Many of the local Borders are closing up shop around here. They're selling off furniture and shelves and generally anything that isn't nailed to the floor.
When I and my friend were in there last week, I got something that I can't talk about because certain people have birthdays coming up and they may be reading this. It's unlikely but you never know what certain eyes can see. I'll talk more once she's gotten it (and I can say she because there are two she's and they don't know which one of them I'm referring to anyway.)
I also noticed last week that they had their e-reader things on sale. I've always wanted one, despite the fact that I'm in library school and will look like a bleeding hypocrite when I go for the e-book over the solid paperback book.
Note that I have a classics collection back home that I can't reach because I'm 1,000 miles away. No Ovid, no Boethius, no Homer.
If I have to move away to the UK, I won't be shipping all those books overseas. I'd rather go into a charity shop in the UK and pay for a used copy than spend a ton shipping my books across an ocean. I'll give my collection away here and rebuild it there; most of my collection is public domain and easy to get ahold of. Books like the Iliad and Odyssey can be gotten anywhere on the cheap.
Most of my collection being public domain also means that I can get e-books of them for free. By nightfall tonight I will have the entire collected works of Shakespeare in this thing.
When the prices dropped another tick this morning I asked my friend to go in there with me. They were down to 50 bucks (as opposed to the usual 140) so I got myself one. They probably aren't going to drop the price much lower than that and I wanted to get one while they still HAD them.
It's charging next to me right now. It's very awesomely nice and I got it for about 66% off. I do love a good deal. I have to convert and upload files tonight but that's not a problem at all.
Ta,
Bec
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