https://booksquare.com/on-buying-penguins-entire-library-of-uh-classics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&%23038;utm_campaign=on-buying-penguins-entire-library-of-uh-classics Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:14:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://booksquare.com/on-buying-penguins-entire-library-of-uh-classics/#comment-99001 Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:14:30 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/08/29/1544/#comment-99001 You know, they say that a diet consisting exclusively of ramen leads to Methusalah-like lifespans. I think it’s the preservatives.

]]> https://booksquare.com/on-buying-penguins-entire-library-of-uh-classics/#comment-98988 Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:36:08 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/08/29/1544/#comment-98988 I don’t know. Penguin comes close to fulfilling a long ruminated upon fantasy of mine involving owning every volume of the Library of America. Sure, there’s no way in hell that anyone could do this — unless confining one’s self to a warren on a ramen diet without working for several years is worth the sacrifice. And yet there still exists the temptation, as unsavory and as incompatible with regular life as it may seem.

]]> https://booksquare.com/on-buying-penguins-entire-library-of-uh-classics/#comment-98955 Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:58:05 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/08/29/1544/#comment-98955 I’ve seen information about this before. I think they had something about Amazon selling the entire collection at 40% off on Bibliophilist.com. It comes down to a decent price per book, but yikes! I would much prefer to pay a little extra per title and get just the ones I wanted.

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