Blog entry at Bookfinder about buying used books for Earth Week.
There is this line in the blog entry: There are times when I have to buy a book new, sometimes I just can’t wait to read a new authors work, or when I was in school I could not always find the textbooks I wanted used; but with used books being both better for the environment and easier on your pocketbook I think it is an easy decision to make.
Note: Someone has to buy the new books or there won’t be any used books.
Yea, but that someone is not me
True, someone has to be impatient and get the new release right away. Fine by me. I can wait, so I can get it used (thus easier on the old pocketbook). And in the interest of disclosure, there are one or two authors I may buy new, but for the most part, it’s used all the way. Most people who buy new read it once and resell anyways. So why should I bother?
Game
If everyone played the game the way you play the game then no one could play the game.
Yes….But,
Libraries are in the business of “used” books. And, please do not tell me we buy new books, we do but we also have a huge collection of “gifts” & “donations”…most all pre-read before going onto our shelves.
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