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Are New Books Worth It?? || Book Reviews & Recommendations
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2019
- Today's video is a bit different, I thought I would talk about books I bought or "haul"ed brand new and if I thought they were worth it or not. Basically a bunch of books reviews!
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Unfortunately i have to buy almost all my books new, because there are rather few used English books available in the Netherlands. Even when some shop sells them, it's usually a bunch of the same classics. Makes you feel even better when you do find those gems tho! Also basically whenever I go to the UK I bring an empty suitcase for all the used books I buy there. Still, I am incredibly jealous of the Canadian and American library sales and massive used book stores!
I have the same problem! Though there is this one secondhand books website called awesomebooks which ships to the Netherlands for not that much. It's mostly older books but they're so cheap, it's amazing
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@@sabinebrander8237 thanks for that great second hand bookshop recommendation! I'd never heard of it!
Omg I do the same! Everytime I go to England I spend hours in British Heart Foundation shops😂 and I keep my suitcase half empty because of that. Are you me?😂
I am not sure if they ship to the Netherlands but I use medimops in Germany. They have pretty much all books for really good prices... especially if the book is like more than a year old
I immediately like people who buy second hand books
This is a great idea, I could fit all of my new books in one video too
Read and Write with Monica saaaame, tbh as a student I don't have the money to buy all my books brand new. I find myself getting most of my books on bookoutlet, actually
Second hand books rock.
Oh boy, I stress bought over 80 books between 2018 and 2019, and I have no idea if they are worth it or not because they are still unread. The acquiring of books is an art, remember friends
Hey Emily!!!! You totally should do a video of you speaking only French and just have English subtitles! That would be so much fun!! 😱💁🏻♀️😂
She did a few a while back on her beauty channel! :) (ua-cam.com/video/zsgQR3pu38Y/v-deo.html)
I’ve started only buying new books if 1. It’s my fave author or 2. I can’t find them at all in second hand stores/op shops or at the library and it’s been such a good decision tbh
I saw your edition of His Dark Materials and knew I HAD to leave a comment because I bought the same one a few years ago when I used to live in England. I first read this serie in french when I was 9/10 years old and fell madly in love with it. I knew I loved reading before that but Philip Pullman will always be the one who made me understand how much reading was important to me and my sanity. Anyway, I kept my old French books close to my heart and me and the three of them followed me almost everywhere until that day I saw this UK edition in a bookstore. I thought at first I didn't need it since I already owned the books and resisted the urge to buy it for weeks... months? But one day I stepped into my bookstore again and the book was gone (as they only had one on display). It almost literaly broke my heart and I actually cried on my way back home. A week after, the book was back on store and I didn't think twice before buying it. I never regretted it even though I still have to read it.
This was a huge comment but there's actually not a lot of French people who know or at least love this serie as much as I do and I was so excited to see someone, even on UA-cam, who shared my love for it. c:
Same all the way from italy. I cried when the tv series was announced lol
I used to buy all my books new, but the last few years I've been reading 100+ books a year so buying everything is no longer an option. I do try to keep my new books to known, well loved authors or books I'm just really excited about/know I'll love. I do still impulse buy new books as well, but for the most part I try to get everything else used or from the library.
It's so cool to see that your voice also kinda changed now that you are recovering from surgery
Thats why i borrow books first from the library, so i don’t regret buying if its not good. I have saved so much time and money doing this. I live in Canada, books here are more expensive than in the US.
Supporting my authors.... well, my favourite ones anyway. a full 3rd of my books I've bought hardcover as a new release and I don't regret any of them. sometimes I may not like the content but I don't regret the purchase.
plus I take a tiny bit of pride in the fact that I own first edition, first print of some of my favourite books.... and wish I could own 1st ed/1st print of some others (this is the collector coming out)
I also buy books to support authors, I get a lot of books through my job and use my library a bunch as well. I think it's great we can mix our choices!
I buy new books a lot but I think it ends up being half used books half new on my shelves in the end :) I almost always want to buy new books from authors that I really like on their release day or close to it, even though I (more often than not) don't end up reading them right away x) I've since been limited by the size of my bookshelves though so I don't think I'm going to buy a lot more books in the future until I'm done with the ones I have :p (except for series obviously, I need the next ones!)
