Book collector: The demand for out-of-print books is increasing. It has been spurred by the rise of the Internet, the search capabilities of which make it much easier to locate the out-of-print books one seeks.
Summary
The book collector says that there’s an increasing demand for out-of-print books. The Internet contributes to this demand by allowing people to locate the out-of-print books they want.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
Based on these facts, we can infer that being able to locate out-of-print books leads to a greater demand for those books.
A
Book collectors are now using the Internet to find book titles that they previously did not know existed.
This is not supported. The book collector is only talking about people being able to track down the out-of-print books they already want. We don’t know about identifying new books.
B
Fewer people try to find books that are in print than try to find books that are out of print.
This is not supported. The book collector never refers to people trying to find books that are in print, so we can’t compare with people who try to find out-of-print books.
C
The amount of demand for out-of-print books is affected by the ease of finding such books.
This is strongly supported. In order for Internet search capabilities to increase the demand for out-of-print books, it must be the case that being able to more easily find these book increases the demand for them. And increasing demand definitely means affecting demand!
D
The Internet’s search capabilities make it possible to locate most out-of-print books.
This is not supported. All we know is that the Internet makes it easier to locate out-of-print books. We still don’t know how many of those books can actually be found, just that it’s more than would be found without the Internet.
E
Only people who have access to the Internet can locate out-of-print books.
This is not supported. The book collector only says that the Internet makes it easier to locate out-of-print books, but doesn’t indicate that it’s necessarily impossible otherwise.