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		SubiculumCode on Aug 23, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The demise of the second-hand bookshop The problem with used books stores is they always have book two of a series, but never book one :)

WalterBright on Aug 23, 2020 [–]

Book publishers do the marketing all wrong. They publish the first in a series as a tease to buy the rest. They should start with the second book in the series, then people would be haplessly impelled to buy the first one!

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