Recently I started reading books. I was browsing online looking to buy a book when I came across 2 different shops. One was selling a book (I won’t name it) cheap then the other, more expensive (but still the same book). I wondered, are they the same and is the cheaper one “fake” or are there such thing as “fake” books?

  • Environmental_Park_6@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    There used to be warnings on books that if it was missing its cover it wasn’t a copy intended for sale.

    When I was in college there was a book fair that sold misprints and books with other minor cosmetic issues.

    Neither are necessarily fake but different than the retail copies you’d get at B&N.

    • Zolomun@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Worked at a chain bookstore in the late 90s, so I spent a lot of time ripping the covers off of paperbacks for return. It was painful for a book lover.

      • MegC18@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I ordered a book from an Amazon reseller - quite a large company - at a very cheap price, and the front cover was cut in half with a part missing. Perfect condition otherwise.

        Now I could have sent it back, but it only cost £1 plus postage, so being the resourceful ex-teacher/crafty person that I am, I re-covered it in high quality card.

        I now have a good reading copy of Plato