From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 11/19/25 09:00, Paul S Person wrote:   
   > On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:22:46 -0000 (UTC),   
   > wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > That's what financial manager programs are for -- recording pre-orders   
   > with the expected reception date so you can always tell what it is and   
   > who you pre-ordered it from.   
   >   
   > Alternately, a spreadsheet or text file (even a plain-jane one) can   
   > serve the same purpose.   
   >   
   > The idea is to take /some/ control of one's life. At least enough to   
   > not order the same book twice!   
      
   	With the current prices of real books as opposed to kIndle and other   
   formats that is a worth objective and I wish I had though of that some   
   years back.  I got two of the same manga as a result.   
      
   	bliss   
      
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