Have you looked at the Amazon website recently? For a great many books, and
especially for recent paperbacks, you'll see the offer to 'buy it used for
less' and it's a lot less in many cases, especially if you like thrillers,
mystery, war, chick-lit, humour or historical novels.
    Because the offers for any one title are all displayed together,
competition is intense, and books in 'very good' or even 'like new'
condition are often offered at