On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 22:45:39 GMT, jimbo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Jim Bianchi) wrote:
>On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 12:13:11 -0700, Slipstream wrote:
>>> If I had a buncha books and wanted to sell them, first I'd seperate
>>>them into book club editions and regular editions. I'd take the regular
>>>ones to bookstores and at least get an estimate (or some booksellers
will
>>>come to your house to give an estimate -- phone and ask).
>>
>>What are book club editions?
>
> When a hardcover book is offered by one of the many book clubs, the
>format is changed in minor, but recognisable, ways. On one of the title
>pages it may say 'book club edition,' or somesuch. Now please don't ask
me
>why such a volume is not as valuable to a used book dealer, but they are.
>I've done much the same thing as you -- taken a crate of books to several
>used book dealers, only to be told that most of them were book club
editions
>and as such were worthless. Go figure..
Well I got a quarter in cash each for them all - just around 30 bucks
place called second thoughts in cloverdale - really nice stuff there.
I recommend it highly
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