When you’re getting books do you prefer to get new ones or secondhand ones?

I really enjoy the “hunt” for used editions of books that I want, and browsing through stacks in used bookstores is fun and neat way to discover books that I might not ever run across otherwise! But I’m kind of picky about the condition of books I buy, so sometimes I just go the easy route and pick up a new copy. Or if it’s a book I don’t want to wait to read I’ll snag a new one!

  • davefischer@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I generally prefer older books, with the exception of brittle paperbacks. Seems like a lot of cheap paperbacks from the 50s/60s/70s used paper that aged very badly.

    • TimTheEnchanter@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      That’s probably just due to the production processes that they used back then. Nowadays we’re much more aware of things like making paper acid-free, and even our cheap mass-market paperbacks use better quality paper than books from back then.