Re:E-books at local libraries: a fight between publishers an...
by Izkata on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @12:48AM
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...this'll sound rude, but I've never understood how people do that to their books.
I have original-run Animorphs books, over 20 years old, from when I was age 8-13, all looking near-new. The pages are a bit yellow from age, but there's otherwise no damage. Same for the rest of my collection (some of which were published earlier, though I think Animorphs might be the oldest-printed ones I have).
That’s very carefully handled books.
My kids books are in no shape in a matter of months. Then adults also spill, grease, and tear their books. I had to buy some cheap second hand copies for a series with no digital release and they’re gross, I made them grossier, and they’re going to the trash bin after me (there’s no shortage of them in the world).
My amazon account is outlasting most physical books I bought in these in the last decade (I also hate amazon kindle’s lack of book organization, biting me hard at the number of books I have, but that’s another topic)
PS: for people going through 3~4 books a week, storing books for 50 years is a nightmare.