I might would cough up $10 or $20 bucks to cover venue costs for a big book sale or something. I used to go to something like this as a teenager, it wasn't just books but there were tons of cheap used books of all kinds. I think it was $5 to get in or something. Something like that fancy book gala is a no-go.

I've gone to either big company or antique mall with my book buying anyway. Every little independent bookstore I've been in probably in the whole of America since 2020 would be the ones to prominently display something like a children's book called "Little Lisa plays with her Big Dick" I really can't recall a single one that wasn't beyond woke.