E-books+iphone. Because I don't always have enough money for paper editions, so I have to play the Jack Sparrow.

So if you're reading a lot and can swing the cost, Orange County Library System in Florida offers a virtual card for nonresidents (including those outside the US) for $125/yr. Then you would be able to use Libby or one of the other library apps and given their size, they'll definitely have a lot of the books you're looking for. Just may have to wait on them

Edit: just to clarify that this only works if you can afford that much upfront and read enough to justify it. It's the only library I know of that will give access without requiring a US address, unfortunately it's also one of the more expensive ones

Install the borrowbox app and log in with your local library credentials, it has loads of audiobooks and ebooks and is completely free to use

I live in a regional town in Australia so our local library is pretty dismal too.

I have resorted to buying books. I use the website booko to find the cheapest price. I do have a Kobo and have tried the kobo unlimited subscription, but again, the offering was pretty slim.

If you like classics at all you can download a lot for free from sites like Gutenberg.

This isn't one I do but both Kobo and Kindle also have a monthly subscription service where you get access to a lot of books. It might depend what kind of books you like but I know some people who get a lot of books that way.

Keep an eye out for sales. I'm subscribed to Kobo's email newsletters. A lot of books on my reading list have gone on sale for really cheap and I found out because of those newsletters. A lot of big bestsellers go on sale eventually too.

Are there any Little Libraries around where you live? There's one beside where I live and I've found a lot of really interesting books checking it semi regularly.

I know plenty of website, to download literally any book.

And as far as reading is conserned computer screen is the first option. Me,computer, corner of my room.

That's more than enough.

Since you are in the UK, you might check out Bookswap. They look like an affordable way to get physical books. The alternative is FB marketplace

Libraries are slowly dying because everybody has the same opinion on them, they’re underfunded, the staff are underpaid and this results in a rundown place full of old battered books and librarians with a bad attitude that have become part of the furniture.

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I'm always browsing Kobo's sales. I've found some really amazing books that way (and also a couple clunkers that taught me to always read the sample downloads), plus a lot of books I was already interested in reading. A lot of popular books end up in their sales, you just have to be on the look out for them. A lot of classics can also be gotten super cheap on their website, like a single "book" that's actually comprised of like fifty books for $2.99.

r/ebookdeals

I highly recommend trying an audiobook app

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You go the used bookstore route if you can. One of the ones where you trade in books for 1/4 cover and buy at 1/2 cover. It stretches things.

I would try the website of every major city library system and see if any do non-resident cards.

Also at a certain point you give up and start reading what the library stocks. This is why I went on a giant mystery and thriller bender in high school/college. I could not find fantasy but mysteries, thrillers, and romances had a lot of space.

Physical books: secondhand shops, or borrow from friends.

Ebooks/audiobooks: subscription services like bookbeat and storytel (they often have deals where you get a month for 1 euro or something like that, I rarely pay full price), librivox, amazon deals (a shit ton of free books too), and I have library cards in several cities, but that might not work in every country.

Library. In the US, there are local libraries with ebooks and they have sister libraries that you can also read ebooks. If you have a prime membership, you can find free ebooks too. Overdrive is one app that might help.