Comment Re:Check out Rainbow's End by Vernor Vinge (Score 1) 270
Not so "tongue-in-cheek" unfortunately. From GoogleBooks "Q: Can you return my books when you're done with them? A:Our scanning process requires that your books be dismantled - as a result, we're unable to return your books to you." Yup, to digitize a book cost effectively it gets "dismantled" - destroyed that is. Oh well can't have everything :)
