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speakingtohe - most of my 'reading for pleasure' is non-fiction; history & biographies, and the fiction I do read is often from obscure (in the Anglosphere that is) writers. I just did a check on recent readings, many aren't available as an ebook!
They're not the sort of books I see in my local charity shops; which are mostly Regency Romance, old Who Done Its, ghost written autobios of celebrities, wannabees, sport-persons, and their ex's...
I prefer rummaging in bookshops to browsing soul-free ebook stores; I get to smile at fellow humans, strike up conversations, and who knows where that might lead— It helps that I'm blessed with having a handful of owner operated bookshops within walking distance (two of which opened in the last decade), and more in nearby 'en vogue' locales.
I only ever left a book on a park bench once, it was gone within an hour. Maybe it was used as kitty litter... some of the paper on which books are printed today is diabolical, one could use it as blotting paper, if one's Mont Blanc had any ink
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