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* Re: [9fans] Anyone have a Plan 9 4th Edition Manual Set...
@ 2019-04-29  2:22 sl
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From: sl @ 2019-04-29  2:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

I paid $0.99 for my set on eBay.

sl



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* Re: [9fans] Anyone have a Plan 9 4th Edition Manual Set...
  2019-06-30 19:08       ` Kurt H Maier
@ 2019-06-30 20:26         ` Charles Forsyth
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Charles Forsyth @ 2019-06-30 20:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs

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The main problem is the postage at 2.7Kg even at Printed Paper rate (which
also doesn't work at all for Canada or Cameroon if over 2Kg).

On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 8:09 PM Kurt H Maier <khm@sciops.net> wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 09:32:29AM -0700, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
> > michaelian ennis writes:
> >
> > > I found a second edition set on Abe books last year.  They were not
> > > inexpensive.
> >
> > Sadly, Abebooks became utterly useless several years ago, when it was
> > taken over by bots scraping each other listings and adding 5%.
>
> In other words, Amazon bought it.  My copies came from Alibris, and they
> were not a set; I bought them each individually for extremely cheap by
> searching the ISBNs directly.
>
> khm
>
>

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* Re: [9fans] Anyone have a Plan 9 4th Edition Manual Set...
  2019-06-30 16:32     ` Lyndon Nerenberg
@ 2019-06-30 19:08       ` Kurt H Maier
  2019-06-30 20:26         ` Charles Forsyth
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Kurt H Maier @ 2019-06-30 19:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs

On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 09:32:29AM -0700, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
> michaelian ennis writes:
>
> > I found a second edition set on Abe books last year.  They were not
> > inexpensive.
>
> Sadly, Abebooks became utterly useless several years ago, when it was
> taken over by bots scraping each other listings and adding 5%.

In other words, Amazon bought it.  My copies came from Alibris, and they
were not a set; I bought them each individually for extremely cheap by
searching the ISBNs directly.

khm



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* Re: [9fans] Anyone have a Plan 9 4th Edition Manual Set...
  2019-06-28 22:58   ` michaelian ennis
@ 2019-06-30 16:32     ` Lyndon Nerenberg
  2019-06-30 19:08       ` Kurt H Maier
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Lyndon Nerenberg @ 2019-06-30 16:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs, michaelian ennis

michaelian ennis writes:

> I found a second edition set on Abe books last year.  They were not
> inexpensive.

Sadly, Abebooks became utterly useless several years ago, when it was
taken over by bots scraping each other listings and adding 5%.



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* Re: [9fans] Anyone have a Plan 9 4th Edition Manual Set...
  2019-06-21 12:56 ` Joseph Stewart
@ 2019-06-28 22:58   ` michaelian ennis
  2019-06-30 16:32     ` Lyndon Nerenberg
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: michaelian ennis @ 2019-06-28 22:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs

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I found a second edition set on Abe books last year.  They were not
inexpensive.


On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 5:59 AM Joseph Stewart <joseph.stewart@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Still trying to track a set down. Any suggestions?
> -joe
>
> On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 3:35 PM Joseph Stewart <joseph.stewart@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> For sale? Preferably cheap to ship to the US?
>>
>

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* Re: [9fans] Anyone have a Plan 9 4th Edition Manual Set...
  2019-04-27 22:35 Joseph Stewart
@ 2019-06-21 12:56 ` Joseph Stewart
  2019-06-28 22:58   ` michaelian ennis
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Joseph Stewart @ 2019-06-21 12:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs

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Still trying to track a set down. Any suggestions?
-joe

On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 3:35 PM Joseph Stewart <joseph.stewart@gmail.com>
wrote:

> For sale? Preferably cheap to ship to the US?
>

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* [9fans] Anyone have a Plan 9 4th Edition Manual Set...
@ 2019-04-27 22:35 Joseph Stewart
  2019-06-21 12:56 ` Joseph Stewart
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Joseph Stewart @ 2019-04-27 22:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs

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For sale? Preferably cheap to ship to the US?

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