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Old 07-12-2012, 03:43 AM   #90
HarryT
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An enthusiastic reader would very likely buy a lot of secondhand books. Even at reduced pricing, eBooks cannot compare to books from Op Shops, yard sales, Secondhand bookshops and swaps. It would be cheaper to continue to buy second hand books and have them scanned by the 1dollarscan outfit. A group of us have formed a "co-op" and sent bulk books to 1dollarscan to save on shipping costs. Currently we have had more than one thousand books scanned - all at the the one dollar price.
Isn't it $1 per so-many pages? I looked at it once and it seemed that for a large book it worked out at several times that. Perhaps it's changed since I looked at it?
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