I was at Borders today, and I was browsing through the electronic touch pad things in the music section of the store. Since you can also browse books on there, I typed in Orson Scott Card and looked at what books they had listed. They have about 300 OSC items listed, a good amount of which being repeats of other items under different names (Ex. Enders game = Enders series book #1). And I came across some oddities. OSC must have made it abundantly clear there was only going to be one more Alvin Maker book, because I chuckled when I found one of his book titles being listed as "Last Alvin Book". Another something I came across was a hardcover copy of "Shadow series book #5", going for $200 that you could order. I found that a little weird. I just thought I'd share this with you guys.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
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Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
Haha, yes, well, I was more pointing out the fact of those anomalies than anything else. But I suppose you are referring to the fact that I was in a book store? Books stores have a certin welcoming allure that websites tend to lack. Not saying I don't support the ol' Hatrack though. Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
Vive les bookstores.
Amazon is a great boon - for gift-giving, for finding and ordering obscure books, etc. BUT it is a supplement to, not a replacement for, the bookstore where you hang out and browse and happen upon wonderful things that catch your eye in a way that Amazon tries to but cannot quite match.
The $200 Shadow series book is certainly mislabeled; there are expensive signed-limited versions, and it must be for one of the earlier ones.
Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
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