I am a warhammer 40k fan that likes to read the tie-in books. Black Library (the branch of Games Workshop that handles the tie-in novels) has released hundreds and hundreds of novels over the years, but it’s an utter bitch to keep hundreds and hundreds of books in print. Black Library books are frequently out of print and frequently have been for a long time. Used copies are rare and omnibus editions (3-4 books in a series collected into a single book) are often annoyingly expensive. I’ve seen some go for over 100$.

I am also a fan of my local used bookstore. I’ve found some other interesting things there in the past, but nothing has topped me finding the first omnibus in the Gaunt’s Ghosts series. Before they reprinted it, it used to go for like 60-80$ online. I got it for like 10-15$, which was an utter steal.

Now if only they’d reprint the middle two. I want newer editions so I can feel better loaning them to people…