I only buy lengthy series that I enjoy in paper for collection purposes. The rest of the stuff I read is generally pretty forgettable or disposable and unnecessary to own in physical form.
My interest in bookstores really started to wane when trade paperbacks started taking over the sf/fantasy shelves; I don't have/can't justify $17 for something that I'm going to blow through in a handful of hours, and once I'm done with will become a dust collector.
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