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Megalisting Used Books on Amazon
- snewe 18y agoThe first page of the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/books/review/Sussman-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/books/review/Sussman-t.htm...
- jakewolf 18y agoOops, thanks!
- byrneseyeview 18y agoSomehow, the article fails to mention Margin of Safety, an investment book less than twenty years old, which sells for about $1000: http://www.amazon.com/Margin-Safety-Risk-Averse-Strategies-Thoughtful/dp/0887305105 http://www.amazon.com/Margin-Safety-Risk-Averse-Strategies-T... Here's a piece on why it's so pricey: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_32/b3996085.htm http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_32/b3996085.... And here's a recent update on Klarman, who is still doing very well. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/business/yourmoney/13klar.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/business/yourmoney/13klar.... In case $1000 is out of your price range, there's a Rapidshare of a scanned .pdf: http://rapidshare.com/files/126088249/Margin.of.Safety.by.Seth.Klarman.1991.FullScan.pdf.html http://rapidshare.com/files/126088249/Margin.of.Safety.by.Se...
- pageman 18y agoOn Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/doc/5176674/Margin-of-Safety-by-Seth-Klarman-1991-FullScan http://www.scribd.com/doc/5176674/Margin-of-Safety-by-Seth-K...
- asdflkj 18y agoAnd Alloway of Motte & Bailey says he’s able to outwit the megalisters’ computers, provoking price wars and then buying up books at below market value, holding them until prices readjust. And yet in the mind of most people, small and independent bookstores are the good guys and big book-selling corporations are evil. Baffling.