Comment on This used book that I bought for 12£ on the internet was apparently previously bought from Oxfam for 1.99£

• Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  0.0£ at your local library.

  source

  • Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ah yes, libraries. Those mega buildings with every book on Earth inside…

    source

    • Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The picture shows ISBN 9781784708276

      I search this to get the title: “Entangled Life - How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures”

      I see £, so I’m going to assume it’s the UK. I pitched Manchester as a city to search.

      I search the book.

      Seven 2021 versions, three 2020 versions, and audio book are available.

      source

      • then_three_more@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Which means even if it’s not available in OPs local library they could go to their library and get it on an interlibrary loan.

        source
      • prayer@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Based and librarypilled

        source
      • tomi000@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        OP said theyre from another country

        source

        • -> View More Comments
    • pacmondo@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You’re right. Since they don’t have every book ever written, why bother even looking?

      source
    • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lol.

      Oh, yes let’s let perfection be the enemy of good.

      It’s a rare thing I can’t get from my Library (mostly music and some movies), but anythinesucational and it’s there.

      I regularly check out DVD collections from The Teaching Company of university courses - I’m talking Harvard, Columbia, etc. Currently have History of Western Civilization on deck for ripping. It’s 40 hours of lectures, the DVD collection would cost $1500 on the open market.

      It’s one of dozens I’ve ripped for my own use, and converted to MP3 to listen when at gym or in the car.

      source
    • zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Do your libraries not have a system to request books from other libraries? Not trying to be a jerk, I just have looked for some obscure things before and sometimes they had to be requested from other libraries.

      source

      • Kodachrome@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        https://search.worldcat.org/ is a good inter-library search site. My librarians use it (among other things, I'm sure) to find books/DVDs to acquire for me on ILL, but since the site is public sometimes I just do the search for them and send them a link to what I want when I submit a hold request.

        source
    • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Everytime i have been unable to find a book in the library i have asked the librarian and had it brough in from another library. i dont think there has ever been a book i wanted they didnt have somewhere in the chain

      source
• then_three_more@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If the shipping is more than 99p it would have been cheaper for you to buy it new.

  www.waterstones.com/book/…/9781784708276

  source
• Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m curious, why are you putting the £ symbol after the number and not before?

  source

  • ElCanut@jlai.lu ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m sorry I’m not English so I’m used to Euros, I wasn’t sure if the £ was supposed to be before or after

    source