ah but do you think we could ever cease to be collectors? to let your books collect on your shelf, you could think of it as making the same kind of choices a squirrel makes when he buries his nuts. or like when otters find a good shell. they keep it, return to it, prize and admire my books, my preciouss

I hope it's as you say. I'm seeing a decline in reading habits. The number of books is increasing. But most of them are commissioned books. The number of organic authors and books has decreased significantly. Authors write thinking about how to make their books sell well...