Why do people buy used books...

Why do people buy used books? The local bookstores that I've been to have decent selections but the books have worn out spines or ugly covers. My personal library is going to be pretty.

Because I don't mind them.

My used book store has beautiful leatherbound and hardbound books in addition to nicely maintained paperbacks. There are a lot of books in shit condition but that's not really a reason not to go to a used book store, it is a reason to not buy a shit book

you know some people take care of their books, right? plus some used books are just as fresh as retail, just that they've been bought and never used or read.

Cause I buy them to read not put on a shelf and look at.

fucking this. if anything, the more worn down a book is, the more character it has.

Of course, I buy books to read them. I never said I didn't, retard.

cause i'm cheap/poor.

>Implying a shelf of new books is more aesthetically pleasing than a shelf of new ones

Get off of this board pleb

Because fuck 8.99 for a 100 page novella