Thursday, August 30, 2007
A Letter
Dear Person Who Sold Me Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities Used on Amazon:
I don't mind that you or someone wrote in your copy and didn't bother to mention that fact in your listing. When I buy a used book, I'm aware there may be margin notes. I do mind, however, that at least one page has a chunk torn out of it large enough that words are missing. The fact that you had a book in this condition and saw fit to sell it as "Used--Very Good" does not speak highly of you. You are, however, still better than the seller of a copy of Sarah Lindsay's Primate Behavior where someone had crossed out words/lines and written new ones to "improve" the poems.
Sincerely,
A Ravenous Book-Buyer
I don't mind that you or someone wrote in your copy and didn't bother to mention that fact in your listing. When I buy a used book, I'm aware there may be margin notes. I do mind, however, that at least one page has a chunk torn out of it large enough that words are missing. The fact that you had a book in this condition and saw fit to sell it as "Used--Very Good" does not speak highly of you. You are, however, still better than the seller of a copy of Sarah Lindsay's Primate Behavior where someone had crossed out words/lines and written new ones to "improve" the poems.
Sincerely,
A Ravenous Book-Buyer
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That sucks! But it reminds me of my mom's Aunt Mary, who would cross out profanity and descriptions of body parts/sex before passing on a bodice ripping romance novel to someone else in the family. I mean, really, what are you expecting to find when you pick up a book with Fabio on the cover?
I've never rewritten poems, but I do have German collections where I have written quick translations on the pages. And I even have English collections where I have written German translations on the pages!
But I'm not selling any poems ...
But I'm not selling any poems ...
Wow. Who the hell would cross out lines in someone else's book and then 'improve' upon them? That's sick.
Speaking of sick, there's a rumor that you've actually played Upcucgt. Is that true?
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Speaking of sick, there's a rumor that you've actually played Upcucgt. Is that true?
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