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A few places really. I order online from Chapters.ca. From physical stores I go to one used bookstore fairly often and sometimes to larger chain stores like Chapters. However, I live close to Toronto which has to really great stores. The (formally) largest bookstore in the world and I really good used bookstore that has so many hardcovers in great condition for all sorts of books.

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My favourite local place here in Colombo is the Sarasavi or I just use Sarasavi online and Kapruka when we're abroad during our family holidays if I wanna order Sinhalese books online really quickly. For English novels I use Chapters, Amazon and Kobo. When I wanna take my time to review/go through the books before I buy, I always liked Sarasavi and Chapters or from online, Goodreads!

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I'll generally go to Waterstones, but sometimes I will get them off Amazon. If they are out of print then i'll check places like Amazon's marketplace and Play.com or Ebay. I don't go to car boot sales very often but ive got a fair few books from there before for great prices.

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Amazon for newer books and ebooks.

 

However, where the bulk of my library additions are currently coming from is every year, my local library does a big event where they get rid of their old books and people can donate theirs as well. They then sell all the books (50 cents for paperback, $1 for hardcover). I usually find myself getting at least one box full each year. I've found some nice gems in there too, the best being a first edition of Canticle for Leibowitz. I do need to stop buying copies of Rama II from them though, as I somehow keep forgetting that that's in my collection (Though admittedly, the one I find each year is in better shape than the last).

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