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[arethinn]

I'm a little confused when I see booksellers online describe an item as a "good reading copy". I suppose for some works you might be interested in having a pristine copy simply to collect, but we're not talking important or rare works here. What else are they expecting me to do with it, but read it? What would be a "bad reading copy"?

Actually, now that I mention it, I've seen books I would have described as "good asswipe copies", so I guess there are other possibilities.