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Originally Posted by Fbone
I didnt realize there were books out-of print and no used copies available at the library, listed on ebay, half.com, amazon and the estimated thousand other online booksellers.
I learned something new.
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A couple of points:
First, out-of-print does not mean no used copies. That's a concept my original question did not touch upon.
Second, this issue was raised in my mind a couple of weeks ago when I learned that very few of Erle Stanley Gardner's Perry Mason books are in print. I don't expect most of them to ever be in print again, or at least for many years to come.
I was shocked ten years ago when I learned that Ian Fleming's James Bond books were out of print. And it was about that time that I realized that Gregory Mcdonald's Fletch books were out of print as well. Both are now back in print.
I imagine that the likelihood of a book being back in print
soon is another aspect of this issue, but I didn't want to make the original question too complicated.