Nowadays people are less frequently buying books due to the alternatives of internet and kindles, tablets, etc. But I always prefer to own a physical copy of a book, especially if it's one I really like, maybe that's just me.
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Once I've exhausted the local library's resources I buy books second-hand, but if I find anything particularly tantalizing in a shop that sells new books I won't hesitate to buy. About a month ago a brought a pile of second-hand sci-fi novels, and I still haven't got through them all.