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Old 04-03-2008, 12:21 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by carandol View Post
Actually, £95 is good value for the number of books you get -- it's just than most individuals are unlikely to want most of the books in the set, so will be paying over the odds for the books they do want.
There is also books24x7.com and the Safari ebookshelf from O'Riley that are great sources for reference (non-ficition) books.

BTW: Yes, my wife and I bought a set of encyclopedias when we got married (1985) from a door-to-door salesman. Thought it would be good for future kids as I had access to a set when I was a kid. Little did we know about the internet then. I would hate to be an Encyclopedia salesman today.

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