Supporting bookstores while buying ebooks? Hi all! I’m…
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Supporting bookstores while buying ebooks?
Hi all!
I’m currently having a weird dilemma - I’m moving apartments and this time I’ve really had to grapple with my book collection simply being too big. It takes up too much space and is very hard to move with me when I change apartments. I am considering buying an ereader and switching to something like 80% ebooks and saving physical book purchases for my absolute favourites.
However, I also adore bookstores as places - they’re a nice peaceful refuge for me, and also a place to get recommendations, meet people, and go to events like signings and talks. I feel a sort of obligation to financially support these spaces since I get so much out of them, so I’m hesitant to remove 80% of my spending from these spaces.
Has anyone else grappled with this dilemma? What do people think - is there a world where we can buy most things as ebooks but also still have nice independent bookstores? I’m only 35 and already am swimming in books - I don’t want to be completely overrun by the time I retire and the collection doubles!!
#entertainment
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Hi all!
I’m currently having a weird dilemma - I’m moving apartments and this time I’ve really had to grapple with my book collection simply being too big. It takes up too much space and is very hard to move with me when I change apartments. I am considering buying an ereader and switching to something like 80% ebooks and saving physical book purchases for my absolute favourites.
However, I also adore bookstores as places - they’re a nice peaceful refuge for me, and also a place to get recommendations, meet people, and go to events like signings and talks. I feel a sort of obligation to financially support these spaces since I get so much out of them, so I’m hesitant to remove 80% of my spending from these spaces.
Has anyone else grappled with this dilemma? What do people think - is there a world where we can buy most things as ebooks but also still have nice independent bookstores? I’m only 35 and already am swimming in books - I don’t want to be completely overrun by the time I retire and the collection doubles!!
#entertainment
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