tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post5040282076075420104..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Life Post-Harrybibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-87300253085222680162007-07-29T14:43:00.000+08:002007-07-29T14:43:00.000+08:00some truth in that irene. but the books in wareho...some truth in that irene. but the books in warehouse sales aren't the latest and some titles won't make it there at all. best is to be a cheerfully eclectic book buyer - buy different kinds of books from different sources.<BR/><BR/>i love cheap books too ... in fact i was at big bookshop today and picked up some great non-fiction titles. these were books i wouldn't have bought at full price.<BR/><BR/>i don't mind paying full whack for a hardback or trade paperback copy of the latest quality lit fiction e.g. i just bought michael ondaatje's new book and graham swift's. they weren't cheap but i love having first edition copies.<BR/><BR/>i feel that i was very lucky growing up in the UK as the public libraries were so good and my school library was good so i really didn't need to buy too muchbibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-7149280316326274402007-07-29T14:06:00.000+08:002007-07-29T14:06:00.000+08:00It's like the chicken and the egg. Books are expen...It's like the chicken and the egg. Books are expensive, so we can't buy many; they need to price the books like that in order to make profit and survive. The books stay expensive and we go off to Payless Books' warehouse sales.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-7145335116591192112007-07-29T12:05:00.000+08:002007-07-29T12:05:00.000+08:00I should be worth a mere 1.5billion :) People can ...I should be worth a mere 1.5billion :) People can sell roti canai and survive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com