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Wanna sell it?

ralferoo 3y ago
Weirdly, probably not. I know if I sold it, then I'd suddenly get the urge to read it. Also, it's really heavy (I'd say at least over 1kg), so by the time I sold it at less than the current price because it's no longer new (also mine is 1-4A, the current edition is 1-4B) and paid postage to package and ship it somewhere, it's probably not really worth the effort.
- dorfsmay 3y ago
  Memento Mori. You should imagine that you are forced to sell it every day. Eventually you'll either sell it (or donate it (your local library might appreciate it)) or start reading it.
  - dctoedt 3y ago
    > You should imagine that you are forced to sell it every day. Semi-serious question: Which of the following do you mean: A. Every day, you should imagine that you are forced to sell it; or B. You should imagine that you will, every day, be forced to sell it. (I teach law students to spot and fix ambiguities in draft contracts; this would be a nice practice example :-) )
    - llimos 3y ago
      Since it's not possible to sell the same physical item more than once without some intervening event, it's not that ambiguous!
      - dctoedt 3y ago
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus ?
    - dorfsmay 3y ago
      A. OP imagines that there is a point in the future where they read the book without commiting to it. Selling/donating it would put an end to that possibility and force OP to imagine a future where they cannot read it, and hopefully helps them assessing one va the other, and prioritizing accordingly.
- wiglaf1979 3y ago
  Not sure of your location but if you are mailing materials like this in the USA it's really cheap. USPS Media Mail. https://about.usps.com/notices/not121/not121_tech.htm https://about.usps.com/notices/not121/not121_tech.htm I've used it to buy/sell large tomes like this and it is really cheap ship things this way. It's not the speediest of delivery methods.
- tzs 3y ago
  Older editions might actually fetch good prices. That's because newer editions aren't just new material plus minor edits and corrections. They also drop old material. For example if you are interested in large integer arithmetic the 2nd edition of Volume 2 has some exercises that develop some methods that, if I recall correctly, I found more suited to my needs than the methods in the text when I was working on a large integer library. The 3rd edition dropped those. I've long forgotten most of what I learned when working on my large integer library, but if I had to learn that subject again I'd probably actually start with the 2nd edition, and then check the 3rd edition to add to that.

Wanna sell it?

Weirdly, probably not. I know if I sold it, then I'd suddenly get the urge to read it. Also, it's really heavy (I'd say at least over 1kg), so by the time I sold it at less than the current price because it's no longer new (also mine is 1-4A, the current edition is 1-4B) and paid postage to package and ship it somewhere, it's probably not really worth the effort.

dorfsmay 3y ago
Memento Mori. You should imagine that you are forced to sell it every day. Eventually you'll either sell it (or donate it (your local library might appreciate it)) or start reading it.
- dctoedt 3y ago
  > You should imagine that you are forced to sell it every day. Semi-serious question: Which of the following do you mean: A. Every day, you should imagine that you are forced to sell it; or B. You should imagine that you will, every day, be forced to sell it. (I teach law students to spot and fix ambiguities in draft contracts; this would be a nice practice example :-) )
  - llimos 3y ago
    Since it's not possible to sell the same physical item more than once without some intervening event, it's not that ambiguous!
    - dctoedt 3y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus ?
  - dorfsmay 3y ago
    A. OP imagines that there is a point in the future where they read the book without commiting to it. Selling/donating it would put an end to that possibility and force OP to imagine a future where they cannot read it, and hopefully helps them assessing one va the other, and prioritizing accordingly.
wiglaf1979 3y ago
Not sure of your location but if you are mailing materials like this in the USA it's really cheap. USPS Media Mail. https://about.usps.com/notices/not121/not121_tech.htm https://about.usps.com/notices/not121/not121_tech.htm I've used it to buy/sell large tomes like this and it is really cheap ship things this way. It's not the speediest of delivery methods.
tzs 3y ago
Older editions might actually fetch good prices. That's because newer editions aren't just new material plus minor edits and corrections. They also drop old material. For example if you are interested in large integer arithmetic the 2nd edition of Volume 2 has some exercises that develop some methods that, if I recall correctly, I found more suited to my needs than the methods in the text when I was working on a large integer library. The 3rd edition dropped those. I've long forgotten most of what I learned when working on my large integer library, but if I had to learn that subject again I'd probably actually start with the 2nd edition, and then check the 3rd edition to add to that.