The enshittification of Amazon paperback books

The author describes reclaiming a reading habit after years of screen-induced attention decay, now reading about 1.5 books per week and building a personal library inspired by Umberto Eco. While primarily purchasing physical books through Amazon for its pricing and selection, they highlight a growing problem: the rise of print-on-demand paperbacks that are inferior in quality to traditional stock editions, representing a degradation (enshittification) of the Amazon book-buying experience.