A lot of the new books I buy do end up being worth it as I tend to buy the books I most think I'm going to like otherwise I prefer getting the audiobook or the ebook :) (I would get them from my library but I live in France so they only have the most popular books in English and even when they do buy new releases, it takes them months to add them to the catalogue, which makes me crazy) But overall I'm not mad that some books I buy new don't end up being great, I just unhaul them and bring them to a free library in my city in the hope that they will find a better home like a lot of books I found there did 😊
Also, I feel like Booktube has made me want to buy new books more because I'm aware of so many new releases all the time, I'm just an extremely curious person idk and I have hardly ever felt regret in buying a book? So much of my money goes into books but I love it
I love the idea of this video. I only but new books 1 - if I know that others in my family will read them 2 - if I know I will love them and read them again 3 - if I can't find them used. Otherwise I but used or ebook or library. I know I'm lucky I can do that, but we are planning to move and now I realize just how many books I own. 😱
I don't recall ever buying a bran new book for myself. Only as gifts to others. I grew up fairly poor so used books were the ones i could afford. Luckily there are tons of used books stores where i live. Nowdays i read mostly digital, but theres something really fun about browsing shelves on those stores trying to come up with a hidden gem, so i still do it from time to time.
I do sometimes, to support the few bookshops there are left, but often most I borrow on Libby. Or purchase on kindle.
That's a beautiful version of His Dark Materials. I need to hunt that down. I don't buy very many new books- mostly used. But, I LOVED His Dark Materials and definitely want a pretty version.
I buy almost all my books new. Most of them aren't available or are just a few cents cheaper than the new one, especially newer books. I don't even know if there are library sales in Germany. But our library isn't really good anyways. 😅
Last book I bought brand new and even pre-ordered, was Artemis. Can youf eel the regret coming off me in waves??
More often than not I buy 2nd hand just because they're so expensive and I read so much. Even series I *love*, I'll probably buy the epub the day of release and then wait for the paperback release - annoyingly, the more popular a series gets, the more often it become that it is released in stupidly expensive hardback first and then paperback later (6-12 months) or the US cover comes out before the UK and with the exception of one series, the US covers are generally less attractive to me, so I wait for the cover I want.
When I was in my 20s ( many many moons ago 😅😂) I used to buy all of my books new. Now that I'm older, and more patient I get my books almost exclusively from the library. I'm lucky enough that where I live multiple cities let you have library cards if you live in the state (Colorado) so I get ebooks and just plan ahead as much as possible. Occasionally I just can't wait then I try to buy an ebook but I live in a 300 sq ft camper because we travel all year
I buy my books used almost all the time. When I buy a brand new book it’s because it’s the continuation of a series and I can’t wait to read it! For example : The song of ice and fire series and the Magnus Chase series! Great video! Super interresting 👍🏻
I hate reading a series before it's all out because I just can't stand cliffhangers. But I do want to support the authors, so I try to buy books as they come out for authors that have a track record or have been recommended by people I trust (Emily Fox being one of them!). Sometimes I'm disappointed, but I know how little the average non block buster author makes and I'm willing to take the hit because I can. I'm not the "Book Police" and I think it's important for people to live within their means, so I understand why others may not be able to or may not wish to.
When I really got into reading in English few years ago (I speak Spanish) I started buying only new books, so I was poor :'v but recently I started buying from people on twitter, facebook groups, abebooks, and a second hand store in San Diego, Bookoff. After I read a book, I resell it or trade it if I don't think I'll reread it. Used books are the best ♥ I still buy brand new books sometimes, for signings.
omg I found Brandon Sanderson books in an op shop (thrift store) the other day and I was so excited
Hello Emily,
Concerning the second Book of Dust book, I was also sot that hyped by a sequel but The Secret Commonwealth actually happens after His Dark Materials : Lyra is grown up and from what I've read, it's set in Istanbul
I too am a second hand book lover. However there are a few exceptions I purchased Haruki Murakami novels as soon as they came out in hardcover (no regrets there, I love his bibliograpjy without exception. I have also purchased a Jane Austen all books hardcover. And realised later on that it was a mistake, not because I don't like the novels, read them all, love them all, but it is too heavy and hard to read because of that. I should have gotten the novels separately.
Being an Audible member helped me out with some of the novels though such as anything by Joe Abercrombie (grimdark fantasy), anything by Naomi Novik, and most things by Stephen King and Leigh Bardugo, I just preorder them and listen right away.
I used to buy everything brand new right away but now that I listen to audio books too I try to wait until I want to read it so I can decide what format. I have so many unread books I’m calming down on the spending a little. Same goes with makeup lol
I go in spurts like a pendulum. I either want to buy all the things at once, or am content to just read from my shelves.
