How are you supposed to know if you'll like a book if you can't read some of it.

It had a nice little cafe too, its not like they won't make money on people buying a few coffees and snacks as they read a book they might not buy.

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[–] 11 points 4 days ago (1 child)

The summary or press endorsements are totally inadequate imo. I always read a page or two somewhere in the middle to check if I enjoy reading it. Fortunately books tend to be sold unwrapped where I live. And no, they're not grimy or anything like that, people do respect them.

Graphic novels do tend to be sold wrapped where I live (at least in my usual store), so those I look up online to read a few sample pages. Imo never judge a book by it's cover.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 days ago

    Additionally the summary far to often contains major spoilers.

    I also read the first few pages and a random place in the middle which is not achapter ending, works very well.

    Books here are in Germany also open and in perfect condition. In Italy, where I sometimes browse stores, its the same.

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