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Originally Posted by ApK
Where's 'here?'
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philippines. we have so-called "specialty" bookstores; the selections are not as broad (they mostly just stock bestsellers and maybe some books with obscure topics), and most books have a big mark-up. the incomes of the ordinary people here do not keep up with the rising costs. needless to say, here, books are a luxury item. i know someone in the forum had once said that "serious readers" buy the physical book. i take offense to that. :|
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Originally Posted by ApK
On the one hand it was good of the publishes to not insist on the expense of actually returning the books, but it was a terrible waste to destroy them. They should have required them to be donated to charity or burned for heat or something.
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they definitely should have just donated them to charity. what a waste.