tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18408949.post114036992800203299..comments2014-08-23T07:06:33.935-07:00Comments on Mindful Marginalia: Books, bookselling and riff-raffFrauBucherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09595018913738483781noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18408949.post-1145552117221805812006-04-20T09:55:00.000-07:002006-04-20T09:55:00.000-07:00I have a part time job ordering replacement books ...I have a part time job ordering replacement books for a university library and I agree with you 100%. I have a few rules that I buy by: make sure that the description explicitly states no marks, clean text, or no highlighting, that way you can get a refund if the book comes marked up. Only use sellers on amazon with a 98% rating or better, trust bookstores and people with just a few books to sell, but not "online cheap bookorama" places, because they're too busy and they don't really care about books. you may have to pay more, but you can usually find reliable, good quality used copies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com