Good for you! We've been buying a LOT more physical books over the last few years, especially older publications from ABE books and such which haven't been edited into new editions.
Very smart. I go to used book stores often & look for the oldest dictionary I can find. 1952 is the oldest one I have so far. Comparing definitions & seeing what words didn’t exist until the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s is mind blowing to me.
Ugh.............long ago, I often went to awesome used bookstores in the northeast.....There were so many wonderful things there, like old sets of encyclopedias, but I did not have the money to buy such things.
How much did you pay for those? They discontinued publishing encyclopedias because the information they contain becomes dated fast in comparison to digital media. Unless of course we're talking about a 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, or anything before that, in which case that doesn't matter. Those books are highly sought after among collectors, provided they're in good condition. In that case, they might be quite valuable. But what you got there, I'm afraid, would have much better use as garden mulch.
Its original information that cant be altered. Are you actually able to verify anything you see online as fact? We think it is fact, but there really is no way to know if any of the "experts" that tell us stuff are talking out of their backside or not.
What makes you think the more recent printed copies haven't been altered to fit in with liberalism and political correctness? These trends have been influencing society for decades. You would literally be better off with any edition from 1911 and older, but especially the 1911 one. At least they were refreshingly honest about things like race and sex back then. That's why the encyclopedias in the picture are just mulch. You can get the same thing online and continuously updated too.
Good for you! We've been buying a LOT more physical books over the last few years, especially older publications from ABE books and such which haven't been edited into new editions.
That probably is a smart thing for people to do. Having an "original" copy of information about the world is a good thing.
Very nice! Physical stuff is always better than digital. They don’t want you to own anything and it’s even scarier when they delete info.
Very smart. I go to used book stores often & look for the oldest dictionary I can find. 1952 is the oldest one I have so far. Comparing definitions & seeing what words didn’t exist until the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s is mind blowing to me.
Nice furniture!!
I’ve been considering going to old book shop and buying books on the constitution, history and survival, because they are rewriting the first two.
Buy a complete collection of lovecraft books as well l, he will be canceled very shortly
Ugh.............long ago, I often went to awesome used bookstores in the northeast.....There were so many wonderful things there, like old sets of encyclopedias, but I did not have the money to buy such things.
Been collecting dvds, thrift store, dollar tree, super cheap. Cut a bunch of left streaming services and prime.
Stock up on Ayn Rand books. She'll be banned next. Then Orwell.
Lovecraft will go before rand
They're all on the chopping block. Sickening.
How much did you pay for those? They discontinued publishing encyclopedias because the information they contain becomes dated fast in comparison to digital media. Unless of course we're talking about a 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, or anything before that, in which case that doesn't matter. Those books are highly sought after among collectors, provided they're in good condition. In that case, they might be quite valuable. But what you got there, I'm afraid, would have much better use as garden mulch.
Its original information that cant be altered. Are you actually able to verify anything you see online as fact? We think it is fact, but there really is no way to know if any of the "experts" that tell us stuff are talking out of their backside or not.
Just look at Wikipedia and how much it’s changed. If archive.org is ever compromised then our ability to obtain accurate information is fucked.
What makes you think the more recent printed copies haven't been altered to fit in with liberalism and political correctness? These trends have been influencing society for decades. You would literally be better off with any edition from 1911 and older, but especially the 1911 one. At least they were refreshingly honest about things like race and sex back then. That's why the encyclopedias in the picture are just mulch. You can get the same thing online and continuously updated too.