Book Sales, and why I love them

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I've been to four Book Sales over the past three years, and I absolutely love going to them. They happen twice a year---in March and September, and the pricing system is great: they stack the books against a ruler/chart thing, and the pricing is 50 cents per inch for softcovers, a dollar an inch per hardcovers.

This past Thursday, I actually acquired 43 books at the March Sale, and you can see them all here:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTZ7PlkBf-8[/youtube] (Mild language advisory: I say "crap" a few times, mainly due to stuff being out of shot or the camera almost falling over)

So, yeah. If anyone else here has local Book Sales in their area and wants to talk about them, feel free.

There's a bi-annual book sale in Portland every April and October. At the book sale last October, I volunteered there and I was impressed by the level of teamwork all the volunteers {in various "departments"} contributed to make sure order was maintained.

After I finished my volunteering, I bought three books for cheap.

I go to the book sale at the library down the street at the annual book sale each year. I like finding cheap books that are relevant to me.

Buying books at the used book sales are almost a requirement with the retail prices these days. Its always exciting when I find something cool and rare or even better signed by the author.