I wonder for how long? Canada has also stopped printing...US version still going after 102 years.
Thought that was PenthouseThe *original* bathroom reader...
daily fail said:The closure comes 14 years after it fell into administration because of a £125m pension fund deficit.
-Maybe at *your* grandma's house...Thought that was Penthouse
767 million print books sold in the US last year seems like an awful lot to be declaring print officially dead, you know?
Sad day, guess print is officially dead.
I guess I should specify, I was mostly thinking of daily/weekly/monthly periodicals.seems like an awful lot to be declaring print officially dead, you know?
Seemed obvious to me.I guess I should specify, I was mostly thinking of daily/weekly/monthly periodicals.
The used book market is a dumpster fire. I donate a box, the local store offers 1 dollar cash or 5 dollars credit in the store. I'm glad people still donate. I got rewarded with a 1st edition version of Einstein's bio of Mozart.767 million print books sold in the US last year seems like an awful lot to be declaring print officially dead, you know?
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Are you donating the books or selling them? Complaining about the value you get out of them implies "selling". If you're just bringing in a box of random paperbacks, I can certainly see them giving you minimal trade value, as they've got to inventory them, price them, and store them until they finally sell for a few bucks. If you thought you had anything of value, you'd probably be trying to sell it directly yourself, this sounds like a transaction of convenience.The used book market is a dumpster fire. I donate a box, the local store offers 1 dollar cash or 5 dollars credit in the store. I'm glad people still donate. I got rewarded with a 1st edition version of Einstein's bio of Mozart.
I'm donating dumpster dives. I don't have the time to sell and it's tough to compete with the companies that can sell the books at lower prices anyway.Are you donating the books or selling them? Complaining about the value you get out of them implies "selling". If you're just bringing in a box of random paperbacks, I can certainly see them giving you minimal trade value, as they've got to inventory them, price them, and store them until they finally sell for a few bucks. If you thought you had anything of value, you'd probably be trying to sell it directly yourself, this sounds like a transaction of convenience.
You're... taking books that were thrown away, and kvetching about the value you get for "donating" (hint: that means "to give away") them to a used book store?I'm donating dumpster dives. I don't have the time to sell and it's tough to compete with the companies that can sell the books at lower prices anyway.
Some of the books found in the dumpster dives are too interesting at the moment to donate, like cookbooks.
Landlord turned lawyer, and cookbook grifter. Who would have known.Mmmmkay.
One, the opportunity of utilizing leisure time on organizing trash is about min wage or more. I essentially chose to forego 15.65 dollars an hour to save...books so that someone interested can get copy from a store for 6-7 dollars. And most of the haul is actually giveaway or back to the trash can, because the store doesn't take ex-library books. It just so happens that there are someone non library books being dumped into the same waste stream.You're... taking books that were thrown away, and kvetching about the value you get for "donating" (hint: that means "to give away") them to a used book store?
"Man, these dumpster books are worthless, the used book market is a dumpster fire!"
Mmmmkay.