I have bought tons of them, mostly magazines but some books at garage sales. As far as I'm concerned, they never go out of style. mostly pay about .10-.50

Besides local suppliers, I order online when they are on sale or from AQS. As a memeber you get a pretty good discount when you buy multiple books. And. . . they sales are good.

Amazon always has the best deals 4 me.

I buy most of my books from Connecting Threads when they are running 40% off. I generally only buy the newer releases and not older books.

I didn't realize their were wholesalers for just quilt books - I say Go For It

I get my quilt books from either JoAnne's with their 40% off coupon, or from the local quilt shop using their coupons. In Phoenix, we have 35th Ave and Northern Avenue quilt shop and we have Mulqueens Quilt Shop. They each have several locations to choose from. Only buy when I have a coupon, as other patterns are available for free from various internet quilting sites. from, Debbie

Ditto

what a good deal to get all those books, you could always recycle the ones you do not want.....lucky me to have a half price book store in my town, i go there first, and get good quilting books for $2 to $6 each, depending on the author, how old the book is, etc.....if i cant find it there, my husband has free shipping with amazon.....i just hate waiting for the book to get here........gina

Harry, books are very expensive in Australia. Most soft covered quilting books are Starting at the $50 mark for books which I see listed in the States for $15. A lot of people use the U.K. site that I will list below for you to compare. There are a few others, but this seems to be the most popular amongst my crowd.Hope my info. is helpful to you - after all, we are a much smaller market than the Americas and Europe.
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/

Mine are purchased from here, ebay and half priced book store. One in a while if I really want it from Barnes & Nobles.

I comb second hand shops and used book stores. Plus buying them fro ER Hamilton. They make lovely gifts for other quilters. Marvel

That is my problem. Getting too many quilting books. There are dozens of projects in each book; times many books, times years and years of time. . . . .

Try www.bookfinder4u.com. They do all the searching for you at 130 different sale sites for books and you can usually find them pretty reasonable. I use them a lot and I have over 650 quilt books.

Amazon and sometimes Ebay have some deals.

I go to Better World Books, Alibris, and ebay and compare prices. Some of the older, out of print books are terribly expensive and there are some great books out there. My used bookstore sells hardback quilting books for $10. IMHO, I would love a good source for out of print books at reasonable prices.

I don't know of a particular site that just sells quilting books like you describe. I'm like those who have already posted. I've gotten books at discounts from LQS (some LQS offer discount cards after you have bought so much at their shop), Amazon (new and used), Joann's, clearance at any store that had clearance craft books, Book Fairs such as the Green Valley Bookfair off Interstate 81 in Virginia, library sales, discount and used book stores, etc...I like your idea though, let us know as I will definitely check it out:)

Found out something about myself and quilt books today. I was having a bad day, saw my Dr. And now he is talking surgery because he want me to lose 125 lbs. Made me feel really bad about myself so I went shopping. Couldn't find any fabric I liked at this craft store so I went to look at quilt books. I found that I wouldn't pay full price for a book unless it had at least 3 projects I really liked and I found out that the projects I liked were done in fabrics I liked. I was surprised cause I thought I was more creative than that, but here I was looking for projects because I liked the fabric not the pattern. No wonder I have only done appliques. Came home empty handed.

Anyone who likes quilt books should also check out" Edward Hamilton Bookseller" . They have a flat shipping rate less than $4. The books can be a buy. I look every month or so. Frequently there are $30 range books for less than $10. Also I thought it would be a good place to order several if you were teaching a class!

I borrow the book from the library or friend, and if I like it, I look for it on Ebay or on Amazon's sellers. If I can't find a good price for it, then I'll probably order it new from Amazon.

I have to admit that I like to buy used more than I like to buy new. Many times, my used books look like they are new.

When you decide be sure to let us know. There a couple of out of print books I would love to have.

Sure, Harry, I will ask - just tell us when!
and
For those of you quilters with duplicate books, or "extra" books - ask the library if they would like to have them!
Because most quilt books are in "new" condition they like to add them to their shelves...at lest my library did!
J

Harry: I personally do not know of a website dedicated to selling only used Quilting books, but if you buy them I'm sure you could do well with them here and as an indiviual on 1/2 Price books or as an Amazon seller and also E-Bay. Can you do some research on the titles to see what you have? My main concern is that the seller might have already taken out the "more profitable" titles and left you with a quanity of "less profitable" titles. If you are dealing with a reputable business person, they should give you a chance to look over the inventory. Also take in consideration the time and trips to the post office for books that may only sell for$3-$4. I did this ten years back with videos before DVDs were really popular.
Jovi

I am selling mine on Amazon, but not getting good prices. I don't believe there is a site just for quilting books, but if you find out, let me know. I also have tons of quilting magazines to sell. Next option is to do my own website, but that takes a lot of time to promote, etc.

Good luck and if you can buy right, do so. They will never go out of style or date.

I usually buy from LQS or borrow from the library. When I was at Mayo Clinic this past July, I went into an antique shop, near the back, I spotted an old cardboard dress box & inside were some quilt booklets, block patterns & actual quilting patterns from a farm woman from the 40's. What a find. I could only purchase a few since I only had alittle money with me, wasn't planning on buying anything. I just couldn't pass this up. Hopedully the rest of the patterns will be there this July & I can get the rest. The woman had actually kept whole cloth patterns that she had drawn on large pieces of paper.

Well, I am an Amazon person as well.

you are very lucky, Sure wish I had that opportunity.

I purchase most books thru Crafterschoice.com, or Connecting threads catalog. I hate to pay full price.

When I started collecting, I went through the Quilter's Bookclubs and bought a lot of books at full price. I would look for books at thrift shops and yard sales. I also bought on sale at Joann's. I had to have everything printed for awhile.

Now, I buy online through Amazon or other auctions (not Ebay) and only at a great price. I buy very few now because I can get so many great patterns and things online. I also go to the library and see what they have there.

Guess it is because I have so many books and magazines from my previous life. Now I want to sell them and make up my own designs using EQ....

Thru the years quilting techniques have changed so much and although many patterns have been adapted from template to strip and rotary cutting I found I gave away many books that I no longer used.
Many cities have quilt shows and lots of quilt books and years of Quilters Newsletters magazines etc. But knowing which books are good, meaning good directions and measurements that are true is difficult until one has some experience.
I don't know of any quilting book site
Half.com
ebay.com will show lists of new and used but you can specify.
Publishers may be the way to go and contact them. Depends on what you wish to do?
Good starter books, etc.?
Good Luck

I just want to say thanks for the responses and want to give you a little update. I am going forward with the quilting book website. It is definitely a lot of work. I have only input about a hundred titles so far and I would guess we have about 900 to 1000 more to go. I named the site www.discountquiltbooks.com. Right now my kitchen looks like a library. I would expect it will take at least a month to input all the info. I will post an update when it is up and running.

Thanks to all who have posted so far.
Harry Barnett