They've Got It Covered
Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard
This book-buying business is not for the faint of heart.
Witness the line at 8:30 on a cool, cloudy Saturday morning, snaking from inside the Convention Center at the Lane Events Center, outside to the sidewalk and stretching clear to the corner of the building.
See the buyers, some who'd waited all night, clutching empty cardboard boxes, plastic bins, duffel bags and rolling suitcases, waiting eagerly as the minutes tick closer to the appointed hour.
Watch as the doors open at 8:55 a.m., and the book lovers and dealers come rushing in, running to the book-laden tables, as a volunteer yells, unheeded, "Don't …
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Article title: They've Got It Covered.
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Newspaper title: The Register Guard (Eugene, OR).
Publication date: April 9, 2006.
Page number: c1.
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