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Razi · 01-20-2008, 07:36 AM

I have had this craze of collecting books at least three times in my life. Libraries were lost at the time of long-distance moves. Now I have only three shelves full of books but they are all specialist stuff, books which are hard to find in ebook format and are bloody expensive if found. Compare the prices here:

Mobipocket format:
Paperback:

How do they justify the double price of an article that costs a fraction in terms of production costs???

When I am a bit time-rich I'll invest in a book scanner (something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Scanner-w...0832006&sr=8-2
and convert my paper books to PDF format and move most of them to the attic (I never sell my books). I have 1st editions of Samuel Becketts Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnameable. There is a set of the 1st editions of first five Harry Potter books in my children's collection upstairs. I once had the first American edition of Joyce's Ulysses:

and the 1st edition of Finnegans Wake but now I can't even recall where they have gone. Must be worth a fortune.

01-20-2008, 07:36 AM	#3
Razi Zealot Posts: 109 Karma: 494242 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: London, UK Device: Toshiba E740, Cassiopeia, iLiad, iPad, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura HD	I have had this craze of collecting books at least three times in my life. Libraries were lost at the time of long-distance moves. Now I have only three shelves full of books but they are all specialist stuff, books which are hard to find in ebook format and are bloody expensive if found. Compare the prices here: Mobipocket format: Paperback: How do they justify the double price of an article that costs a fraction in terms of production costs??? When I am a bit time-rich I'll invest in a book scanner (something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Scanner-w...0832006&sr=8-2 and convert my paper books to PDF format and move most of them to the attic (I never sell my books). I have 1st editions of Samuel Becketts Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnameable. There is a set of the 1st editions of first five Harry Potter books in my children's collection upstairs. I once had the first American edition of Joyce's Ulysses: and the 1st edition of Finnegans Wake but now I can't even recall where they have gone. Must be worth a fortune.