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>> No.5201921

>>5201916
Yeah. According to Amazon, the value of that one is about five dollars.

>> No.5201925

Yep, trees died for printing these books.

>> No.5201988

>>5201921
>conflating value and price

>> No.5201994

>>5201988
>that's the joke
>the value of a john green novel is more than that of the paper its printed on

>> No.5202011

>>5201916
if it's being read by children maybe if it's being read by adults absolutely not

>> No.5202039

They could make nice kindling if I ever needed to start a campfire

>> No.5202148

>>5201916
It has value in distracting the masses from the event.

>> No.5202212

>>5202148
What the fuck is "the event"

>> No.5202226
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5202226

>>5202148

>> No.5202232

>>5202148
kek

>> No.5202236

>>5202226
Keks were had

>> No.5202275

>children's books have value
>adult books have value
>young adult books don't

>lit logic

>> No.5202288

>>5202275
children's books have a mythical clarity and simplicity that effortlessly and elegantly capture elemental themes relevant to all of life

adult books have a highly developed technical and poetical artistry that communicate complex themes and stories

young adult books are jack-off material for bratty self-obsessed teenage fucks

the fact that teenagers are the shittiest humans isn't something that can be "logically" deduced. it has to be seen to be believed.

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5202573

>Value

>> No.5202579

>>5202275
ya fiction isnt even read by teens.

Its shit books for adults. By the time you are 14 you should be reading real books.

>> No.5203614

>>5201916
In 1700-1800 yes, today no

>> No.5203703

>>5202275
Because the median isn't necessary. Children read children's books because they're not educated enough to read real literature.

But eventually they are educated enough and they just move on to real books. There doesn't have to be a middleman. Some books are difficult for beginner readers, but there are still hundreds of books that require just as much reading ability as a YA novel.

You don't go from training wheels, to young adult wheels, to a regular bike. You just go from training wheels, to a regular bike. All YA fiction tends to do is get people caught in the trap of believing that they are already reading real literature, so they have no desire to move on like one would from children's books.

>> No.5204068

>>5201916
>implying value exists

>> No.5204086

>>5202275
Children's books general value comes from their educative value. Meanwhile, YA lit has no educative or aesthetical value.