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Rare doesn’t automatically imply valuable, useful or anything like that.
My Anthony Fauci x Drowsy Don fanfic is “rare”, but nobody including me would bat an eye if it was destroyed.
These books were purchased from booksellers. Booksellers don't typically carry books that won't sell. That's why it's unlikely these are somebody's fanfics printed on CreateSpace or something like that.
They were purchased from Biblio. Literally Biblio's tagline: "Used Books and Rare Books from Antiquarian Booksellers"
Booksellers “carry” utter shit.
Guess what they do when the book is refunded by the publisher due to bad sales? They cut off the covers and send them back as proof. The pages are destroyed. Nobody bats an eye.
No publisher or bookseller wants to carry 50000 copies of Joe Bob’s “How to cook maggots” when it flopped
Also how do you know if my fanfic is a physical book sold at a store or not? 😀
Because you're a loggerhead shrike, and you don't look anything like E. L. James.
I agree, there is only one of you, and you're worthless.
You're so smart and well informed, thanks for sharing those sources and details that provide that context. Awesome work!