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Originally Posted by pdurrant
As has been mentioned before, I think that a lot of use had our buying habits formed when finding new books (or new-to-us old books) was hard. It was a constant struggle to find enough to read, with hours spent in bookshops for both new and second-hand books.
And now that's no longer the case. We no longer need to pounce on every book that looks interesting.
But it's hard to break the habits of a lifetime. But it can be done! Resist the urge to buy!
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For me, I never had opportunity to buy books before I was in my twenties, and have never lived in a house large enough to accommodate many bookshelves. Almost all my reading was library books. So getting into ebooks in my middle age has been liberating, and worth the expense.