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Getting ahold of a scalped book

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Hi all,

I’m not really sure how to go about this but there is a book that I want to read but am unable to find a paperback copy for anywhere near a reasonable price and find myself completely unable to enjoy the ebook version of any book. Is there any other way I might be able to approach getting ahold of a copy without having to resort to buying a scalped copy? I have tried getting in touch with the publisher but they are unable to help me.

Parents

  • Do you have an ISBN or title/author for us to help search for it?

    There are loads of sources of second hand books both in the UK and overseas that can have it.

    What would you consider a reasonable price though? Some books are expensive because they are rare and supply/demand will dictate the prices.It can be rare to track down an affordable copy although you can sometimes buy it in a job lot of books and then sell on the other books you don't want to mitigate the cost.

    What do you mean a "scalped copy" by the way? Is this a stolen library book?

    Lastly, are you aware you can print out ebooks and then bind them so you have something approaching a regular book?

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  • Do you have an ISBN or title/author for us to help search for it?

    There are loads of sources of second hand books both in the UK and overseas that can have it.

    What would you consider a reasonable price though? Some books are expensive because they are rare and supply/demand will dictate the prices.It can be rare to track down an affordable copy although you can sometimes buy it in a job lot of books and then sell on the other books you don't want to mitigate the cost.

    What do you mean a "scalped copy" by the way? Is this a stolen library book?

    Lastly, are you aware you can print out ebooks and then bind them so you have something approaching a regular book?

Children
  • in reply to Iain

    By scalped copy I mean that by far the cheapest copy I can find is five times the original sale price and most likely a stolen library book. Also other books in the same series just before and after this volume are being sold secondhand at less than the original sale price so I’m fairly sure that either too few of the book was printed or a bunch of people are trying to upsell it for a ridiculous amount of money.

    As for printing out the ebook, one the only places it is sold have DRM that I’m unsure on how to crack. And two, because I have already gotten the books before I this one in the series I would like it to resemble the original book otherwise it’ll just continuously trigger my OCD every time I see it on my shelf.