I had pre-ordered my book, and the BnN that I went to was giving out yellow wrist bands with numbers on them. When you got there, they crossed you off the list and gave you the band. Then, at midnight, they called people with numbers 1-50 to get in line. Then it went on from there. Aside from the fact that the store was freakin packed with people and it was really loud (and yes teenagers suck), I was impressed with the organization of it.
For people who hadn't pre-ordered, they could get an orange wrist band and they got to buy books after all of us yellow people got ours. I got there at 11:45 and was in the last group of yellows (#331). Some kids in the number group tried to cut in line, but I think they saw the look on my face and knew they had better at least get behind me. Haha.
But anyway it was good cause you didn't just have to sit in line the whole time. Since I had my number, I could walk around the store (they had a big party going on). Still something of a cluster *uck, but actually getting my book wasn't too bad at all.
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