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<blockquote data-quote="Jer" data-source="post: 8587310" data-attributes="member: 19857"><p>Interesting - if those are the same books then they have them for sale in that display case.</p><p></p><p>I'll lay dollars to donuts that what they have there are actually old copies that have been rebound into a collection the way some folks bind up their comics or magazines into a single volume. It's not terribly cheap to do - $200 or so per book is what I've seen these days. I suspect that these are that kind of archival volume, not a new printing. And right of first sale means that you can do things like this with original printing and resell them and it's all fine.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If these are single archival volumes then the prices are high but not that high and you don't need to order in bulk. It's like Thesis binding or library binding but usually more expensive because thesis binding is priced for college students and library binding gets a volume discount (also the mechanics of restoring old books is very different from binding new books for a library or a stack of printed pages for a thesis).</p><p></p><p>OTOH - if these are actually new printings that they've made from a digital photocopy or something and they're reselling them, that's a completely different story. And would be utterly insane to do because the prices would be insane and also they have an ongoing copyright/trademark lawsuit going on with Wizards. So I guess it can't be discounted that this might actually be what's going on given the people involved.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jer, post: 8587310, member: 19857"] Interesting - if those are the same books then they have them for sale in that display case. I'll lay dollars to donuts that what they have there are actually old copies that have been rebound into a collection the way some folks bind up their comics or magazines into a single volume. It's not terribly cheap to do - $200 or so per book is what I've seen these days. I suspect that these are that kind of archival volume, not a new printing. And right of first sale means that you can do things like this with original printing and resell them and it's all fine. If these are single archival volumes then the prices are high but not that high and you don't need to order in bulk. It's like Thesis binding or library binding but usually more expensive because thesis binding is priced for college students and library binding gets a volume discount (also the mechanics of restoring old books is very different from binding new books for a library or a stack of printed pages for a thesis). OTOH - if these are actually new printings that they've made from a digital photocopy or something and they're reselling them, that's a completely different story. And would be utterly insane to do because the prices would be insane and also they have an ongoing copyright/trademark lawsuit going on with Wizards. So I guess it can't be discounted that this might actually be what's going on given the people involved. [/QUOTE]
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