Used book
A used book or secondhand book is a
Sales
Used books typically become available on the market when they are sold or given to a second-hand shop, church used book sale or used bookstore; they are usually sold for about half or three-quarters the price of what they would cost new, though rare books and others still in demand or hard to obtain might sell for more than this.
Some new
Condition
A reading copy of a book may be well-used, may include highlighting or marginalia, and is suitable for reading, but is not collectible. This is a term used in the used book business, to indicate the lack of collectible value, while claiming that the book is in sufficiently good condition for a purchaser whose interest is primarily in actually reading the book. A reading copy is typically less expensive than a collectible copy.
Booktowns
A number of
See also
References
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- Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. Archivedfrom the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- Guardian News & Media Limited. Archivedfrom the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2019.