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New books are easy to shop for!


Kate, a blogger belonging to the USA says in one of her blog posts that “New books are easy to shop for. I can always find the latest and greatest edition and I know that the book is in good condition without having to see it in person.” (Kate, 2017). However, she adds that although buying a new book is more convenient because one doesn’t have to worry about the quality and the condition of the book, the cost of it is still a problem. A new book costs way more than a used one and some people may not always have right budget to get the new book all the time from the retailers like Amazon or Barnes and nobles. She further states; “The greatest advantage of buying used is that it’s a heck of a lot cheaper. At my favorite library sale, hardcovers cost just $2-3 apiece, a remarkable discount from the usual $15-25 that Amazon and other popular Internet retailers charge.”  She says that though the hunt for a used book is difficult, but it is fun and one gets to experience going through hundreds of different books and knowing that these books once belonged to someone and many other people may have experienced similar feelings. 
It should be noted here that though for a few years, printed books faced decreasing sales because of the introduction of E-books with players like Amazon and Kindle offering great variety  of books online,  however, now the trend is changing yet again; people are going back to buying the printer hard books. In the financial times article ‘Books are back because Amazon likes them’, Gapper writes: “There are signs of the book’s renaissance all around.  Waterstones, the UK book chain, returned to profit last year after suffering six years of losses.  Sales of print books in the US rose by 3%, while those of E-Books have fallen.” (Gapper, 2017) 

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