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Smell can definitely play a part but both ways.
My Dad loves the smell of new books and also magazines. He is also a bit OCD about any pages getting creased even on a magazine. I have to say though that he isn't much of a reader. He never reads fiction and just browses through factual books. It's as if owning the items are more important than using them.
I am weird the other way because I cannot bear the smell of second-hand paper books. It actually makes me feel ill thinking that someone else has read the book before me and were their hands clean etc! So I had only ever purchased new books for myself before catching on to ereading devices. Now I don't need to worry about funny smells - except for the Kindle cord which was a bit pongy when new out the box!
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