{"id":573,"date":"2005-06-07T11:29:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-07T11:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beatzo.net\/blog\/2005\/06\/annus-mirabilis-contd\/"},"modified":"2005-06-07T11:29:00","modified_gmt":"2005-06-07T11:29:00","slug":"annus-mirabilis-contd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beatzo.net\/blog\/2005\/06\/annus-mirabilis-contd\/","title":{"rendered":"Annus Mirabilis contd."},"content":{"rendered":"

What weighs nine kilos, is made of high-quality paper and cardboard and comes in an unwieldy package that has the tendency to rip through every plastic bag assigned to contain it, and ends up giving you a numb pair of hands, and a euphoric feeling of accomplishment?<\/p>\n

Not to mention a lighter wallet.
\n\"Image<\/p>\n

The Complete Far Side<\/h2>\n

by Gary Larson.
\n4″x 14.3″ x 10″, Two Volumes, 4300 Far Side cartoons arranged by year, 1100 unpublished cartoons, an introduction by Steve Martin, a narrative by Larson preceding every year.<\/p>\n

It cost me 3800 Rs. The original price happens to be 135 US$, which comes to 5,877.33 INR. Landmark is selling it at 5k, but I got my copy ordered directly through the IBH distributor courtesy of Krishna at Bookworm. This happens to be a used bookshop off MG Road near India Coffee House, a competitor to Blossom. A good thing about Bookworm is the owner, Krishna, a polite man who knows his business, and also knows that the key to hooking happy customers is to give them discounts – so expect a generous cut to the already-low prices of the books on display. And what’s more – he gets new books too – and sells them at a discount of between 20% and 30% of the market price.<\/p>\n

But I’m seriously worried – the size of my wishlist is plummeting – need to do something about that, and fast!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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