My local thrift shops are packed with books for stupid cheap. A wide variety, too.
Maybe try that and have a happy medium? Not buying something new, but saving something from a landfill.
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Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Ugh but books are just about the main thing I’m consumerist about. I WANT to have them in my home indefinitely. I want to be reminded a specific title exists by seeing it on the shelf, and then reread it. And I want to underline or comment on my favourite passages in pencil. They’re the one non-necessity I’ll keep splurging on; pretty much everything else is handed down, borrowed, or necessary to some extent.
ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 4 hours ago
Do digital books scratch the itch for you?
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I wish, I struggle to keep focus if I don’t physically turn the page
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 4 hours ago
I understand. I’ve digitized almost everything I can, primarily for convenience and to reduce clutter. But the book (as a physical object) can be part of the appeal.
My partner has mostly digitized her book collection but does retain physical copies of her favorites.
eah@programming.dev 4 hours ago
Borrow the book of it’s available and then pirate a digital copy. The physical book is available for someone else to use when you’re done with it, but you can still refer back to the book whenever you want or just sit around staring at it in adoration.
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
The only thing in the way is my astounding lack of object permanence