Book Hunting

Yesterday I went to the Biggest Book Fest in QLD. It's held by Lifeline, the charity organisation. Thousands of used books were available during the 5 days of the fest, from children collections, textbooks, references, adults, hobbies, art, until rare collection. Magazines and cd/dvds were also available. There were three sections, unpriced, priced, and high quality. The 1st section was the used books and magazines with low quality, meaning that might be some tears, or writings in the books. But all of the items in this section were not more than $2. The 2nd section was the used books with better quality than that available at the 1st one, hence, the price also varied from less than $1 to more than $2 depending on the subject of the book. The last section offered high quality, like very new condition. Even some books were still in plastic sealed. In this section, the price of the books varied from more than $4 to almost $15 but compared to the original price it was much much cheaper. No wonder, the Brisbane Convention Centre, the place where the book fest was held, was full with people from babies until elderly. It became a heaven for the hungry readers.

To add my library collection, the hunting started from the priced section then continued to the unpriced and finally ended at the high quality section. In total, i spent about $150 for almost one hundred items. what a bargain !! I got heaps of story books, learning aid books, and jigsaws for children. For adult collection i got psychology, health, photography, food magazines, and parenting education.



Photos by Arief Budiman