computer algorithm that does that instantly."After Spellman was let go, he says he spent a few months just surfing the internet, researching the fall of the Roman Empire. He eventually found work as a receptionist at a veterinary clinic in Woodside."It's nice not to have to take the train anymore," said Spellman.After spending an afternoon hanging out in Barnes and Noble and watching people "browse books that they would later order on Amazon for their Kindles," Spellman decided that the conventional book marketplace was doomed and that soon ink-and-paper books would be as rare and hard to find as old vinyl records."Out of print books always go up in value," said Spellman. "So what happens when all books are out of print?"Spellman began collecting books in his neighborhood,digging through boxes left on the street when people moved away or converted their print collections to ebook form. He says he would take any book, as long as it was in reasonably good condition."One of my best friends in junior high school was a nut for comics," said Spellman. "He used to collect them and obsess over keeping them in mint condition. Everybody made fun of him for it, but that's how he paid for college. He started selling his comics on ebay and he made a small fortune."Spellman says the difference between collecting books now and collecting books ten years ago is that the "rarity" of books no longer matters, because soon all books will be rare. He says that in many cases, the cheaper the