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Originally Posted by Dazrin
That physical copy of the book will be new, not used.
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I don't know about paper books, because I either borrow from the library -- mostly eBooks -- or buy the cheapest used paper copy available, regardless of condition.
But as for general merchandise, it appears to me that over the past two years or so, Amazon has changed its definition of new vs. Amazon Warehouse Deal like-new. Perhaps the same is true with paper books.
It used to be that when you bought like-new, it was never-opened, with just the slightest wear on the carton giving the impression of having been returned. But the last like-new item I bought (a modular phone system) was a jumble of parts (albeit all in good condition) that were previously registered to multiple prior customers. Before 2016, that would have been an Used-Very Good, or, more likely, Used-Acceptable. My purchase sample size may not be statistically significant, but this is my experience.
If I cared about stuff I buy being
truly new -- and I generally don't care -- I would find the typical remaindered book as not having the freshness of one that is really new, and would thus dislike remaindered books being sold as if purely new.
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Originally Posted by FizzyWater
Oh, wait, books are special snowflakes, aren't they?  |
I would have thought that this site is dedicated to the idea that books are special snowflakes. Of course, it depends on the book. And again and again I find the major publisher product tremendously superior. This title I just finished is, among other things, a tremendous page turner despite being based on the kind of research that typical university press editors would have made (or allowed to remain) boring:
Janesville: An American Story
I realize this is non-fiction, and that many of those here are mostly interested in fiction. Given the vast number of fiction titles, and that I mostly don't read them, I venture no opinion as to whether major publisher novels are or are not deserved special snowflakes.