What Does 1000 PaperBacks Look Like

If you plan to import books yourself, even pick them up off the docks after they are unloaded from the ship and clear customs, here is what the entire shipment looks like.  The value is about $3000 landed, and weighs about 1500 pounds.

I am not about to pick up such a shipment in my car, so at Home Depot I rented a truck, total cost about $35.00 and 90 minutes, about 20 of it stuck between two trains along Seattle's waterfront.

Then it is just a matter of unpacking the boxes, in this case in the rain so I used the cover as an umbrella, and loading the boxes into my ...ahem... warehouse, or office as the case may be.