[Ditter]

Good suggestion but I don't know any locally owned book stores . We go to Murder By The Book but they only sell murder mysteries. I'll have to research that in the Houston area.

[Xenalyte]

There aren't many, which is why I tend to get my books from eBay.

I'd also suggest library sales - they happen at the 'Dome every so often. I've found cello-covered hardbacks for a dollar, and paperbacks for a quarter.