Books to me are not fungible. If I'm in the mood for Nora Roberts, and there aren't any new ones available, I'm not going to go read Fern Michaels, even though they both write romance, because i couldn't get through the one Fern Michaels book I tried, and have no intention of trying any others of hers. I'm more likely to re-read a favorite NR - or switch genres entirely and read Lois Bujold.
Is this scarcity thinking or abundance thinking? I'm not sure it's either.
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