• have one room
• Furnish.
• Don’t pig out in your library.
• Categorize your library.
• Invest.
• Observe proper book care.

Via lifespy.com

Tip 1
Find out about jumble sales in the area from local newspapers, magazines and posters.

Tip 2
Organise a second-hand books sale at lunchtime.

Tip 3
Set up a "Home Library" noticeboard in your school.

Tip 4
Check out all the local charity shops with even a few second-hand books for sale.

Tip 5
Look out for information about guide and scout jumble sales, car boot sales and so on.

Tip 6
If you are a cub or a brownie or a guide or a scout, perhaps you could ask your leader whether you could organise a book sale or "book swap."

Tip 7
Organise a Saturday morning get-together with all your friends.  

Tip 8
Check out your relatives.

Tip 9
Make friends with your local children’s librarian. 

Tip 10
There are more and more cut-price bookshops on the High Street selling new books at very low prices.

Via myhomelibrary

Trick 1
When you go to a charity bookshop, if you cannot find the book or the author that you are looking for, do ask the bookshop staff.
Trick 2
When you go to a normal High Street bookshop, remember that the staff there have access to computerised information about books and writers, so if you cannot find the book you want, do ask them to look it up for you.
Trick 3
Many online bookshops such as BOL and Amazon sell new books for much less than High Street bookshops.
Trick 4
Often at jumble sales if you buy several books you can negotiate a lower price. Try it! Good luck.
Trick 5
The Home Library bookplates are great for covering up the name of a previous owner of a second-hand book – suddenly it’s all yours!
Trick 6
If it’s raining outside and you can’t think what to do, you can download your favourite bookplates from the Home Library website and stick them in all the books you haven’t yet put a bookplate in.
Trick 7
Keep a list of all the books in your Home Library (you could do this in a special book, or file or on the computer) with a very short 10 – 15 word summary and comment.
Trick 8
Try keeping a book on you for short bus or car journeys, (but remember, many people feel queasy if they read too long in a car or bus) train journeys and visits to the doctor or dentist.
Trick 9
Make sure your next jacket has large pockets!
Trick 10
Enter the Home Library competitions and maybe you’ll win lots of free books!

Via myhomelibrary.org