12 Reasons Book Nerds Love Pre-Ordering Books

These days you can pre-order practically anything online, from movie tickets to smart phones to prime real estate on other planets. It’s ingenious: the option of pre-ordering satisfies our itch of desire, and quenches our thirst to be first in line. When you pre-order something, you own it before everyone else does, even if you don’t have it in your hands just yet.
But the uninitiated might wonder, if you don’t have it in your hands yet, what’s the point? Well, when it comes to techno-doodads or Martian real estate, we don’t really know. But when it comes to literature, we can give you 12 awesome reasons to pre-order books:
1. When your pre-ordered book finally arrives in the mail, it’ll feel like Christmas morning.
2. Nobody can spoil the ending for you, because you’ll be the first person you know to read it!
3. You’ll have plenty of time to rearrange your bookshelf to herald its eventual arrival.
4. You can clear out your schedule in advance and even plan to call in sick. That way, as soon as you get the book, nothing can stop you from reading it cover to cover!
5. You’ll avoid the hassle of traveling to the bookstore to pick up a copy. While everyone else is stuck on a train or sitting in traffic, you’ll be making a lovely cup of tea, putting up your feet, and reading in a comfy chair!
6. You can inform everyone on social media that you own the coveted book already. Let them know you’ll be tweeting updates on its arrival to ignite their envy. Of course, you won’t be tweeting spoilers, just cryptic messages about how great every chapter is…
7. You can start a waiting list of people who want to borrow the book from you (after you finish reading it in one sitting).
8. You can opt to pre-order a bunch of copies for you and your friends—then throw a party for all your friends when the shipment arrives!
9. You’ll be able to track your order online with breathless anticipation. Be sure to share riveting updates about the progress of the U.S. Postal Service with all your friends and followers.
10. You can take the time before the book’s arrival to build yourself a cozy reading nook with food and water supplies and possibly plumbing. That way, when the book finally arrives, you can sit down and read without interruption.
11. If you pre-order a book, you will forever avoid the heartbreaking experience of someone saying to you, “Sorry, we’re out!”
12. Most importantly, if you pre-order a book, you will avoid waiting in line. Nothing is more awful than waiting in a checkout line and watching precious minutes of your life go by while the woman in front of you tries to return a birthday card she already wrote in.
What’s the last book you pre-ordered?