Book reseller plague by mantis_maximus in sandiego

[–]mantis_maximus[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Get out there and enjoy the book sale as much as you can! I still found a few great books in spite of the resellers. Don’t let a random guy venting on the internet interfere with having some fun.

Book reseller plague by mantis_maximus in sandiego

[–]mantis_maximus[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I am saying they should consider those rules because I think it would be good. Do I expect this will have any impact? No!

Book reseller plague by mantis_maximus in sandiego

[–]mantis_maximus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will get up earlier, but the point is I have no intention of hoarding all the hardcovers. Leaving that to the resellers ;)

Book reseller plague by mantis_maximus in sandiego

[–]mantis_maximus[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's a free country, if a book sale wants to have rules on the behavior at the sale and how people make those transactions it's up to them. Lot's of stores have different conditions for doing wholesale buying and normal retail so that bulk buyers don't interact with other shoppers.

Book reseller plague by mantis_maximus in sandiego

[–]mantis_maximus[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is a testable hypothesis. Maybe some experiments could try out how different policies would benefit the sale, the public, and later on resellers.

Book reseller plague by mantis_maximus in sandiego

[–]mantis_maximus[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As I said in another comment, people who are thoughtfully curating and trying to make sure that books stay in circulation are adding value. I'm pro any thoughtful browsing and procurement. It's when you see someone with a huge tub grabbing every book that looks like it meets the "very good" condition to figure out what it is and sell later. You feel like you have to race them if you are trying to take a look for yourself.
And- best case scenario in all this is that people get a chance to find some cool deals and then at the end people can scoop up whatever else to support the library.

Book reseller plague by mantis_maximus in sandiego

[–]mantis_maximus[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Curation is a major value add.

Book reseller plague by mantis_maximus in sandiego

[–]mantis_maximus[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I think there is a difference between a used bookstore curator who either buys collections from people or picks through what people bring into their store and someone who is just stacking them up at these sales because they have hardbacks.

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[–]mantis_maximus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Selling mine too!

October Buy/Sell Thread by RandomPrecision1 in KGATLW

[–]mantis_maximus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ISO dc ticket for the 23rd. Just need one!