If there were a survey that asked “Where/how do you acquire your books? (mark all that apply)”, my response would look something like this:

• Traditional bookstores
• Used bookstores
• Online
• Thrift shops
• Other stores, e.g. supermarkets, home and garden centers, office supply stores
• Yard sales
• Library book sales
• Borrow from library
• Borrow from friends
• Gifts from friends
• From the author (at book signings/readings)
• Books laying around on bus benches or in coffee houses (some of these may be from Book Crossing or other similar endeavors)
• Little Free Library (and if you don’t know about these yet, please visit the site)
• the free table (I’ll talk about this in a future post).

If you are a reader (and you know who you are), you have a similar (long) list.

And for one more new idea for getting books to the people, check out the “pop-up”, open air reading rooms provided by The Uni Project.

Books are everywhere.  Life is good.