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Originally Posted by jersysman
Ahhhh...
The memories of being a member of the Mystery Book Club.
Those three-in-one books were my source of books back in the day.
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We were a bunch of bookworms at our college apt. Well, three of the four.
I had the SFBC, another had the Mystery club, and the third the literary guild. We loved the omnibus editions; paperback prices for hardcovers. And of, course, there were the much desired signup bounties: 2-3 books for getting a friend to join.
We actually played by the letter and spirit of the terms but a lot of our acquaintances merely honored the letter: sign up, get intro bundle, buy 4 cheap titles, cancel. Rinse and repeat every quarter with a different name.
Worked beautifully until Bertelsmann turned them into a dumping ground for leftovers and switched to retail hardcover pricing. Pretty much the same way Mercedes ran Chrysler into the ground.