I'm not sure of when it happened, but this course made me inspired to start collecting older books. I had a revelation, probably while we were passing around an old text. I immediately texted my best friend, and he surprised me by buying me the older copy of The Lord of the Flies that I have been wanting. Whenever I go to Halfprice Books, I of course look for texts that seem interesting, but I also look for the older, worn-out books. My best friend also got me an older book about the history of education. Whenever he gave it to me, he told me that I probably wouldn't want to read it because it is so fragile. So...you are probably wondering what the point of an old book is if I don't even plan to read some of them....
Some people collect movies, comics, or albums. I want to collect books. I just think that there is a lot of history between the covers. You can't get this effect with the e-books. In a way, print books are a piece of history. They have been through many different readers and settings. Some books might even have notes from a previous student. They can take you back in time and remind you of when you were in school. While I only have two older books at the moment, I hope to expand the collection over the summer by visiting Halfprice Books every now and then.
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I completely agree with your post. E-books can't give readers a sense of nostalgia or allow them to feel the history between the pages of books. Books provide so much more satisfaction that e-books ever will for me. Thanks for including the picture of your book collection so far. I'm sure you will have a huge collection someday and I'm sure you will be happy that you got them now, because it will be harder to come across older books in the future. Great post!
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