ELEM: Buying State books in paperback?

[Suzanne Weinheimer <suzanne@WHATEXIT.COM>]

I'm looking into purchasing a set of state books for my collection. Our
current ones are from 1976-1979, and 1983-1986.  However, at close to
$800-900 for a set of 51-53, it would be a large chunk of my budget. I
*do* have the opportunity to purchase a set in paperback for about 30
percent of the hardback cost. Since these books are only used once a year
for reports, and maybe one circulation a year additional, are the
paperbacks worth it? The set I'm looking at is "From Sea to Shining Sea".
I figure by the time the paperbacks are worn out, they would be outdated
enough to warrant purchasing an updated set anyway.

Does anyone have any suggestions, comments, thoughts, on this?

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Suzanne Weinheimer, Library Media Specialist
South Mountain School/Annex (K-4),   444 West South Orange Avenue,
South Orange, NJ  07079
email:  suzanne@whatexit.com
school web page: http://southmountain.somsd.k12.nj.us
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