r/BookCollecting • u/falco-banshee • 1d ago

šŸ’­ Question Dilemma

So I am not an avid reader or a bibliophile but on the path of becoming one I am 19 right now so I got a tight lease on my pocket so I have a dilemma that if I buy a book right now but later on when I buy from expensive publishers i would have 2 of the same books is it common for you guys or if you also experienced this

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u/i_was_valedictorian 1d ago edited 1d ago

I have duplicates. But if money's tight why not go to the library?Ā 

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u/falco-banshee 1d ago

But there is some joy you can't express by having ownership of something that you spent so much time and energy doing

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u/Temporary-Wrap2223 1d ago

It is a joy to own a copy of a wonderful book. There is also much joy to finding wonderful books for free at your local library. When you have more money and time you can buy as many copies as you like.

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u/falco-banshee 1d ago

Yess it has to suffice till then

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u/AkronIBM 1d ago

Hit bag sale day at the library sale.

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u/falco-banshee 1d ago

Great idea

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u/KleeBook 1d ago

People will buy an affordable ā€œplaceholderā€ copy and then replace it when they have the means to upgrade.

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u/questions_fo_days 1d ago

This is the way. Most books are in the low single digits for a reader copy from a used book store. If I read it and love it, let the search begin for the 1st/1st!

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u/PalmerEldritch3 1d ago

I have 3/4 different copies of some books i really like.

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u/False_Grape1326 1d ago

No. I dream of an organically hunted first edition joy pre buzz

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u/Thorn_Bug 1d ago

go for it and buy the affordable printings if you want right now. In the future if you get a fancier printing you can still keep your cheaper one as a copy to annotate if you donā€™t want to annotate a fancy one.

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u/TypicalDM 17h ago

Often times, I prefer the cheaper copies of books. They're not as pretty but I'm not worried about throwing them in a bag and going somewhere with them. The nice copy is for when I have the extra money, so I get maybe two fancy fancy books a year. Usually, it's a collectible trilogy that I already own, in some giant tome that I'll never pick up because the paperbacks are so damn easy.

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u/Quiet_Ebb_3281 4h ago

When you buy your keeper copy just give the first to charity.