Winding down

The last customers who pre-ordered their books made it through the line a few minutes ago.

Now the cashiers have started taking orders from customers who just showed up - the people who have been waiting outside the store all evening and peering in the windows.

An employee just opened the front doors and hollered, "OK, everybody come in!"



From the relatively small size of the crowd, I'm assuming some shoppers went elsewhere instead of waiting. And others probably just called friends inside and asked them to pick up an extra book.