I can't believe that crap with Amazon and Allyson's book. What? The? Fuck?
Granted, I DID get my copy from Amazon, but it was an advance effing proof.
Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.
'Out Of Gas'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Frankenbuddha - Nov 12, 2010 6:57:45 pm PST #12923 of 28286
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
JZ - Nov 12, 2010 7:02:48 pm PST #12924 of 28286
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Sadly, it's not unheard of, including for much bigger authors and much bigger publishers. Books are no longer Amazon's core stock in trade, and are not managed with as much care as they should be. It's a glitch, a hiccup, and nothing more than a lot of authors have had to grit their teeth through in the last couple of years.
Reiterating: the Amazon issue will be fixed; and in the meantime, you can use Amazon to order directly from the publisher, or just go to your local indie store, place an order there, and have a copy for your very own in about 10 days.
Laga - Nov 12, 2010 7:17:33 pm PST #12925 of 28286
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I also saw Sam for sale on Borders website.
§ ita § - Nov 13, 2010 5:32:21 am PST #12926 of 28286
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Will it be available on B&N?
Kathy A - Nov 13, 2010 5:49:48 am PST #12927 of 28286
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I know that it's not currently (tried to order, and they couldn't get it for me).
JZ - Nov 13, 2010 6:22:16 am PST #12928 of 28286
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
There's a link in Press to order it from the publisher, through Amazon, and I've already gotten feedback from a couple other Buffistas that ordering that way went nice and smoothly. And, the more orders or pre-orders are placed, with any online retailer, the more encouragement the retailers have to get off their butts and stock the thing. So don't let the "not available now" messages stop you.
Amy - Nov 14, 2010 5:52:30 pm PST #12929 of 28286
Because books.
I thought I was going to plow through Catching Fire the same I did with Hunger Games, and I'm really not. It's fantastic(ally bleak and painful), but the stakes are so different somehow, and it's eating me up.
I can't imagine what's going to happen, and I really can't imagine Mockingjay being ever grimmer. Yikes?
Steph L. - Nov 14, 2010 7:15:43 pm PST #12930 of 28286
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I really can't imagine Mockingjay being ever grimmer.
You have NO idea. The grim goes to 11.
Pix - Nov 14, 2010 9:00:14 pm PST #12931 of 28286
The status is NOT quo.
What Teppy said.
zuisa - Nov 16, 2010 6:23:03 am PST #12932 of 28286
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
I finished Mockingjay. I didn't actually break down weeping in that one like I did in the first two, but you guys are right - bleak bleak bleak. But I wasn't as actively depressed reading it, for some reason. I can't quite put my finger on why, since I am just astounded at sheer number of people who didn't make it but I don't know. Maybe the first two numbed me sufficiently that I stopped feeling feelings.
But I am very sad that there are no more books to read - the characters and their world have consumed my thoughts all day.