-=>While in the White Hart, Jan Murphy explained to Dennis Mccunney that<=-
 JM> And here's another new wrinkle that has cropped up -- a 
 JM> couple of the major used bookstores in town don't take 
 JM> mystery hardcovers in trade anymore.  Zilch.  Nada.  So if 
 JM> the book is out of print, and you want the hardcover, you 
 JM> shop somewhere else or do without.
 JM> 
 JM> Why they don't take them, I don't know.  Do mystery fans 
 JM> buy fewer used hardcovers than other used book buyers?
I find that is true for all sorts of hardback fiction, not just mysteries.
The usedbook stores now will take only out-of-print or old hb, or new ones
if the pb versions haven't come out yet.  Once the pb version appears on
the stands, the stores here won't take the hb versions.
Email: fred.runk@mbhbbs.playcom.com
... You should always try to be yourself, but don't overdo it.
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