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How much are you willing to pay for a book? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Estelagorn@alien.top to c/books@metacritics.zone

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I like to get my hands on the cheapest edition I can in the best condition at that price. If the words in the book are the same as a more expensive one, I’m getting a better value, in my opinion. Then if it’s a story that becomes really important to me I might consider upgrading to a “nicer” or collectors version, and keep the old ones as lender books.

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[–] photoguy423@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

It really depends on what it is. If it's something I love, it depends on what I can afford. I paid $500 for a first edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide with the Capricorn 1 ad on the back. And I paid quite a bit for an American first edition copy of The Hobbit that I used in place of a ring to propose to my now wife. But most of my books are pretty cheap.

I did manage to find a first print/edition copy of The Shining for $1 at a library sale years ago...that was a cool find.