Quite a few years ago I went through a phase of buying only first edition hardbacks of my favourite authors new books,but I've chilled since and buy paperbacks from charity book shops like Oxfam etc,but I like them to be in good nick,and also buy 'like new' from Amazon Marketplace,and use Awesome Books too. I also use the library a lot now. I give back most of my charity books and like the idea of a good book passing through several readers hands.