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		WalterBright on April 27, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon Just Happens to Hold Book Sale During Indep... I've bought a ton of used scifi from thrift stores. But after the pandemic, that all just dried up. I wonder what happened?

sct202 on April 27, 2025 [–]

I've noticed that a lot of the used book sellers on Amazon are Goodwill affiliates so maybe they all shifted to ecommerce or are bulk selling books to ecommerce companies.

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