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patrickt · 08-20-2018, 06:17 AM

Remember when the corporate bookstores would have five or six tables of remaindered books. I was getting a paperback for $10 on day and found the hardback on the remaindered table for $2. Changes in publishing technology have drastically reduced the number of books left over. Life goes on.

I live in Oaxaca, Mexico. For years, I bought used paperbacks at the English language library. Tourists would arrived in Oaxaca with paperback books and leave without them. Then I got my first Kindle in 2009. Suddenly, I could read what I wanted and not what I could find. Tourists could bring a Kindle instead of paperbacks. The supply of used paperbacks to the library dwindled. They still have used paperbacks but not nearly as many.

I miss finding a jewel in a used bookstore but I wouldn't want to go back to reading what I can find instead of what I want to read.

I have consider selling a Kindle cover that gives readers the feel and smell of used paperback books.

08-20-2018, 06:17 AM	#10
patrickt Wizard Posts: 1,221 Karma: 8381518 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Oaxaca, Mexico Device: Paperwhite 4 X 2	Remember when the corporate bookstores would have five or six tables of remaindered books. I was getting a paperback for $10 on day and found the hardback on the remaindered table for $2. Changes in publishing technology have drastically reduced the number of books left over. Life goes on. I live in Oaxaca, Mexico. For years, I bought used paperbacks at the English language library. Tourists would arrived in Oaxaca with paperback books and leave without them. Then I got my first Kindle in 2009. Suddenly, I could read what I wanted and not what I could find. Tourists could bring a Kindle instead of paperbacks. The supply of used paperbacks to the library dwindled. They still have used paperbacks but not nearly as many. I miss finding a jewel in a used bookstore but I wouldn't want to go back to reading what I can find instead of what I want to read. I have consider selling a Kindle cover that gives readers the feel and smell of used paperback books.