So I could walk into a store, look at a book, and say, "hey, this is Display Copy Only and I want to get a copy," and the clerk burns a disk for me with all the books I want, and hands it over: I walk out with my six books for, say, $5 each and $1 surcharge for the CD. ...tell a bookseller, I want this, but in hardcopy. And they say, here's your receipt, and your number, and you can either wait around until you're called (like carryout! but with words!) or you can come back in a half-hour, maybe head next door to our lovely neighbor the nifty sushi place, get a bite to eat, and then come back and pick it up.
And this is where I had a bookgasm. ::draws sparkly hearts around you:: Books while you wait; what could be better?
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Date: 11 Jan 2009 05:34 pm (UTC)And this is where I had a bookgasm. ::draws sparkly hearts around you:: Books while you wait; what could be better?