red_bus wrote in Anyone here collect books?:Increasingly I have found my interest wandering to 1st Editions of some of the books which have been (or are) important to me. Anyone here collect books, and if so, any advice for a person starting out?
aia wrote in Anyone here collect books?:Is anyone here who had the chance to start collecting Tolkien when prices were "normal"? Just curious...
aia wrote in Anyone here collect books?:I do not collect books but had a weird idea some years ago: i wanted to collect first editions of Tolkien books... Then i realized that even at that time the prices were prohibitive...Is anyone here who had the chance to start collecting Tolkien when prices were "normal"? Just curious...
sauromatian wrote in Anyone here collect books?:The mid-60s, unauthorized US paperback edition of The Lord of the Rings. Some would credit the popularization of Tolkien's works to these bootlegs.
mbassoc2003 wrote in Anyone here collect books?:Ah, the myth that piracy of people's work is in some way beneficial and free advertising that people harp on about to this day.I wonder what would happen if there were actually a way of extinguishing the benefits of crime from an author's career and future popularity?One has to wonder just how many band, authors and software companies would language in the gutter of public consciousness without the benefit of free publicity and peer to peer take-up of their work. I think its one of these things where they absolutely want the benefits, but aren't willing to pay the price.