• deafboy@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    When I hear people talking about books, they often speak of them as if it was a comodity. Do some people just read a random book every once in a while?

    What am I missing?

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      2 days ago

      People like to read?

      I’m not sure what you’re asking. I grew up with books as gifts and access to a library. I would literally sometimes read a random book. Some of my favorite books are unknown because they’re old and not remarkable to most people. They just got read by me at the right time to leave a lasting impression.

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      They’re relatively expensive in my country. That’s why I only get them in PDF but a lot of people prefer the physical ones.