On Mar 14, 2005, at 8:43 AM, Carla Hunt wrote: > > > > > aahhhhh, this only works if they put the books out on the shelf... my > local > borders likes to do this lovely little number where it takes them a > week to get > new titles out onto the floor. they're very sorry, it's in the store, > they just > haven't unpacked it yet. i've wanted to take them by their collective > collar > and shake them and tell them how i've been waiting for that book for > months and > how i CAN'T wait another week to read it. buuuuuut that might result > in things > like policemen and padded white rooms and it might be a little longer > than a > week before i was able to read the book, so i refrain. =) > > > > > Gaertk at aol.com > To: > dragaera at dragaera.info > 03/13/2005 06:10 cc: > PM Subject: RE: sad story > > > > > > > In a message dated Mar/13/2005 5:15:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, "megan > loughran" <mirrinn at hotmail.com> writes: > >>> Why did they sell book 1 and 3 and not 2? and 2) Who buys just >>> book 2 and not the other ones? > > You're assuming the bookstore ordered equal numbers in the first > place, which is highly unlikely. > >> I've actually noticed that Barnes and Noble has a really nasty >> habit of doing that. There's been 2 or 3 times I've gone in there >> looking for the 2nd book in a 3 book series, and they only have >> books 1 and 3. So annoying! > > One of the reasons I prefer Borders is that their website allows you > to search the inventories of local stores, so you know before you > leave home whether they have it in stock. > My local Barnes and Noble likes to stock only books 2 and 3 of a series, for some reason. When I look at the Steve Brust area I'll see Yendi, Taltos and Athyra. Its like they purposefully skipped every other book.