Oct 22 2007
Used books
Few of my successful if not surprising finds on the net
I’m spending the better part of the day scanning a book that was lent to me by Roland, and agonizing over the fact that I haven’t found a used Chinese book store online. Is there a valid market exist?? Few years ago, Roland stopped by one day after work, dropping off an armful books, “you can keep them all.. except this one for it’s the only copy I have.” It’s the first edition in 2002 with 10,000 in print, cost 32 RMB, about $4. He did have few copies but when we met, he had given them all away. I usually do those scanning projects during the Wimbledon or US Open when my eyes are glued to the tube, hands free. It’s rather enjoyable. But somehow this book has missed, apparently. So now I’m grumbling as I scan its 246 pages.