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[–] 128 points 7 months ago (8 children)

Doesn't it fuck up the binding? Sure, a softback is still going to stay together in the immediate term, but the covers are almost always a single stronger piece, whereas the pages will now be free to work loose from the cut side.

So... I'd say it is objectively worse.

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  • [+] -6 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    It doesn't need to stay together for a lifetime, the person only cares about it staying together for a few days till they're done reading the section, after which it gets disposed of. This makes it much easier for them to actually read it, which means it's objectively way better.

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  • [–] 30 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    You....buy a book and then throw it away after you read it? Anyone does that?

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    In the movie My Blue Heaven, Steve Martin had a trunk full of the same (stolen) book and his excuse was “in case I want to read it more than once.”

    I’ve heard there are PACs or whatever that buy thousands of copies of politicians books so they become best sellers. Does anyone know where the physical copies actually end up?

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