While ebooks are definitely gaining popularity, I always find myself more drawn to having a physical copy of a book. Somehow, even though everything is digital these days, there is an element of intangibility when it is on a screen. I am absolutely drawn to the image of paper books, and they also have a much different experience in my opinion. In cases where books are, as this article mentions, treated like aesthetic pieces to obtain, I am even more excited to collect the physical copy of a book. Especially if there is a whole series of books, I would like the collection to be from the same print so that it looks like it goes together. Even if the book is one that I own already, it is probably problematic to my wallet that I'd consider buying it again with an aesthetic cover, especially if my copy has become a bit worn. I think having this new distinction between digital and physical media might actually breathe more life into literature.
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