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Hamlet53 · 07-07-2011, 07:28 AM

Thanks to everyone who has responded for suggesting sources and for advice on what pitfalls to watch out for. Unfortunately I live in a very small rural town so the only source of used books is from a thrift shop operated by a local church. Understandably the selection there is very limited. In fact practically speaking all my book purchases must be done online.

The book I am looking for at the moment is Seven Japanese Tales by Junchiro Tanizaki, but the same issue comes up whenever our bookclub of approximately 10 members wishes to read a book that has fewer than the needed number of copies in our local library system. We then purchase copies for our use that month and after donate the books to the library, either to retain in the system or to sell at the semi-annual fund raiser for our Friends of the Library organization.

When I first started looking online at sources I was familiar with, e.g. Amazon, I had hopes based on the pricing I was seeing for the used book alone (excluding shipping) of somehow getting 10 copies for an average cost of $3-4 dollars (including shipping). Sounds like I may need to think more in terms of $5+. Blossom thank you much about the warnings regarding book condition listings.

07-07-2011, 07:28 AM	#9
Hamlet53 Nameless Being	Thanks to everyone who has responded for suggesting sources and for advice on what pitfalls to watch out for. Unfortunately I live in a very small rural town so the only source of used books is from a thrift shop operated by a local church. Understandably the selection there is very limited. In fact practically speaking all my book purchases must be done online. The book I am looking for at the moment is Seven Japanese Tales by Junchiro Tanizaki, but the same issue comes up whenever our bookclub of approximately 10 members wishes to read a book that has fewer than the needed number of copies in our local library system. We then purchase copies for our use that month and after donate the books to the library, either to retain in the system or to sell at the semi-annual fund raiser for our Friends of the Library organization. When I first started looking online at sources I was familiar with, e.g. Amazon, I had hopes based on the pricing I was seeing for the used book alone (excluding shipping) of somehow getting 10 copies for an average cost of $3-4 dollars (including shipping). Sounds like I may need to think more in terms of $5+. Blossom thank you much about the warnings regarding book condition listings.