Odd book purchase

[92ThoStro]

So, last year I bought Under the Dome by Stephen King, but never got around to reading it. Focusing on other books.

Well, I still had the receipt stuck in the front of the book. It was purchased on Amazon, but not with my Prime benefits, it was from another seller called "R& R Books)

The book is brand new, but has a red line down the bottom edges of the pages in the middle. Like the number "1"
Also, on the back, the original bar code was covered up with another bar code sticker. I peeled off the sticker and it says

Printed in the USA For sale In Canada 24.99

I only paid 8.99 for the book. It is paperback, 1074 pages.

Did they sell me an illegal book or something?

 

[Jomibe]

Did they sell me an illegal book or something?

Do you live in China?

 

[Mosinguy]

Sounds like it.

 

[bluewraith]

It's pretty common to see Canadian prices on books near the barcode. As far as the "For sale in Canada" I wouldn't worry much about it. Many reasons why it would stay in the States.

 

[92ThoStro]

I'm not complaining : D I I like 8.99 for a 20 dollar book just thought it was odd. I know it is common to see CA pricing next to US pricing, but have not seen it listed this way before.

Apparently I am way behind... SCOTUS ruled back in 1998 that discounted overseas books shipped and sold back in the US do not violate federal copyright law.

 

[bluewraith]

Apparently I am way behind... SCOTUS ruled back in 1998 that discounted overseas books shipped and sold back in the US do not violate federal copyright law.

That was actually back in the courts not long ago, if I remember correctly. Something about college book stores and buybacks... but I wasn't paying much attention to the case.

 

[92ThoStro]

I wouldn't be surprised, textbook companies want their money. I did read that their excuse for charging Americans so much is that they really are not. They charge us regular price, and that allows their business to expand to foreign markets. They wouldn't be able to offer them overseas at all if they sold them cheaply domestically.
It appears that college bookstores are angry with publishers for exporting cheaper books. Wholesalers have to sign a contract preventing them from selling to domestic distributors, while foreign distributors sell books with over 50% price reductions.

 

[Bunnykid68]

It's pretty common to see Canadian prices on books near the barcode. As far as the "For sale in Canada" I wouldn't worry much about it. Many reasons why it would stay in the States.

And the USA price is part of the bar code numbers

 

[hoosierdoc]

Also possible it's a remaindered book.

Remaindered book - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Black Cloud]

I recently had an Odd Thomas book purchase. By Dean Koontz...

 

[boogieman]

Was the 2nd party vendor for amazon from Canada? I bet that is what happened.

 

[CathyInBlue]

Wanna talk about an odd book purchase, how about a 45 year old childless man buying The Care & Keeping of You: A Body Book for Girls?