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Originally Posted by Dazrin
In my understanding it is generally the not quite new books that have the issue, not brand new books. Books that are no longer on the NYT "best sellers" list but had large first or second print runs in hardback or paperback that didn't sell out get sold (auctioned?) to discount sellers who then sell them for very cheap. Basically, the publisher doesn't want to store them until they get sold so they sell them cheap.
And then whine when they get resold for cheap.
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Yup.
More precisely: the books are rarely new releases but they *are* new copies. Never sold at retail.