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How do you usually get new books to read? (beehaw.org)

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Do you buy rent or borrow? Or do you have a subscription of some kind? Do you read physical books or do you read ebooks?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I buy (used) physical books for every book I read, other than humble bundles (typically for programming e-book bundles). I put a lot of my income toward books though, which is maybe not advisable, but I simply love having a ton of books in my home

I typically buy used books on ebay when I want something specific (often technical books), but for fiction I often browse one of the used bookstores around me, or grab a random book from one of those little library book-boxes-on-a-stick. I like to follow the whimsical approach of reading books that come to me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the tip about the humble bundle with Oreilly books. Didn't know they had one for that and just picked it up!