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donderdag 29 september 2011

E-BOOKS ARE COMING


I have time to read; no students are waiting or lectures have to be prepared. After watching on TV a documentary about Evgeny Morozov's book Net Delusion, I wanted to buy the book. Checking the Selexyz bookshops online, showed that the book was available in Utrecht and Amsterdam, but not in my hometown, Arnhem. I wanted the book immediately, and phoned the local Selexyz bookshop asking whether they could ask for sending a copy to Arnhem. A disaster: they could not find the book in their own database. They would phone me back. After an hour the message was 'I can ordered it for you and you will have it next week'.
Well, I can do that myself and better. Amazon's website informed me that the book could be sent in about a week. Though there was also an e-book version available. Never tried that, but being a customer I had already bought a copy before I knew I did....that is the one-click order system.