My library wisely sells old hardcovers for $1.
My library not-so-wisely sells old first edition hardcovers for $1.
A couple of months ago I picked up a copy of Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera, which I already own in paperback, but...what the hell? It's a first edition.
And like any other collectible, it actually only has value to me and other collectors, but I think owning first editions is cool.
I understand that the library is happy making a buck off of a book that they probably got for free, but...why not capitalize on it more? Granted...it's just a minor Updike, but the Marquez should be worth something, right? Wouldn't the library benefit more by calling Sotheby's?
1 comment:
That's a pretty sweet deal. Way to shaft the man. If the public library is considered the man.
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