Buying Books You'll Never Read
As long as you're patronizing independent bookstores*
Buying books you're never going to read is the modern day version of Gatsby's uncut library. Continue amassing those volumes, though, because everyone knows: the more hardcovers you own, the purer your soul. Who cares if your copy of The Beautiful and Damned is gathering dust and Look Homeward, Angel is sun faded--they bring together the look of your gilded bar cart just so. If you're shopping at Book Culture, Bluestockings, Shakespeare & Co., or Greenlight, you're giving print publications a reason to exist. Without local bookstore patrons, how could a journal dedicated solely to celebrating the art, ideas, style, and culture of tennis exist? The world is richer for all of the insanely niche magazines that are only available at independent bookstores.
Extra points if you buy something out of print.
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