> On Jun 26, 2006, at 3:47 PM, Joy Nicholson wrote: > > > 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 do not know. --- Kenneth Gorelick <pulmon at mac.com> wrote: > I pre-ordered from Amazon months ago. Went to check one day, and my > pre-order was gone! So I pre-ordered again. Went to check today--my > pre-order is gone again! > > I think I may have to pre-order from someone reliable. Does C&S > participate in the upside of this venture? What do you mean? I have registered with Amazon, and from time to time I get a tiny check representing, essentially, a commission on the books that people have ordered from them through Cracks and Shards. That's my only connection to Amazon except as an occasional customer. -- 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