http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/booksale Questions tagged with 'booksale' at Ask MetaFilter. Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:53:41 -0800 Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:53:41 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/32520/People%2Dscanning%2Dbooks%2Dwith%2Dtheir%2DPDAs%2Dwhats%2Dgoing%2Don I was at a massive used booksale in Phoenix, Arizona today. I saw at least ten 20-something people with Treos and/or PocketPCs with barcode scanners scanning in tons of books.. it looked like they were doing real-time queries to some server getting book values and stuff like that. Who / what / where is going on? Is this a massive business or is this a new fad that young punks to now ... or what? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.32520 Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:53:41 -0800 booksale isbn realtime scanner cowmix