Comment by aucisson_masque
5 days ago
You can buy used books, they sell extremely cheap and are perfectly readable. There is a lot of seller, at least in France, but I guess it must be similar in usa.
5 days ago
You can buy used books, they sell extremely cheap and are perfectly readable. There is a lot of seller, at least in France, but I guess it must be similar in usa.
Not invalidating your comment, but sometimes paying "new goods" means to support the creator.
Correct, I should've clarified I buy new hardcovers to support the author!
Used books in France appear extremely cheap because new ones can't be discounted. By law (I think) retailers only allowed to offer a maximum 5% off.
Used books are exempt from the law entirely, so they're priced by pure market forces.
In countries like the US or UK, a recently-published book might already be 40% off list price, so used copies may not be as much of a bargain.