I have just looked in three totally different lace books I have readily to hand and none of them have that statement. I then looked at a couple of recentish novels nearby (because I was sure I had seen some sort of statement somewhere) and they both have wording to the effect that the book can't be resold without the original cover and without a similar copyright statement. This makes sense where not being able to sell them at all doesn't to me - and how would I get those great old novels, children's books, etc that I love so much? :-)
My tuppence worth ... Helen in dark Vancouver, BC on the west coast of mainland Canada On Wednesday, April 18, 2007, at 12:28AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Most books carry a notice on the copyright page saying that the book cannot >> be resold, but in most cases it wouldn't be practical or financially worth >> the author or publisher taking legal action to stop a secondhand copy being >> sold > >Wow, that's hard to believe. If this is so, then all second-hand book stores >are illegal. While it wouldn't be financially feasible for one author to go >after one seller of one copy of his/her book, a class action suit by all >authors against all used-book stores would surely be worth pursuing! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
