Don't feel guilty if you don't read a book from cover to cover

Nigel Warburton recommends buying loads of books:-

• but don't feel guilty if you don't read books cover to cover. Pick out the best bits. "I usually skim, dip, and focus on small sections. Then I come back to it perhaps years later, and often find something different."
• Buying books of living authors motivates them to write more (profit motive)
• Buy books by dead authors from charity shops (promotes charity) or borrow from the library (reduces deforestation)