth saying: If you want to read a lot for as little as possible, your local public library is your best friend. If you're interested, you can add yourself to the waitlist to be notified when the service starts accepting new subscriptions again-but in the meantime, if you’re itching to read more each month for less (and the library wait list for that new title you've been eyeing is too long), here’s how to do it without breaking the bank. Recycle Read Repeat, a used book subscription service, is proof of that: after going viral on TikTok, the small business, which curates monthly book boxes for subscribers using previously owned titles, was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of new subscribers. “We love when pre-order books from us it’s a vote for your author’s book and a chance for these books to make it onto The New York Times Bestseller List.” Though the books usually cost more, your support is critical in keeping a local, brick-and-mortar business afloat.īut we know that not everyone can afford to buy every book they’d like to read at full price-and we know we're not the only ones looking to feed our book habit on the cheap.
“Paying full price for hardcover books pays writers better and also covers costs associated with editing, design, marketing, and author tours,” says Karen Maeda Allman, who coordinates author events at Elliott Bay Book Company, an independent bookstore in Seattle. That said, you should always try to support your local independent booksellers and favorite authors when you have the room in your budget ( more on this below).
Nowadays, I never spend more than $20 a month on newly released books-that’s roughly six books for less than the full retail price of one brand-new hardcover. I’ve always been a coupon-cutting penny pincher, so when I realized that my favorite hobby could also be my financial downfall, I quickly started researching ways to read more while spending less. I read a lot (I average more than a book a week, sometimes reading as many as three), and if I were to buy every title that has caught my attention at full price, I’d go broke in a month. Books are magical.īut these days, they’re also expensive as hell. Do you want to travel to Greece? Try your hand at hiking the Pacific Crest Trail? Leave Earth behind to embark on an intergalactic adventure? You can.
A good book can take you anywhere you want to go, teach you things you didn’t realize you should know, and show you what life is like for all kinds of people.
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