rara-avis@icomm.ca wrote:
> Fair enough.
> One last thought, though, before this horse is
thoroughly beat:
> I'm highly skeptical that any younger readers will
be exposed to
> Chandler, Hammett et. al. by purchasing a $35
volume. Too
> expensive, and nothing hip or dangerous about the
books, at least
> when in comes in the LOA packaging. Besides, they're
all too busy
> downloading music for free through
Napster!
They may not buy it, but they might get exposed to it by
taking it out from a library--and, let me tell you, libraries
are far more eager to buy a LOA version of Chandler (or
Hammett or ES Gardner or whoever) than they are to buy
paperback or trade paperback versions of same.
jess
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