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Borrowing vs Buying

Do you prefer to borrow books from libraries when you want to read them, or buy the book and add it to your collection?

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Sometimes if I get a book from the library and I really really loved it I buy it to support the author. I also really love collecting and owning physical books. It's nice to be able to lend them to friends as well ❤️

I always buy books. I'm happy to scrimp on music and film by streaming it, but somehow never with books - I love having the physical object, and authors mostly earn f**k all!

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