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   Garrett Wollman to wthyde1953@gmail.com   
   Re: Chapters/Indigo   
   18 Nov 25 22:22:46   
   
   From: wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu   
      
   In article <10fipp3$1rpcl$1@dont-email.me>,   
   William Hyde   wrote:   
   >It's been over a year since I sent an order to amazon, and the resulting   
   >trips to bookstores have been very pleasant, if on occasion a bit  tiring.   
      
   I preordered a book on some non-Amazon site whose name I've forgotten   
   a few months back, and now, in addition to the name of the site, I've   
   also forgotten which book it was, so I guess it will be a surprise   
   when two copies of it show up at my door on the same day.   
      
   That's the real lock-in of Amazon.   
      
   -GAWollman   
      
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