For half a decade, the University of Chicago which has the third largest library in the United States has had robots retrieve and return books from and to bookshelves and the circulation desk. Repeat after me. Booksellers are obsolete.
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What does Dead Tree Edition mean?
Dead tree edition is a slang term used to describe any publication that comes in printed form, even when there is a paperless edition available. Books, newspapers and magazines are all dead tree editions because their production requires the use of paper products. The term is an intentionally harsh phrase that aims to present hard-copy materials as being unfriendly for the environment.
A dead tree edition is also known as a hard copy, dead tree ware or a dead tree format.
And now Grocery workers are ESSENTIAL. And, BN employees are NOT.
20 years ago ,I remember people telling grocery store cashiers they wouldn't have a job in the future it would all be self checkout, and while most stores do have self checkout, cashiers are still around.