I just finished the Count of Monte Cristo last night. It’s definitely worth finishing! It was good!
I actually bought Becky Chambers’ new novella, and I really loved it!
I just read Dark Matter and I really enjoyed it! It was a vacation read for me
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is pretty complex and worth it, so I largely agree here 😁
I agree with you about Holy Sister. I LOVE the trilogy, but Holy Sister was my least favorite. I borrowed it from the library though, so...🙈
I was so disappointed with The Cursed Child as well! I went out and pre-ordered it before it came out in Greece and I was like "it's going to get better" the whole time to convince myself to keep reading, luckily it was a quick read and it'll just stay on the self forever with the rest of the series just because it belongs to the universe.
I loved Fantastic beasts and where to find them and dark matter though. Really good stories to me. I still need to get on the rest of the books because I've had most of them on my tbr for ages.
I get most of my books new. I'm a slow reader so I always do some research before I decide on what books to buy and it's more hit than miss so far :D
every time you talk about children of time you make me want to read it more!! I will probably get it for christmas as a gift for myself :3
I really hope you'll love it! It was a very interesting concept. It was fun that the chapters would switch between humans and spiders and to see how it affected the writing style. The ending was unexpected for me in a good way!
I’m a French speaker but its not my native and you made me so much less afraid to read le comte de monte cristo 💕 i think I’m actually going to try it soon
Great video! I don't buy books brand new often because the hardbacks are just a little to expensive right after publication. But a recent book that I ordered brand new was Ninth House. I just finished reading it and sadly it wasn't worth it to buy it full price. Not only that but I pre-ordered a special edition that was even more expensive. Well I guess it happens 😁 But I really don't think this book is worth the whole hype... Sadly. I really wanted to love it.
PLEASE FINISH THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO!!! It was absolutely amazing and just listen to the audiobook if you need to get through the story! So worth it! :D
The only.book I have of V E Scwab is the near witch. I have a fleeting interest to read her other books but for some reason not got there yet.
I buy pretty much all my books used, but if I care about the book I will go for the "best condition" option on the website that I use and they are mostly as good as new!
I haven't bought a new book in years but I might ask for the Philip Pullman ones for Christmas because the covers are just gorgeous (I am too cheap to buy them myself haha). But maybe I wait until all of them are out.
PS: I feel like there is not enough love for his books, I loooved His Dark Materials as a child and recently re-read the trilogy and they only got better!
In my country there is novsuch thing as library sales and only very few used bookstores, so if I want to buy used, I have to buy from a person on the internet. But yeah, i do that sometimes. I buy up to 5 new books a year. The latest one is Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn 1st book. And some of it in the summer, but man do things move slow there, so I kinda stopped for awhile and did not pick up again, but I definitely will. I'm also aplying for a job in a bookstore, wish me luck 😣
My country doesn't have any library so I mostly have to buy my books new. Recently I only found out about a used online site selling used books from the UK with a shipping charge of £2 per book. The books ranged from £2 onwards too so they're quite cheap. The website is worldofbooks.
I generally do not pay full price for any books. Most recently I bought Becky Chambers new book. And I’m probably going to buy Leigh Bardugos new book and definitely going to buy anything Brandon Sanderson.
Did you see that Mark Lawrence is releasing a NEW book in April that’s book 1 in a new trilogy that takes place in the same world as Red Sister?!
Yup! I think he knows my bday is in April...
I bought Ninth House brand new and read it right away and gave it 5 stars so I would say it was worth it. This is surprising though because I hardly ever buy new books (love my library), but also because I prefer to own/read paperbacks (especially the floppy kind). The book is really pretty though so I'm happy the money was well spent because it will be living on my shelf. The worst is when I buy a new hardcover for some reason and don't end up loving it enough to keep so it's like donating that money when I give the book away when I could've just waited and used the library.
