tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post812941495769025161..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Sell by Dates by Karen KingKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-80979360936146952332012-04-21T19:15:28.350+01:002012-04-21T19:15:28.350+01:00Thanks for your comments, everyone. I'm not su...Thanks for your comments, everyone. I'm not sure I'll ever be able to ignore 'sell by dates' on food but I don't think there should ever be 'sell by dates' on books. I love old books!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11716058361689251073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-17050475935864420942012-04-19T20:54:12.228+01:002012-04-19T20:54:12.228+01:00I'm with Catherine. Ignore sell-by dates, but ...I'm with Catherine. Ignore sell-by dates, but don't mess with use-by! And some of my favourite books are really old ones I discovered as a child that are held together by sellotape and that musty smell old books get.Debbie Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761474820689143835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-22781734385502329552012-04-19T16:23:21.927+01:002012-04-19T16:23:21.927+01:00Good points Karen, and I totally agree. Hurrah for...Good points Karen, and I totally agree. Hurrah for ebooks. And of course as you're re-working your story for the ebook market you get the chance to make any little tweaks and changes, or to bring the story bang up to date.Ann Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310566139408774783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-60788312397145493662012-04-19T14:55:50.819+01:002012-04-19T14:55:50.819+01:00Absolutely! Although of course, if you wait long e...Absolutely! Although of course, if you wait long enough, they become highly valuable antique acquisitions, full of quaint phrases, spelling and strange beliefs ... but most of us can't wait that long, so hurrah for the rise and rise of the e-book. (Although I shall still go on book-buying benders at second hand bookshops ,,,)madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-29641620963348539912012-04-19T13:59:25.398+01:002012-04-19T13:59:25.398+01:00It would seem that you're the inspiration for ...It would seem that you're the inspiration for that commercial where the woman throws out half her meat as soon as she buys it....<br /><br />A suggestion would be to look at the 'use by' date as a guide before you buy something.<br /><br />As for books, I don't truly believe any have what you refer to as a sell by date.Batmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01367869692794353013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-52088027690073635392012-04-19T12:58:34.739+01:002012-04-19T12:58:34.739+01:00Oooh, excellent question. Good books don't hav...Oooh, excellent question. Good books don't have a sell-by date. Books written to meet a shallow marketing brief do. But books that charm the reader with timeless human questions and darn good writing?Roz Morris aka @Roz_Morris . Blog: Nail Your Novelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088813423467048081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-51602201897686167142012-04-19T12:58:02.886+01:002012-04-19T12:58:02.886+01:00I couldn't agree more. Though I do tend to ign...I couldn't agree more. Though I do tend to ignore sell-by dates as well. I take note of use-by dates for meat and fish. But I always ignore everything for cheese which is a big lump of mould anyway :-) But you're so right about books - there are such fashions in publishing - thank goodness for eBooks!Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-18708481708949183642012-04-19T12:46:58.097+01:002012-04-19T12:46:58.097+01:00if you buy a bottle of water in buxton, it has a l...if you buy a bottle of water in buxton, it has a long dreamy blurb about how the water fell as rain on the moors five thousands years ago, filtered down, bubbled and squeaked, picked up all the life giving chemicals, etc, etc. and on the bottom of the label - well of course. a best before date...<br /><br />yes, don't let old books die. we still read the bible, don't we?Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.com