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  1. Re:I solved this problem by by guiscard · · Score: 1 · on RIAA's Nasty Easter Egg


    In one of the articles it says some executives want to raise the price on older music as it is harder to find.

    Some executives, for example, believe they should be charging a premium for the online versions of older tracks because consumers may be willing to pay more for harder-to-find material.

    Like Bibliofind after Amazon bought them. You could once find anything at (local) used bookstore prices, then they discovered people looking for out-of-print or rare stuff would pay a premium and the prices skyrocketed.

  2. Moldy Grape Juice Book by Robotech_Master · · Score: 1 · on Testing The First Cyborgs

    I read the same book. I believe that the Bibliofind search I just did on a half-remembered title has turned it up--it's The Man Whose Name Wouldn't Fit by Theodore Tyler. The fellow's name was one letter too long, you see, and it aggravated him a great deal to keep getting mail with the last letter of his name chopped off.
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  3. Re:Double standard? by Robotech_Master · · Score: 2 · on Publishers/Authors Angry at Amazon Selling Used Books
    I read the sff.publishing.* groups on SFFnet's news server, where a lot of authorly and publisherly folks hang out. And many of them don't seem to have a problem with Amazon selling used books; after all, there are plenty of other websites that exist to sell used books--BiblioFind and Powell's, for instance, and there's also Half.com, where ordinary citizens can sell used stuff, and of course let's not forget eBay.

    The problem they have is with Amazon's marketing tactics. When someone searches for a new book, that they might otherwise buy, Amazon pops up a link to a used copy of the book as well. Which is a sort of encouragement to the person to buy the book used instead of new as they'd originally intended. i.e., Amazon seems like it's trying to talk people out of buying new books, and convince them to buy used books instead. This is what is driving the authors into a snit.

    And I have to admit, I can see their point. As I said, used bookstores and libraries exist. They're factored into the equation already--that a certain amount of people will buy new; others will buy used; others will read in the library and not buy at all. But Amazon seems like it is trying to skew the equation, thus depriving those writers of their bread and butter.
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  4. Re:used bookstores? by Schnedt+Microne · · Score: 1 · on Publishers/Authors Angry at Amazon Selling Used Books

    Used bookstores selling their goods by the Internet is an Excellent Idea . I buy a LOT of books that way. It's really nice to be able to punch in an author's name and price-shop from used bookstores all around the world.

  5. Yawn by John+Jorsett · · Score: 1 · on Publishers/Authors Angry at Amazon Selling Used Books

    Anyone remember the bitching and moaning when used CD stores were starting up? Garth Brooks and others made this same tired argument. Publishers of everything from books to software aren't going to be happy until they can charge you every single time you access their material. And what's the difference whether Amazon is selling used books, or it's happening via another site like Bibliofind.com?

  6. Bibliofind by skatedork · · Score: 1 · on Hackers

    Bibliofind is similar to Abe's, and comes up with numerous instances of this book for as low as $25.00.

  7. tossin' amazon's cookies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2 · on Slashback: Sex, Freiheit, Differentiation

    I was searching for some titles on Bibliofind the other day. Coincidentally, they're owned by Amazon. I instructed my browser not to allow cookies from the site, and I was disappointed to find that a few titles had disappeared since I last searched for them on Bibliofind. I then enabled cookies and returned to the site. Lo and behold, the lost titles were miraculously found.