On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 14:30 -0400, Lindy Mayfield wrote: > Books I've bought from the UK say this in the front. Seems a bit strict, but > is this the same thing? > "This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of > trade or > otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the > publisher's > prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is > published > and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the > subsequent purchaser."
Perhaps this is to discourage resale of a stripped volume? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripped_book ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
