I was in Barnes & Nobles last night. It's been a few months since I've gone, but I needed a hard copy of an audio book I'm listening to. When I walked in, I had a weird moment where I felt overwhelmed by the massive quantity of books in the store. There were no more than usual but I guess I never really thought about it before. As I'm nearing the publication of my first novel, books represent a lot more than they used to. It just hit me how much work was put into each of thos