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5126665 No.5126665[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

Do you buy your books or borrow from the library?

>> No.5126672

buy from second hand shops

>> No.5126675

Both, and download.

It's a matter of how important it is to have on hand and how quickly I want to read it.

>> No.5126684

>>5126665
Buy.

>> No.5126688

>>5126684
But what if you want to read game of thrones for example, and there are 5 book, and everyone cost 20$?

You wouldn't go to the library?

>> No.5126689

>>5126688
each one*

>> No.5126690

>>5126688
You may be on the wrong board, OP. We don't read that sort of thing here.

>> No.5126702

>>5126690
nigger please many here read game of thrones but don't want to admit it because it's popular, and you know, it's kinda shameful to admit you like something popular on /lit/.
you know it's true anon.

>> No.5126703

college town thrift store, .50¢ books.

>> No.5126716

What's the maximum amount of money you should spent on a single book?

Is 110 too much for a first edition out-of-print classic?

>> No.5126718

>>5126716
yes almost all books are worthless very few are collectible

>> No.5126727

>>5126702
I'm not him but I am a pompous reader, majoring in English. I share this anon's sentiments

>> No.5126742

>>5126727
Dude i know the books are not as great as people say they are, i just finished the first book and i think it sucks pretty bad, the book was boring at most parts and had no "high quality literature" in it, but i still wanna know what will happen because i love the TV series so much, i honestly think it's one of the best TV shows ever made

>> No.5126771

>>5126688
I have a job that pays a lot and I like physical books. I'm sure I could cut $1500-2000 of spending per year if I just read all books on my kindle, but I'd rather spend it on something I liked.

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5126773

borrow them, scan them and buy the important ones.

>> No.5126788

>>5126773
jesus fucking christ

>> No.5126790

>>5126773
wouldn't that shit take forever
i'd be down with uploading books but not if it takes forever

>> No.5126795

In theory I prefer library.
But actually I am not a member of the local library and I just buy second hand books for cheap.

>> No.5126797

>not being on bibliotik

>> No.5126799

>>5126797
invite please?

>> No.5126801

I don't have any ID so I can't become a member of my local library. I usually buy second hand books.

>> No.5126820

I mainly us soulseek.

>> No.5126886

Both. My school library is amazing.

>> No.5126890

>>5126886
Take advantage of it while you can.

>> No.5126892

Both and also download. Mostly buy; a lot of the stuff I want to read isn't in the library or online. Or else I like it so much that I want my own copy.

>> No.5126909

I mainly borrow my books from my school library. Some, however, are too popular and hard to borrow or the library simply don't have, so I have to buy them. I also download books on my Kindle every now and then.

>> No.5127071

>>5126665 I download audiobooks and when there's no audiobook for the book I want to read I'd borrow them from the library if they had it.

>>5126773 How are you scanning them ? Do you have a book scanner ?

>> No.5127168

I purchase my books. I don't like the idea of having to return something at some point. It bothers me in the back of my mind while reading.

Plus, I like to fill out my bookshelf.

>> No.5127275

Short of making a new thread this is the best place to ask.

Where is the best place in the UK to buy hardbacks?

I am moving and getting a new bookshelf and want to get hardback copies of my favourite books (I'll have them facing outward to break things up) and would prefer not to entrust the Royal Mail with the delivery of them. Waterstones have a few hardbacks for classics I want but things like Blood Meridian and Catch 22 are obviously going to be hard to find.

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>>5126788
i know

>>5126790
it did take me a long time. dont know how long will it take me to read them... will actually start next week.

>>5127071
pic related. once one sets a method to do it, it can be quite easy and quick.

>> No.5127462

>>5127455
If you're reading them digitally why can't you just download them?

>> No.5127474

>>5126773

real savvy anon

>> No.5127477

I always buy the nicest edition I can get new.

>> No.5127514

>>5127462
emm because i like to waste time and money.

>reading books that can be found online

>> No.5127519

>>5126665
Borrow from the library
Other than the return date being a bother sometimes, I don't see why you would buy books more often than get them from the library
It's free books

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>>5126665
Such a disgusting picture.

