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Originally Posted by rkomar
Amazon doesn't carry that inventory of used books, they only act as a middle man. The used books are still mostly carried by used book stores. As the latter disappear, so shall the offerings of used books on Amazon (and AbeBooks) disappear, as well. It's definitely good to be able to shop at all participating used book stores when your local ones disappear, but the online used book inventory is still disappearing as fast as the used book stores are.
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Amazon does stock some used items on behalf of the seller --- that's what ``Fulfillment by Amazon'' means (though I quit buying such since they come w/ a barcoded sticker which I found annoying to remove).
Some are sold by individuals, though it's gotten hard to compete w/ the bookstores selling remaindered books which they purchase by the pallet @ wood pulp rates (at least the books are saved from being destroyed) and then sell for a penny, counting on making some money by shipping the books using a UPS merchant discount.