I rarely buy books brand new since there are so many releases, and most of them are hardback which gets expensive. But I did buy King of Scars new (ebook) and it was totally worth it! Once I read Strange the Dreamer (not new, I was a year or so late to the hype!) I pre-ordered Muse of Nightmares and I unfortunately didn’t like it as much
I buy a lot of my books new but most of the times they're either with some clearance or they're on sale. Also one of my favorite bookstores in Amsterdam sincerely has the best sale section. I'm also quite lucky that my area has 4 amazing thrift stores where I have found so many amazing books. And I basically use subscription services as a maniac😂
I love full size books too!📚🤓
I feel you on the Fantastic Beasts screen play. My husband offered to buy me them and I told him no, which caused his jaw to drop. I figured the movies were enough because I’m lukewarm on them anyway. 🤷🏼♀️
completely agree about The Cursed Child 😅
yeeess Jane Austen! 💗
the only books I buy new are pretty classics or books by authors whose prose I really love
I've only bought new book and ebook. It's not that I have anything against buying used books, it's because I lack patients and there's a Barnes and Noble stores only a few mins from my house. But I do donate books I don't want to keep.
Bought Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames brand new. Totally worth it. I am almost finished and am loving it.
My library had an amazing sale. $1 for a full bag of books
Good/popular?
It was a mix of books.
Felt the same way about the wayfarer books. Others like the murderbot diaries or imperial radch series had more conflict to keep me interested as well as AIs figuring themselves and society out. I only buy my most anticipated books new and use the library for everything else. Last book I bought was iron gold by pierce brown. That series is 🔥
I borrow from my library and pick up used books. But I live in a small town. So it can be very difficult to find anything recent or niche. I often end up having to buy from bookdepository or Booktopia if I want a specific book. Our main used book store is just as (and sometimes more) expensive as buying online. So 🤷
I had a *horrible* habit of buying books new, so I have had a rule for myself that I have to check the library first for the books I want, and it’s cut down *so much* on my book buying it’s ridiculous.
I can't even remember the last time I bought a book brand new, except for ebooks, of course. The last I recall was Warriors, the anthology edited by Gardner Dozois and George R. R. Martin, at Hastings before they closed. And it was on sale. Definitely worth it, btw.😂
I usually buy brand new but it slowly became a problem so I have decided to only buy books I love and the rest from the library. But its hard when the list is like a year long .... but I shall persevere! Lol.
Emily, have you reviewed "Educated" by Tara Wentworth? We are reading it now for our bookclub and I hoped for your input. Thanks. New subscriber. Mobile, AL
Finally someone that agrees with me about Vengeful. I loved both of them but Vengeful was slightly better than Vicious because of Marcella. Also, Children of Ruin is looking at me from the other side of my bedroom and I'm still afraid of reading it cuz Children of Time was perfect!
The only new book I've bought in the last 5 years was Infinite Jest and that was a mistake.
I tend to buy my books brand new because I like thinking I'm the first person/reader to touch it. I know like that's not the case but in my head, I like the feeling of 'being first'. Like, it only has my germs... It doesn't make sense but that's that. However, I rarely read physical books as of late.
I hardly buy knew unless I have already read it via library or kindle or its a favorite author and I just need all there books. 😁
I try to buy my books used if possible. Sometimes I do buy a new book and one that comes to mind is Daugther of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor. And... it wasn't worth it. So many people really liked that book and the whole series but I think the first book was enough for me. I'm not gonna finish the series. I only gave the first book 2 stars.
And I just received The Institute by Stephen King. I bought it brand new and haven't read it but King is one of my favourite authors and I wanna own all of his books. So I think I can still say it was worth it :D
I mostly buy new books. Where I am from there are almost no second handed books in the books I read. Specially in English. But I live in the Netherlands so we mostly read and speak Dutch.
Mostly I buy used. But I buy, on average, 2-4 new books a month to support authors and physical bookstores.
Book tube made me spend so much money on books, whereas I could have gotten most of my books half price 😅
I do unfortunately have to buy my books new. I live in a pretty rural part of Canada and the nearest library to me is quite small. There is just no used bookstore near me and the closest new bookstore is in a town with an hour and a half drive away, so the vast majority of my books needs to mailed to me. That also means that I get a lot of audiobooks and ebooks if I can't wait to start a new book.
If you ever go to a bigger city, look into buying a library card. You can then use Overdrive or Libby to read ebook or audiobooks!
Have u read Bel-ami??
I almost never buy new books, because I'm a student and don't have a lot of money, so I only buy second hand. The only books I bought new are of course the Harry Potter books (same edition as yours), the Lord of the rings books and The perks of being a wallflower. I don't regret it! They look amazing.
