[lbo-talk] Pynchon Don't Sell Likwe He Used To

[Miles Jackson]

Michael Pollak wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, Doug Henwood wrote:
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>> I've gotten paperbacks for $0.01 plus shipping - and shipping is only 
>> about $3, so I don't get how or why people can do that.
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> My impression is that's from the many people like myself who can't bear to 
> throw out books we once liked -- it feels like violating a kosher law.  In 
> New York, we can give them to homeless people.  But in most of the country, 
> they don't have homeless booksellers on their suburban streets, so this is 
> their version of not throwing it away: giving it away for free over the 
> internet.
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Miles