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Originally Posted by spindlegirl
I use library borrowing as a gateway drug to buying.
I've been burned many a time by a book that looked "good" to me in a book store and then ick, couldn't stand it. I don't like to throw my money at gambling experiments. I just don't have that kind of dough for a "maybe I will like it". On the plus side, there are people who now own my discards, because I can hand a print book to "just anyone" without needing authorization from a third party, so that money is not entirely wasted.
So I "date" the books via the library, and then if I wanna "marry" them, make a beeline to the bookstore. I want my buys to be genuine, and to reflect what I really like.
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I definitely use the library as a "testing field."