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My sister asked me why I don't just buy a book and it stung
Honestly, she saw me spending a whole Saturday re-backing a 1930s poetry book and said, 'Wouldn't it be easier to just get a new one?' Tbh, it wasn't mean, but it made me stop. I told her it's about saving the story in the paper and the old glue. This copy had a handwritten note from 1952 in the front. I spent about $40 on materials and 8 hours, but you can't buy that. Has anyone else had to explain why we do this to someone who just doesn't get it?
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the_riley6mo ago
Oh man, that hits home. My brother once asked why I was re-stitching the binding on my great-aunt's cookbook when a PDF exists. It's not about the words, it's the thing itself. The splatters on the page are her gravy recipe. The shaky pencil notes are her adjustments. Like oliver811's friend with the fishing rod, you're keeping a real, physical piece of someone's life going. A new book is just paper. That one has history you can hold.
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