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!
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Sophia Brooks - Jul 19, 2007 11:09:38 am PDT #8892 of 10001
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Kathy A - Jul 19, 2007 11:11:56 am PDT #8893 of 10001
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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
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Jesse - Jul 19, 2007 11:13:40 am PDT #8895 of 10001
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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
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Vortex - Jul 19, 2007 11:14:20 am PDT #8897 of 10001
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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.
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bon bon - Jul 19, 2007 11:17:40 am PDT #8898 of 10001
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It's not illegal to buy it ahead of the release date either, but there are probably some theories of civil liability there. They are dubious but not out of the question. But getting sued for buying it early is pretty unlikely.
Kathy A - Jul 19, 2007 11:21:22 am PDT #8899 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I would think that, even if the bookstore was unpacking books in front of customers, and a customer happened to see a copy of the next Nora Roberts unpacked and demanded to buy it, even if the bookstore employee told her that the book had to go into the back room until X date, then it's still the bookstore's responsibility to hold to the contract and refuse to sell it. The customer is not always right.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 19, 2007 11:23:38 am PDT #8900 of 10001
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I had no idea about the contact thing-- very interesting. I feel like, except for Harry Potter, it is possible that I could buy a book early by accident. I was imagining the police coming to arrest me!
askye - Jul 19, 2007 11:27:47 am PDT #8901 of 10001
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It's the same for dvds. When I worked at Suncoast (holy crap! over a decade ago!) we were always warned about the big release dates for Disney movies and things like that. I was told that we could be sued, but also other action could be taken, like the store not being shipped dvds until the actual release date. Although I never heard of that happening.