Or you could do what I do. I go to Rag and Bones bookstore in Linden Hills. I bring in my books that I've read once and am done with. The store owner will either give you cash or credit. I take the credit and shop for some other books I haven't read. It's the ultimate recycling and it keeps a small neighborhood store in business (as David Shove said "small is beautiful")
instead of funding a big corporation. The Linden Hills store also has new current fiction, magazines, lovely antique and used books, a great supply of fly-fishing books (my bad habit) and is next to a Dunn brothers which carries the daily NY Times.
I could live there.
Lisa McDonald
East Harriet
----- Original Message -----From: Victoria HellerSent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 7:43 PMTo: Mpls ForumSubject: [Mpls] Amazon.com - almost any book in 2 days for 2 bucks - delivered!I order USED books through Amazon all the time. When I'm done with them, I
simply list them for sale again.
I get an e-mail notification when someone wants the book (buyer pays the
postage.) All I do is slip it in a mailer and drop it off in a mailbox.
Amazon does all of the bookkeeping and sends a check each month for the
books I've sold, plus postage.
This is the way of the future - technology improving efficiency and
reducing costs.
Related note: Xerox now makes printers that will actually bind hard cover
books - one at a time. It won't be long before you will be able to
download a book and bind it yourself - in your living room.
Vicky Heller
Cedar-Riverside and North Oaks
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