In a message dated 07/03/2003 09:10:18 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
writes:

<<  I haven't signed up myself, but a friend has. She says it's often quite 
hard 
to part with a book you've enjoyed so lots of people buy another copy to 
leave on the train or whatever! >>

Call me a purist, but I think that's cheating, Jacky!  The spirit of this 
project seems to me to best exemplified by being able to *let go* of 
something that has given the reader pleasure.  Still, they do mention that 
double-purchase tactic on the website, although I couldn't help wondering if 
that was a sop to anxious publishers and retailers!

Azeem in London
NP: Shakespears Sister - Hormonally Yours

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