Numlock News: August 19, 2021 • Pop Its, Theme Parks, Fusion Reactors
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By Walt Hickey Not For Sale But For Sale Advanced reader copies are pre-prints of forthcoming books that are often distributed for promotional or review purposes. They're often still due for one last pass from the copy editors, but they’re free, and part of the deal is you're not supposed to sell them. In reality, though, there's a thriving underground scene for such books, as eBay will show, and naturally the auction and rare book market loves them. An uncorrected proof of Cannery Row by John Steinbeck is available for $35,000, an early copy of The Old Man and the Sea is up for $28,000, and in May
Numlock News: August 19, 2021 • Pop Its, Theme Parks, Fusion Reactors
Numlock News: August 19, 2021 • Pop Its…
Numlock News: August 19, 2021 • Pop Its, Theme Parks, Fusion Reactors
By Walt Hickey Not For Sale But For Sale Advanced reader copies are pre-prints of forthcoming books that are often distributed for promotional or review purposes. They're often still due for one last pass from the copy editors, but they’re free, and part of the deal is you're not supposed to sell them. In reality, though, there's a thriving underground scene for such books, as eBay will show, and naturally the auction and rare book market loves them. An uncorrected proof of Cannery Row by John Steinbeck is available for $35,000, an early copy of The Old Man and the Sea is up for $28,000, and in May