Here's an email somone apparently got, stating that yes, someone from the Times walked into a bookstore and bought the book. [link]
Yesterday, my life's like, 'Uh-oh, pop quiz!' Today it's like, 'rain of toads.'
Xander ,'Beneath You'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jul 19, 2007 11:03:13 am PDT #8888 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse - Jul 19, 2007 11:04:08 am PDT #8889 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
"via postal mail," bon?
bon bon - Jul 19, 2007 11:07:39 am PDT #8890 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Hmm. My handy dandy internal letter generator doesn't have a legend either. Maybe it's just for non-mailed letters.
Jesse - Jul 19, 2007 11:08:13 am PDT #8891 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also, books are often available before the release date, and it's not usually a big deal -- witness my parents' local non-B&N book store already having sold their copies of Vampire People.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 19, 2007 11:09:38 am PDT #8892 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Is it actually illegal to buy a book ahead of the release date? I mean, I would think that most people do not know when most books are released!
Kathy A - Jul 19, 2007 11:11:56 am PDT #8893 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The bigger-name-authored books have "street dates," which are contracted with bookstores to adhere to, and lawsuits can and have resulted from breaking the street date. When I was working at Waldenbooks, a store in the district was caught selling a Danielle Steele title a few days before the street date, and the entire management staff was fired by the home office. If her publisher wanted to, they could have sued Waldenbooks for the breach of contract.
Cass - Jul 19, 2007 11:13:18 am PDT #8894 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Naked and capitalized.Reading this out of context gave me a moment of pause.
Jesse - Jul 19, 2007 11:13:40 am PDT #8895 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's not illegal, but it may be a contract violation. It's not like the cops are going to come.
I mean, right, lawyers?
Allyson - Jul 19, 2007 11:14:10 am PDT #8896 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Thanks for link! I had to issue a mea culpa.
Vortex - Jul 19, 2007 11:14:20 am PDT #8897 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Is it actually illegal to buy a book ahead of the release date?
not for the purchaser. The place where they bought it may have civil legal issues for breaching a contract not to sell until a certain time.
eta: ooh, x-posty!