I've been borrowing books from local libraries for ages, but I've always also wanted to buy books. When I was in my 20s most of my money went to books and partying (an old metalhead here).
For the last 10+ years or so I've been steadily building my own professional reference library. Books which are related to my work are pretty scarce anyway, or the publisher only takes one print of them and after that they disappear completely (or cost up to 300 USD/EUR at AbeBooks). Also, I always go through every museum gift shop I visit to see if there are any special museum publications.
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Reply to renting or buying: which do you prefer and why? by Cartographer_Waste
I've been borrowing books from local libraries for ages, but I've always also wanted to buy books. When I was in my 20s most of my money went to books and partying (an old metalhead here).
For the last 10+ years or so I've been steadily building my own professional reference library. Books which are related to my work are pretty scarce anyway, or the publisher only takes one print of them and after that they disappear completely (or cost up to 300 USD/EUR at AbeBooks). Also, I always go through every museum gift shop I visit to see if there are any special museum publications.