b00ki3s - a New profession

Have you ever thought of what a "Bookie" does? In the dictionary, it is "a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)". Has anyone ever thought of a bookie as someone who gets you books? Maybe a shady bar where behind the counter there are numerous books that people usually don't have, but would die for. In my opinion, books are the be all and end all. When I see books, I don't groan about how long that it will take to read them all, I think "Oh WOW, I wonder what bookshelf I'll put those in?!" I then rush home, tear open any books from the plastic wrapping like a 2 year old at Christmas and then crack open the book. This is when I press my face against the pages and smell the newness or "oldness" of a book. Oh the smell of paper in old age or fresh from packaging can be an aphrodesiac.

Books... All college students must buy them or forever be behind on class-work. They put us into debt quicker than me at the mall with a credit card. Someday I may just have to own a bookstore - for that binding, feeling of overwhelming splendour of millions of books in my book shelves.

Hi, I'm your friendly neighborhood bookie. Would you like to place a bet on what the next national bestseller will be based on? We have bets covering Sex, Scandal, Drugs, Computers, Aliens, Ghosts, and Abusive Childhood.