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istara  ·  3980 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: In Praise of (Offline) Slow Reading - NYTimes.com

Yes that's true now I come to think of it - no second hand ebooks.

I just love older books, they are easier to read, and I also love books from older eras. Sometimes I've enjoyed the Gutenberg copies so much I've bought the real things.

Right now it is so easy and so cheap to pick up second hand books from anywhere in the world via Abebooks.com and others.

Except there's one book I really want, and there only seems to be one copy for sale in the entire world, and it's $80. I'm just not sure if it will be worth it. A friend recommended it to me so I may try to borrow her copy instead.