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Old 02-03-2012, 02:04 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan View Post
So I finally contacted the author, letting him know what horrible condition his books were in. He assured me he'd be contacting his publisher about the problem, so I know the publisher would hear about it from someone bigger on their radar screen than me. I would recommend this step to everyone who is unhappy with the state of a book they buy (assuming the author is still alive; if not, their copyright holders, I suppose).
That's a very good idea, thank you. I sent off an email to the copyright holder ("GRPA, A Division of Cengage Learning," discovered via www.copyright.com) with the saga of my discontent. Let's see if they respond.

I guess the family sold off the rights to a corporate behemoth.
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