A cold snap ravaged New Jersey on Sunday, but orders on Amazon.com were hot, hot, hot! In more technical terms – Buddhapuss Books experienced strong sales over the weekend. Dear Invisible Hands that Drives Market Forces, please deliver 51 more Sundays like this one. Just pulled all the titles for the day’s packing chores.

Electra and Buddhapuss, in search of warmth and pillows, arose at 5am. Wrote for about six hours, two before the Wife woke up, four after that. More time than usual, so everything was lovely on that front.

Which brings me to the third unrelated tidbit. If one of your favorite authors died recently, and a selection of previously worthless paperbacks by that writer has wasted away on the shelves for years – is it wrong to sell those books on the Internet for quick profits? Or is this “selling out”? I’m curious how beloved some used paperbacks can really be.