XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: robban@clubtelco.com   
      
   On 17/01/2014 11:46 am, Your Name wrote:   
   > J. Clarke wrote:   
   >> In article ,   
   >> leszek.karlik@gmail.com says...   
   >>> On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:10:58 +0100, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> [...]   
   >>>>     Big difference: I can quite literally sample the book. I can tell how   
   >>>> it "tastes". I cannot do that with an online grocery.   
   >>>   
   >>> You can taste an apple in a supermarket and then leave it half-bitten when   
   >>> it turns out you don't like the taste? Around here, eating the goods before   
   >>> purchasing them seems to be frowned upon.   
   >>   
   >> Books are not subject to bruising, rot, insufficient ripening, excessive   
   >> ripening, or any of the other things that can go wrong with apples.   
   >    
   >   
   > True, but books are subject to rough handing, greasy fingerprints from   
   > other store browsers, denting, ripping, water damage, etc.   
      
   But very rarely. I have been buying books from Amazon, Fishpond, Book   
   Depository and others online for at least the last fifteen years. In   
   that time, I have had one book that was severly water damaged and one   
   that had been bound incorrectly (ie not a handling matter at all). In   
   both cases, Amazon replaced them very quickly without even asking to see   
   the damage.   
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