Book bargains for traveling readers

In airport stores run by The Paradies Shops, you can buy a book, read it, and return it within six months to any store in the chain that sells books and get back 50 percent of the purchase price. The stores, which operate under such names as CNBC News, The New York Times Bookstore, and TravelMart, will accept a returned book no matter its condition as long as you have the original receipt. Find participating stores at www.theparadiesshops.com.

If you prefer audiobooks, you can buy tapes and CDs at Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores and return them when you're finished to any Cracker Barrel for a refund of the price less $3.49 for each week you kept the item. Find store locations at www.crackerbarrel.com.—Caroline Mayer