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Re: RARA-AVIS: The Glass Key
Doug Greene (or is it James Mountain?) writes:
>Oh stop, I'm getting all weepy. I want a Lear jet, and yet poor
>little Bookseller me can't afford one. And mean old rich guy can.
>It's so unfair.
>You have to answer to the demands of faculty, students and the
>general public? It must be really frustrating for you. Making a
>liveing from bookselling can be really frustrating too. Your
>job doesn't hinge on whether or not you can pick up a copy of The
>Glass Key. You still get paid, you just suffer in self pity .
>You're not spending YOUR OWN MONEY on these books either.
>Stop whining. If I have a copy of the Glass Key, it means I've paid
>for it with my own money, and now I've got to find a price that
>will pay rent, put food on the table etc. I'd love for your Library
>to have first in jacket of all the books you want, but really,
>nothing really changes if you don't. No one starves, no one struggles
>to find rent.
So who's forcing you to be a bookseller? James Stephenson simply
stated his _responsibilities_ as an academic librarian to the people he
_serves_; you're the one bringing up rent and food on the table -- and that
makes _you_ the one who's whining.
I'm not a collector, but if I'm ever in the market for rare or first
edition books, I'll make sure to remember you -- as someone not to buy from.
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