MSNBC posted a blog recently, titled “10 Ways to Save Money on Books,” which basically tells people how to avoid buying books. Although I'm sympathetic with folks who want to be more thrifty, somehow I don't think book-buying is what generally breaks the bank (with the exception of the author of that blog who was spending $3,000 on books annually). Seems to me if you love books, putting publishing companies and bookstores out of business isn't the way to show that love.
On a friendlier note, something that had me doing a little happy dance, was an anecdote from Shelf Awareness, a comment overheard at the Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop in Mequon, Wisconsin. A 10-year-old boy took a deep breath upon entering the store and said, “Ah, the smell of pure print.” The moment “made me smile along with the customers and booksellers who saw and heard him,” Pattie Cox of Schwartz wrote, adding that Monday was the boy's birthday, and his parents had brought him to the store for a treat. What a lucky, lucky little boy. And Happy Birthday to you!
I think we could save more money by resisting pressure to buy the latest computers stuffed with the latest software. I suspect it will be some time before a Microsoft-owned company such as MSNBC publishes such advice.
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Posted by: Peter | February 21, 2008 at 12:16 AM