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anamardoll · 09-22-2011, 06:01 PM

I've sent them three USPS flat rate boxes this week alone. Has come out to about $3 a book.

And they sent me coupons! I love this company so much I want to have its babies.

I LOVE my books. I love them so much I can't bear to be apart from them. But I also can't continue to store hundreds of out-of-print orphan works that will never, ever be e-published in my lifetime. Nor can I afford to rebuy all my books at the magic $9.99 price that publishers seem so keen on pushing for books that I can get for a penny + shipping at any used bookseller. And my health (bad back) simply cannot continue to lug around paper books like the life-ballast that they are for me.

Indeed, I'm going into surgery next year and I'm VERY MUCH looking forward to catching up with my old books that are in the process of being converted as we speak.

So -- very kindly -- if someone doesn't want a cutting service, great. Don't use it. But let's not derail into a discussion on the HOLY SACREDNESS OF PAPER THAT HAS WORDS PRINTED ON THEM because it's a derail steeped in privilege (money, health, and property-ownership) and it's not going to engender happy feelings.

Well, that's my 2 cents anyway.

Note that this isn't directed at you specifically, VXF. More just a call to please let's not have a huge pile-on to derail the thread and have important information buried beneath this Dead Horse debate.

09-22-2011, 06:01 PM	#77
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	I've sent them three USPS flat rate boxes this week alone. Has come out to about $3 a book. And they sent me coupons! I love this company so much I want to have its babies. I LOVE my books. I love them so much I can't bear to be apart from them. But I also can't continue to store hundreds of out-of-print orphan works that will never, ever be e-published in my lifetime. Nor can I afford to rebuy all my books at the magic $9.99 price that publishers seem so keen on pushing for books that I can get for a penny + shipping at any used bookseller. And my health (bad back) simply cannot continue to lug around paper books like the life-ballast that they are for me. Indeed, I'm going into surgery next year and I'm VERY MUCH looking forward to catching up with my old books that are in the process of being converted as we speak. So -- very kindly -- if someone doesn't want a cutting service, great. Don't use it. But let's not derail into a discussion on the HOLY SACREDNESS OF PAPER THAT HAS WORDS PRINTED ON THEM because it's a derail steeped in privilege (money, health, and property-ownership) and it's not going to engender happy feelings. Well, that's my 2 cents anyway. Note that this isn't directed at you specifically, VXF. More just a call to please let's not have a huge pile-on to derail the thread and have important information buried beneath this Dead Horse debate. Last edited by anamardoll; 09-22-2011 at 06:04 PM.