Can someone explain?

[Mark Kohut]

Because it is Out-of-Print. Being in print means there is an unlimited
supply since it
can be reprinted. Therefore the market price is what is on the book, the
usual for its
pagination.

When OP, the secondary market takes over and, like any antique, it will
bring what
those who want it will pay. Which those who have copies think they sorta
know.

Seven Printings once upon a time and now rare. Many used bookstores might
have a
copy cheap, not knowing the going rate. You know, the eccentric ones.

Even more likely to show up in library and community-donated sales as baby
boomers
get defenestrated and buried.

Or we should all urge Penguin to reprint with a splash.....PYNCHON
SPEAKS,,,for this book for a new generation.

On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 6:05 PM Toby Levy <tobyglevy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why are all the copies of Farina's Been Down so Long that are being sold on
> the internet so expensive?
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