Check it. There are six months between now and the release of Serenity.

Will we care about Joss' porn addiction then?

Well, OK, we will.

As long as there are porn addictions in this world, we will never stop paying attention/fighting/cheering.

I ordered it through barnes & noble (the actual store). I guess they got it in early and decided not to hold it until the proper release date.

(I'm a B&N employee.) If it's not a strict-on-sale title (mostly major releases, like the next Harry Potter book), it goes on sale the day it arrives in the store. Odd exceptions happen like a title being SOS while the corresponding audiobook isn't, and can be bought in advance of the book's actual release.

To steer this back on topic, I got my copy of Finding Serenity early, too, and I've been pleased with the quality so far. I like Jane Espenson's little asides at the start of each piece. Also, Jewel Staite has an essay where she highlights 5 things she liked from each episode.

If it's not a strict-on-sale title (mostly major releases, like the next Harry Potter book), it goes on sale the day it arrives in the store.

Is this common knowledge? I'd never heard this before. (I'm not complaining, though, because I got my book a week earlier than I planned.)

Is this common knowledge? I'd never heard this before. (I'm not complaining, though, because I got my book a week earlier than I planned.)

I don't think it's commonly known, although it's not really a secret. I wish I had a picture of our receiving department, because it's really not as big as people think. There's no way it could hold each book that arrives until the anticipated sale date. Basically, what you see on the shelves on the book floor is what we have, unless something just arrived in the day's shipments. So, only a selected group of books are SOS (determined by the publisher) and they come in boxes clearly warning not to break the date. Those are the only books where the release date matters. Otherwise, books are on the shelves within a day of when they're received, regardless of the projected release date.

An example of the audio exception is happening right now with the new book by Sue Monk Kidd (The Secret Life of Bees), The Mermaid Chair. We can't sell you the book until April 5 because of SOS, but in this case, the audio isn't SOS (sometimes it is), so you can walk in and buy the audio format today.

SLUT!!!!

the above statement was entirely self-directed

I didn't get the slut, but I'll take the mirror-image slut.

Although 1002 is probably more appropriate for the metaphorical mirrors in the 'verse (what with the not-quite symmetry), but that would be gratuitous slutting.

Gratuitous Slut!

Hussies. All of you.

Bunch of unlicensed companions in here.