From their website: Nick was a student working on his PhD at Columbia University. Jess was continuing with her managing editorial job at Alfred A. Knopf, and had recently moved to a new apartment in Brooklyn. Missing her old haunts of Morningside Heights, Jess wandered into her favorite bookstore in the neighborhood, where Nick was discussing a new edition of War and Peace with the cashier. Jess was lucky enough to have a spare copy at work, and offered Nick her copy. They exchanged information, and later exchanged books, emails, many conversations, trips, Sunday mornings, and adventures…