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<blockquote data-quote="HFS" data-source="post: 3383038" data-attributes="member: 8862">I shouldn&#039;t reveal good hunting spots but here goes. I read very little fiction, mostly history and such.USED BOOKS can be hit or miss.Sometimes thrift stores have a selection of books for sale.I found a copy of Elmer Keith&#039;s SIXGUNS (missing the dust cover but perfect otherwise) at a church book sale for a few dollars.For used books in OKC, this is packed like Wanenmacher&#039;s in Tulsa, haven&#039;t seen scooters but people do actually pull little wagons to haul their books:The Friends of the Library Book Sale is held each year on the last weekend in February at the State Fairgrounds in the Claude Hall Memorial Building (whatever it&#039;s called, it&#039;s the building with two rooms; he only uses one of them for gun shows).Anyway, one room is full of paperbacks and the other is full of hardbacks (more expensive).&nbsp; You have to be a &quot;Friend of the Library&quot; or know somebody who gets tickets to enter on Friday; admission is free on Sat and Sun.&nbsp; Books are picked over by the end.One thing I&#039;m seeing more of at this sale, is book re-sellers with some kind of smartphone app.&nbsp; The walk the aisles, not even looking at the titles or authors, just scanning book after book. If their scanner goes &quot;beep,&quot; they grab the book.&nbsp; I&#039;m guessing they have it set to a certain dollar amount and if the book can be re-sold for a profit, they snatch it up.Half-Price books can have some deals, they sell both new and used.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HFS, post: 3383038, member: 8862"] I shouldn't reveal good hunting spots but here goes. I read very little fiction, mostly history and such. USED BOOKS can be hit or miss. Sometimes thrift stores have a selection of books for sale. I found a copy of Elmer Keith's SIXGUNS (missing the dust cover but perfect otherwise) at a church book sale for a few dollars. For used books in OKC, this is packed like Wanenmacher's in Tulsa, haven't seen scooters but people do actually pull little wagons to haul their books: The Friends of the Library Book Sale is held each year on the last weekend in February at the State Fairgrounds in the Claude Hall Memorial Building (whatever it's called, it's the building with two rooms; he only uses one of them for gun shows). Anyway, one room is full of paperbacks and the other is full of hardbacks (more expensive). You have to be a "Friend of the Library" or know somebody who gets tickets to enter on Friday; admission is free on Sat and Sun. Books are picked over by the end. One thing I'm seeing more of at this sale, is book re-sellers with some kind of smartphone app. The walk the aisles, not even looking at the titles or authors, just scanning book after book. If their scanner goes "beep," they grab the book. I'm guessing they have it set to a certain dollar amount and if the book can be re-sold for a profit, they snatch it up. Half-Price books can have some deals, they sell both new and used. [/QUOTE]

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