>> No.5127874

>>5127869
I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought that. It was starting to make me sweat.

I much prefer your picture. My room is quite similar to that except I sleep in a hammock.

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>>5127869

>> No.5127909

>>5127903
Those shelves seem deliberately designed to collect dust.

>> No.5127923

>>5127909

depends on ventilation

>> No.5127930

>>5126688
the 5 book box set of that is $20 used (and who the hell buys books new) i don't think it'll be much of a problem!

>> No.5127935

>>5127923
Unless it's a cleanroom with positive pressure, that shit is going to get dusty.

>> No.5127942

>>5126773
I would respect you immensely if you made pdfs of your scanned books then uploaded them to both private and public trackers.

>> No.5127947

>>5127935
Even with "positive anal pressure," that room would dusty as hell.

>> No.5127950

>>5126773

...Linku?

>> No.5127957

>>5127869
OP's pic is better. Clutter is comfy. Your pic looks like a waste of valuable space.

>> No.5127961

>>5127957
>Clutter is comfy
Only if your rat.

>> No.5127964

>>5127961
His rat what? WHAT? I'm on the edge of my seat.

>> No.5127971

>>5127957
>space that you can move around and breathe in
>waste
>space filled with shitty, smelly dusty old books and vermin
>space well spent

Do you own a typewriter?

>> No.5127978

>>5127961
Urban rats live in sewers and wild rats live in prairies. They only come to houses for food. Rats are minimalists by nature. They like open space.

>> No.5127991

>>5127971
>space filled with shitty, smelly dusty old books and vermin

Of course because eveyone is a college undergrad that can spend more than a minute a day to clean. Minimalism is the result of laziness.

>Do you own a typewriter?
No. Did you happen to be wearing a turtle neck and beret when writing that? So pomo of you.

>> No.5127993

>>5127942
>>5127950
well only stuff in enlgish i have is collected pdfs from the internet. all scanned stuff is in french... i know ill share it some time in the future tho, but now i dont really have too much time for that.

>> No.5127996

>>5127991
Cant*

>> No.5128001

>>5127957
>Clutter is comfy

I sort of agree. I like to sit in corners facing the door because I feel more protected and relaxed, but my mind is anything comfortable.

"I had three pieces of limestone on my desk, but I was terrified to find that they required to be dusted daily, when the furniture of my mind was all undusted still, and threw them out the window in disgust."

>> No.5128006

>>5126688
a) why would i want to read game of thrones?
b) why would i pay full price for game of thrones instead of buying it second hand for a fraction of that?
c) why would i buy all of game of thrones at once rather than one at a time when i don't even know i like it?

>> No.5128013

>>5128001
Based Thoreau. That's why I keep all my possessions out of the way in a single closet.

>> No.5128020

>>5126801
Are you undocumented, or did you just never get a driving license? You can get a state ID card, even if you aren't old enough to drive. If you are from a foreign country, you can use that nation's ID card or passport as a form of picture ID at a library, even if your passport isn't valid. The library won't report you to INS.

>> No.5128033

>>5128013
I only finished that book last week but I already feel it made more of an impact on my life than many others. I've always been a fan of minimalism but he articulated it brilliantly.

"Superfluous income can only by superfluities" was something I needed to read. I spend way too much on shit I don't need simply because I can, but I feel worse for having all that stuff strewn about the place. I'm moving soon and I plan on being ruthless and getting rid of most of it.

>> No.5128069

>>5128033
That's a good plan. In addition to getting rid of most of the trash before you move, you should only unpack things at the moment of use when you're in your new place. Seeing what remains boxed after a few weeks or months gives you a good sense of what useless possessions you have left.

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>>5126665
I buy used books, sometimes people leave writings on it and it makes me feel less of a failure, pic related, this book has more signatures and more email addressess than all my friends and contacts combined

>> No.5130409 [DELETED] 

>buying books that would have these kind of marks

lit is sure underage these days. summerfag? hope so...

>> No.5130417

>>5130383
>buying books that would have these kind of marks

lit is sure underage these days. summerfag? hope so...

>> No.5130434

>>5130417
That doesnt affect in any way the reading of the book.