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Originally Posted by rkomar
The problem with having no store front for used books is that it makes it a lot harder to get books to sell. People aren't going to drive out to the boonies to see if you will buy a few of their used books, and it's not like there are wholesalers for used books.
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In some countries there are.
Or something equivalent. In the UK they have Charity Shops and in the US there are Goodwill stores.
https://www.charityretail.org.uk/charity-shops-faq/
Reports are that UK Charity stores are flooded with used books and often can't accept more.
There is no shortage of used pbooks floating around in at least some countries. More than ever in this, the ebook era, as people replace their print collections with digital. Most end up at penny book operations:
https://bookriot.com/2017/01/24/why-...s-for-a-penny/
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/m...our-books.html
Contrary to what some like to pretend, a lot of people (maybe a majority) don't particularly value books. In the olden days, many would trade them two for one for more reads--turning four books into seven reads--or donate them to libraries or to charities. Many ended up and still end up in landfills.