The Worst News Day Ever

[magpie-leah.livejournal.com]

I was so sad to read the earlier post about La Contessa's closing and I was writing a friend about it and she pointed out this recent story about McIntyre & Moore:
http://somervillenews.typepad.com/the_somerville_news/2007/03/is_the_writing_.html

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[ariwriter.livejournal.com]

About a year ago, while clearing out my bookshelf (while I continue to live in multi-bedroom apartments, I painfully restrict myself to one bookshelf and a box or two, and not an entire wall of books), I came across about 50 titles I had no use for anymore. Some were old textbooks, some were eccentric books relating to sociology or paganism or Judaica or reference, and others were what I classify as "junk books," the type you'd find in a $1 rummage bin.

I brought the books to M&M blindly, waited around while a girl checked everything, and was told only 5 titles she didn't want. The best part (for both of us) was when she said I could expect to receive about $40 in cash or about twice that amount in credit. I, not wanting to make money off used books of mine I had no use for, gladly accepted the credit and she gladly wrote me a receipt.

I haven't used the credit yet. I suppose the expiration is ticking...