We had a local independent bookstore near here until this summer - unusual in a town of 20,000 - and I bought what has to be my 6th copy of the Lord of the Rings trilogy during their close-out sale. They were out of the Sherlock Holmes I wanted to grab - it probably would have been the 8th copy of the complete works I've owned since Jr. High School.
I have a lot more friends and children who borrow books than I do who return them.
