I really couldn't justify buying new books. Once you read it what do you do with it? Secondhand books are very cheap because books don't hold value (except for rare books). Libraries do exist and provide books for free, and you can order books if they don't have them in your local library, but waiting times for new releases can be months.

Ebooks are my favorite, but i have even less reason to buy ebooks (on Amazon) as they can't be resold or even gifted. Unless it costs €1 or €2, but these cheap books aren't great.

Some subscription service, like Netflix would be perfect for me if it had all the books. Kindle Unlimited is good, but selection of available titles is very limited.

[–] TheDudeV2@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Considering the actual post here, plus just decent manners, if you like a book, and you’re able, it’s worth considering supporting the author of said book.

That being said, you should seriously consider going to your search engine of choice and searching for an archive by a person named Anna: Anna’s Archive if you will. You might find something helpful and interesting.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wish more authors accepted donations. I read a ton of books from my library, and I'm happy to give them some money every now and then, but I don't really want to have the actual book. Publishers take so much of they money, that I often just end up not bothering.

[–] TheDudeV2@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

I agree wholeheartedly. Maybe there’s an alternative funding model for authors, and artists generally, that could be imagined and built. I’d be surprised if there’s not already some great ideas floating out there; but if there are, I don’t know them.

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