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Originally Posted by mldavis2
Most of us here are avid readers who go through dozens (or hundreds) of books a year. It doesn't take long to read all of a favorite author's output and move on to another, change genres, or go back to the classics. Heavy readers are mostly either retired on fixed incomes, or independently wealthy persons who have discretionary time on their hands, or disabled persons, again with limited resources.
To read 200 books a year, paying current new retail prices in the U.S. for hardcover first editions would cost perhaps $7,000 (@ $35.00 each). Clearly, this is unreasonable for most of us, so we find ways to maintain the volume to fit our resources....library loans, used books, book sharing with friends, waiting for paperbacks, and other means of saving money. Most reading budgets are rather fixed, I suspect. We are willing and able to spend a certain amount and we will eventually spend that amount -- somewhere. The question becomes, where?
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Yeah. My budget isn't what it used to be. No way I'd have that much money. I'm sure I read 100-200 books a year (especially now that I'm finally finishing up school).
I spend a lot of time re-reading books in my library for probably 1/4 of that...but the rest...libraries, used paperbacks, etc.