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On the plus side, you can reasonably claim that the brand new, non-bestseller, book you bought is a rare book, since "there are likely only a few hundred copies
by nullhole 2y ago
On the plus side, you can reasonably claim that the brand new, non-bestseller, book you bought is a rare book, since "there are likely only a few hundred copies in peoples' hands* throughout the world".
*A way of skirting the fact that there are probably >1000 copies in warehouses that will be pulped at some point
- naniwaduni 2y agoSince most books are, at any given moment, probably lying somewhere and not being actively held, chances are pretty good that yours is the only copy currently in a person's hand!
- em-bee 2y agotwo people holding the same book in their hands at the same time is so rare that you can actually feel it when it happens ;-)