I must be the last book reader in the modern world. The way I can tell is that, while an ereader costs $79.99 and an ebook can be downloaded for $9.99, a book with paper can be had for, essentially, nothing. Last week, I got into a couple of used book situations that I couldn't resist. By the end of the buying frenzy, I had obtained 30 used books for $26.99. And good ones, too. Do you know how hard it is to get your hands on a Graham Greene in the local libraries? And Stegner, and John McPhee. I even found an old copy of All Quiet on the Western Front, which I had never read. The only problem is choosing. Not every thing you pick up is going to be stellar, and you hate to start with a dull one: Putting yourself in a bad mood for the other 29.
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ReplyDeleteThird link down... the Graham Green estate probably gets the same amount of money ;)
I see what you mean. I didn't see his magnum opus, though, so maybe The Power and The Glory is still reserved for the paper page-turner.
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