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Researcher 196307

Entry: Out of Print Books - A766352
Author: Researcher 196307 - U196307

I know that the entry is written in First Person, however, I am working to correct that, but I can't seem to figure out just how. If someone could please start at the beginning and just correct the first "I" and I'll see what I can do from there.


A766352 - Out of Print Books

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Gnomon - time to move on

Out of Print Books
Something as personal as an anecdote can't be put directly into third person. In this case you can refer to an anonymous researcher rather than yourself.

It is odd that when one is searching for a book one really, really wants, it is always out of print. For example, in a search for 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams, a book which should be popular and certainly not in jeopardy of being axed, one researcher was told they didn't have it in stock, but they would be perfectly happy to order it from the publisher. The research was happy to wait the projected two weeks and joyfully told them to order "The Deeper Meaning of Liff" as well. It was revealed later, of course, that they are actually quite out of print. For others in the same predicament, you might be able to get a bit of help from the following websites.


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Post 3

Andrew 3.0 Pro

For reasons which will be explained later, this entry has been relocated to entry number A767063, and is still under witer's workshop.


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