I bought the special UK edition of Muse of Nightmares but I couldn’t even get a 100 pages into it. Since the hardcovers are out of print and the UK editions for these books are highly coveted, I’m gonna probably sell my copy for a good price 😂
Buying Sic of Crows and Crooked Kingdom was definitely worth it, even though now I‘d rather have it as a hardcover 🙈 Because of that I bought Children of Blood and Bone as a hardcover and it definitely wasn‘t worth its money. I am now reading The City of Brass and once again I‘m regretting not buying it as a hardcover 😂
I used to buy books new but then I realised it was a waste of money. In fact, I realised buying books was a waste of money for me when I have a library and already had so many books on my shelf that I haven’t gotten to. So now I use my library or buy from second hand shops, unless I’m really anticipating a book then I’ll wait a few months until the price drops anyway lol.
Emily, what was the book you recommended when you mentioned you were going to get a Recursion by Blake Crouch, but instead got something else. Did you say Ark? 😞 i couldn’t understand. Sorry!
Oh I meant "ARC" Advance Reader Copy. Basically on certain websites like NetGalley you can get a copy before it's out to review it. I was able to read it that way, that's why I didn't buy a copy!
so I was wondering. where do you go to buy used books in English in Quebec? le struggle est real
BookOutlet ships to Canada!
I live in Montreal and I find so many used books in English in the various Librairies Renaissance of the city (they're like value village but just for books) 😍
Madeleine Hernandez wow I had no idea that existed. I'll check it out, thanks so much!
I am living in France and it ia difficult to find second-hand books in English ☹️
I'm so bad about buying books I want brand new. It's awful, I know, but I'm just one of those people. HOWEVER, I did pick up the Shades of Magic Trilogy, Vicious, the Six of Crows duology, the first and third books from the Stormlight Archive and the Remnant Chronicles all courtesy of Book Outlet, so at least there's that?
I have bought only 3 brand new books so far and I have regretted all three 😭 Only used books for me 😬
Woow dunno where but I heard Vengeful is really bad and after that, I dodged it like a plague even though I liked Vicious. Thanks so much, Emily, since I trust your judgement I can read it in peace now :D
Unpopular opinion - I didn't like Dark Matter. I really liked the premise, but all the characters fell flat for me and all apart from the MC were instantly forgettable. I also felt like it was written more like a movie than a novel - though I would like to see it as a movie, which I think it's being made into. I did get it used though so there is that!
Oh absolutely I always mention it hence why I gave it 4.5 stars and not 5. Characters, dialogues and prose are not is forte!
@@BookswithEmilyFox Yer, I do think I had known that too from you and/or others before starting, but my expectations were so high and it just didn't work for me. I'm also beginning to realise I prefer more character driven books which is part of my dislike
Cursed Child not being worth it I agree with, but I love the Fantastic Beasts films
It is lucky to get a good book new in Russia, to buy something except classics or Soviet books used is pretty hard, especially if you are looking for books in English or any other foreign language.
Sorry, English is not my 1st language also and I can't make where you bought the Jane Austen books (also CC is not working), I need those 😱
Book Depository :) bit.ly/2qiUhvX
@@BookswithEmilyFox Are they easy to read if english is not your first language? Some classics are difficult! 🤔
They're not the easiest. I remember trying to read them a few years ago and struggling!
@@BookswithEmilyFox thank you!
@@BookswithEmilyFox Thank you!
Not vengeful in my opinion is not worth reading. It doesn’t feel like a duology.
I need Dark Matter!
Cursed Child at least served some good - it made Emily discover booktube.
I wish I could buy more books. But like the book from book depository is usually around 10 Euros my monthly income after I deduct the rent and utilities is 300 Euros. So... I still bought 4 books yesterday because I got so desperate but it really sucks to live in Ukraine. I wish I could buy them used or take from the library but there are no new (or English) books in libraries and to buy used ones are even more expensive than to buy new ones from book depository. So I either don't read or sometimes pirate the ebooks, don't like wither option. =(
I recently bought two new books by Christina Henry and I just finished reading one of them and I regret it. I regret buying it new and I regret reading it! LOL
Most of the new books I buy these days end up not being worth it, and I buy them because they aren't available at my library
Did you just say intelligent spiders? Uhhh no thank you! That seems like something out of my nightmares!
I think Snow Globe Emily won this episode.
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99% of my books are new. we don't have a lot of second hand book stores where i live and if i actually find one the books are like 20+ years old and in a really bad condition.
I bought “where the crawdads sing” brand new and thought that it was overhyped ):
I regret you buying children of ruin and not reading it 😕
Soooooon!