I almost exclusively borrow books from the library. I still have a few books left over from when I was buying books, which I plan to read and release this year.

A few reasons why I switched from buying to borrowing are:

-It's free, I don't have a tight budget, but it makes no sense to me to pay for something I can get for free.

-There is no guilt if I DNF a book, if I start a book and don't like it, I just return it early.

-I don't need to create space for a large library. For many years I had several large shelves of books, but we moved to a smaller home, and now I have a single small shelf that is more than enough space.

-Dramatically reduces the chances of my binge-buying books that I'll never read.

-I rarely reread a book, so borrowing means I don't have to decide what to do with the book when I'm finished.

My system for buying books is simple, if there is a book I want to read and I can't get it from the library, I buy it, usually as an ebook or audiobook. Although with InterLibrary Loans, there are few books I can't acquire from my library.

I rarely annotate a book, but when I was reading a lot of nonfiction for work I found it best to read the book first (which could have been a loan) then if there was enough valuable info, I would purchase a copy and make my notes.

The one negative about borrowing from the library is not always being able to get the book right away. It took me some time to get my system of holding books so I always had something available to read.