>spends more than $20 on a book
>>24863182Ok, but these I'm going to pass down for hundreds of years, the fingertips of my progeny gracing the page just as mine currently are. WTF are you giving the future besides balding genes?
>>24863182>paying for words>not pirating books over library wifi on his stolen smart phone
>>24863182I have multiple 500 dollar books currently being made. The cheap ones are 200 or so. That’s the price situation of fine press. I actually find it bizarre someone who enjoys books thinks it’s all about the words on the page and not the pages and book as an object of art. On the same board people can complain about the page quality or printing of their 20 dollar books being shit. It’s a fascinating contradiction. Even if you’re poor there’s plenty of letterpressed, leatherbound, illustrated editions you could actually buy for that 20 books. They’re just old.
I just spent $80 on a single book
>>24863203Same but it is older than Napoleon
>>24863182I sold everything I owned for a book
Conspiracy shit goes for a lot and the real noided titles are impossible to find used.
>>24863186They're going to get sold for pennies on the dollar at the estate auction to settle your debts.
