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Path: spinifex!elecvax!usage!basser!john
From: john@basser.oz (John Mackin)
Newsgroups: aus.sf
Subject: Re: SF TV update bits n pieces
Summary: a place to get obscure books that you really want
Message-ID: <1554@basser.oz>
Date: 22 Oct 88 23:58:49 GMT
References: <2124@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz>
Distribution: aus
Organization: Dept of Comp Sci, Uni of Sydney, Australia
Lines: 50
In article <2124@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz>,
kat@banana.cs.uq.oz (Kathryn Andersen) writes:
> Does anyone know where I could get a copy of "Andra"
> by Lousie Lawrence? I think it is out of print.
I, and several of my friends, have had great success with
these people (it's some effort though, you have to really
want the book/s):
Books-on-File
PO Box 195
Union City, NJ 07087, USA
The service they offer is unique as far as I am aware (and
may have changed in detail -- the last time I dealt with
them was several years ago): you give them as much info
as you can on the book/s you want, at least author and
title; publisher, place and date if available; they then
use some method, the details of which they don't tell you,
to find some person or business that has a copy of the book
and is willing to sell it. They don't tell you who that is
either (else they wouldn't make any money), but they quote you
a price for the book, which is what the entity wanting to sell it
wants plus their fee. If you want it, you pay them, they buy it
and send it to you. The prices are not off-the-wall, in the
smaller tens of US dollars for an average-type hardback novel (or
that's what they were then).
They are very good for obscure out-of-print books (for rare books
I think you will be better off with a rare book dealer, but not
many SF novels are rare books -- yes, I know a few that are;
and please, if you know what the phrase `rare book' means then
fine, but if you don't then don't followup about that, I use it
in the sense in which it will be understood by bibliophiles).
I've never heard of them being unable to locate a book.
If anyone does contact them now I would appreciate hearing about
your experience.
And by the way:
> ************From I dunno (probably US): (TELL ME WHERE!)
> Outer Limits
> [...]
> It's About Time
These two are definitely American.
John.