I have only purchased a hardback ... probably less than 10 times in my life. I pretty much read genre books, although rarely best sellers. Those are readily available at the library. And I'd have to go to the post office to ship media mail. IF I still purchased a lot of paperback books, I'd probably have to do something of the sort, but these days I'm mostly ebooks. If I buy a nice paperback that I don't want to keep, I give it away on my blog as part of a monthly summer giveaway pack during the "what was the best book you read last month?" topic. Those giveaways go over big because I usually wait until I have two or three cozies and two or three urban fantasies, which are my main reading habits. I think I did a thriller once, but no one opted for that one.
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