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From: keithl@vice.UUCP (Keith Lofstrom)
Newsgroups: net.books
Subject: What happens to old books?
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Date: Fri, 13-Jul-84 04:10:39 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 13 04:10:39 1984
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Recent changes in the tax laws require publishers to account for books
in warehouses at wholesale prices, rather than a fraction of wholesale
as they had in the past.  The result is that it's cheaper to throw books
away after a couple of years than keep them around in case someone wants
them.  Good for bestsellers and textbooks, and frequently reprinted books.
Bad for reference books and classics.

Your tax system at work.
-- 
Keith Lofstrom
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