Authors these days seem to often encourage people to buy from local booksellers or non-Amazon online stores, saying that Amazon eats more of their (the author's) royalties than other venues do. Has Our Venerated Author expressed an opinion on this or suggested another place from which to buy his books? I pre-ordered mine from Amazon months ago, so it's too late for me, but for future reference...... On 6/25/06, Mark A. Mandel <thnidu at yahoo.com> wrote: > Good citizens, I beg your indulgence to allow me to utilize this > opportunity to make a small commercial announcement. _Dzur_ can be > preordered from Amazon through Cracks and Shards, for Amazon's price of > $15.72 (plus shipping and possibly taxes), at > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0765301482/cracksandshar-20 > > I thank you for your kind attention. > > -- Mark A. Mandel, proprietor, Cracks and Shards > http://www.cracksandshards.com > a Steven Brust fan website > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > -- JoyJNicholson at gmail.com mwerble.livejournal.com