Sounds like you just need to keep at it. ARCs are only for promotional purposes, so the larger the following you build the more likely you’ll be to attract publishers. Build as large of a social media following as you can and you’ll get noticed eventually.

I’d say, depending on the money you want to spend, get whatever you think would look nicest on the shelf. If she doesn’t have any vintage books tho I’d lean toward a newer edition of the supplemental one.

Speaking as someone who’s worked in both new and used books, classics are purchased far more often from used retailers than new. I worked at a massive used bookstore and we couldn’t keep most of the classics on the shelves, but at the new retailer I worked at I found they only really sold if they had a fancy binding or cover.

I really really struggle with it too, luckily my partner is a writer and reads fiction pretty voraciously. If you can reach out to a friend who reads a lot of fiction and they know you well, they may be able to point you in a good direction. Otherwise, I’m a fan of just going all out, as weird or shocking as possible, to help hold your attention. My partner had me read Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker and it really opened up fiction for me again after years of not being interested.