oh to be in Bristol now that Spring is here . . .

[realthog]

The excellent booktrade newsletter book2book (booktrade.info) has the story:

Thousands of people descended on a Bristol warehouse in search of free books after a major Amazon supplier left the premises with millions of titles inside.

Bookbarn, the UK's largest used book warehouse, moved out of the 56,000 square metre premises after their lease expired. The company had been at the warehouse for about three or four years and managers of the site invited people to help themselves so it could be cleared.

*sigh*


 

Comments

[quietselkie.livejournal.com]

*sob*

[pds-lit.livejournal.com]

I just knew that story would bring a tear to your eye. :)

[sarcobatus.livejournal.com]

Oh man . . . I could've gone all week without hearing this. I need to take a tranq.

[dqg-neal.livejournal.com]

My wife would have smacked me saying we have no place for any additional books in the house. My to-be-read bookcase barely supports the book weight anymore.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

À propos of nothing, this was on Nalo Hopkinson's blog today: http://nalohopkinson.com/2009/02/03/mission_from_thog.html

[quilterbear.livejournal.com]

*also sobbing*

but I'm sure not being there has saved my marriage!