There's always money in the classics

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  • Опубліковано 25 січ 2025

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  • @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk
    @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk 10 днів тому +1

    The thing with imaginary friends, one can play that game! Best wishes and happy reading James.

  • @saintdonoghue
    @saintdonoghue 11 днів тому +6

    So a series of Steve Classics with Steve Introductions and Steve Annotations, might be w winning strategy?

    • @JamesRuchala
      @JamesRuchala  11 днів тому +6

      Who is this "Steve"? Is he even a booktuber, bro?

  • @annschmidt5461
    @annschmidt5461 11 днів тому

    Thanks for the heads up.

  • @GreatBooksGuy
    @GreatBooksGuy 11 днів тому

    "If that’s a veiled criticism about the classics, I won’t hear it and I won’t respond to it."

    • @JamesRuchala
      @JamesRuchala  10 днів тому +1

      It's a pdf of Oliver Twist. What could it cost--ten dollars?

  • @davidnovakreadspoetry
    @davidnovakreadspoetry 11 днів тому

    I try not to use those PoD houses; usually the charge _isn’t_ cheap but $20 for some photocopy of an 1840 printing, or more.

    • @JamesRuchala
      @JamesRuchala  10 днів тому +1

      I've not seen too many that are that expensive, but I imagine if you were looking for some obscure titles on, I don't know, medieval China or something like that that no one cares about, then maybe.

  • @ttowntrekker5174
    @ttowntrekker5174 10 днів тому +1

    I put the publisher in the search to avoid those fakes. You can also look at the size many are 8.5 X 11 LOL

    • @JamesRuchala
      @JamesRuchala  10 днів тому

      That size is a dead give-away, but only one in a hundred buyers are going to check that.

  • @jennyjaybles
    @jennyjaybles 11 днів тому +2

    This is pretty depressing. I really hope I don't end up buying one of these books I would be so upset. Bookmaking used to be an art.

    • @JamesRuchala
      @JamesRuchala  10 днів тому +1

      Book making and binding still is an art, but these are trash.

  • @jibby1986
    @jibby1986 11 днів тому +1

    There's always money in the banana stand.

    • @JamesRuchala
      @JamesRuchala  10 днів тому +1

      click click

    • @jibby1986
      @jibby1986 10 днів тому

      I live in Orange County. Anytime anyone says “the OC,” I respond “don’t call it that” without offering more context to explain the reference.

  • @patriciah8579
    @patriciah8579 11 днів тому

    I’m starting to see these appear on the shelves at the library book-sale rooms I frequent. Their look and feel is pretty meh (and obviously so, if you look at it for more than a moment). Not at all tempting, even for 50 cents.

    • @JamesRuchala
      @JamesRuchala  11 днів тому +1

      Oy. Hate it!

    • @saintdonoghue
      @saintdonoghue 11 днів тому +1

      Also: is that video title an “Arrested Development” allusion? If so, bless you!

    • @JamesRuchala
      @JamesRuchala  11 днів тому +1

      It is!