I’ve been reading a lot of long articles and essays for my Environmental Ethics class; thus, I have had seldom time to read for pleasure. But I just ordered books from a site called Thrift Books for the first time because I have heard good things about it from Booktubers. Stemming from this, I wanted to hear where you guys buy your books. Usually, I get mine from Amazon (both physical copies and for my kindle), but I’m scared that our unit on Amazon is going to deter me from buying from the monopolistic franchise. SO I am testing out some new things, hence my order from Thrift Books. I ordered Outliers by Malcom Gladwell, The Plague by Camus, and Spineless (the jellyfish book that another student talked about). Is thrifting books bad? Like am I supporting the industry less than if I were buying from Amazon? I don’t know. From a sustainability perspective, thrifting clothes, for example, is great, but I feel like the same effect is not applicable for books… less trees being cut down maybe? Economically, it does not seem to bode well. Their mission statement is, “we save millions of books every year from being destroyed, but our mission goes beyond the environment. We save these books and make them accessible to readers for the chance to shape another mind, share another story, and teach a bit of wisdom.” I want to go to independent publishers in Cambridge, but I don’t know where to start–recommendations are always appreciated!
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