tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post114437149466851295..comments2024-03-27T02:00:49.152-04:00Comments on Kate's Book Blog: Not Buying Not Buying ItKate S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16897618197257393697noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-1144865029103152442006-04-12T14:03:00.000-04:002006-04-12T14:03:00.000-04:00A few years ago I made the mistake of triumphantly...A few years ago I made the mistake of triumphantly announcing to my writing professor that I had found his first book at a used bookstore. He kind of sighed and was like, "Great, I hope you got it for <I>really</I> cheap." I guess I hadn't thought about how lame that must be as an author, to have your babies going for $1 at Half-Price Books. Now that I have a real job I try to think of it as my responsibility to buy books new -- actually support the author in some small way. But yeah, I don't know, a book about not shopping seems to be kind of asking for it...amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039488548874385815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-1144444875560007062006-04-07T17:21:00.000-04:002006-04-07T17:21:00.000-04:00"I really want to read it, but in the end I couldn..."I really want to read it, but in the end I couldn’t bring myself to shell out $35 for a book about eschewing consumerism."<BR/><BR/>EXACTLY!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-1144425556765886802006-04-07T11:59:00.000-04:002006-04-07T11:59:00.000-04:00A year without shopping? I don't think I could re...A year without shopping? I don't think I could read a book with that depressing of a concept. I thought White Oleander and Bastard Out of Carolina were depressing, they'd be comedies in comparison to this. Or, it could just be that I don't want to have to be left without my well adapted ability to rationalize my shopping habit.JoanneMarie Fausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16751278640738482830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-1144394711207851322006-04-07T03:25:00.000-04:002006-04-07T03:25:00.000-04:00I do that...I do that...limeywestyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436773484451492707noreply@blogger.com