/lit/ - Literature

>>20947332
The prices of brand new books astonishes me every time, although I can understand the rationale behind it. Fresh books have their own appeal. I think it's a shame that bookshops have been dying a slow death for the last decade or two, but then I see books like pic related being advertised up-front and centre under a rainbow banner and my pity fades. It's their lame, collective attempt at trying to remain relevant. I suppose it's worked.
I don't think it requires any real intelligence to buy used books. I'll always try to support second-hand and independent retailers.