Thread: Is There an Upcoming Fall Book You're Dying to Read? Here's My Choice
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Old 08-30-2012, 05:53 PM   #62
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Originally Posted by holymadness View Post
Crazy. A book published in 1966 just being sold this year for $10.

Just FYI there are already digital copies around.
Not sure what you mean by crazy. At least 40% of the books I have read in the last year and a half (208 ot of 512 since I have been keeping track in calibre) were published prior to 1997. Probaly more as the dates ae oftennot the dates first published.

A reasonably good book does not have a sell-by date. For me a Nero Wolfe novel reads as good today as the day it was published. Margerie Allingham died in 1966 and her books are timeless as well IMO.

IIRC I have never even checked the first published date before buying a book or borrowing from a library. And I am totally missing the connection between enjoyment/value and first published date. But perhaps I am misunderstanding your post?

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