On 6/27/06, Mark A. Mandel <thnidu at yahoo.com> wrote: > --- 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. He's just saying that Amazon's web site is flaky, and I think asking whether C&S has a way to benefit from pre-orders through someone other than Amazon. Kenneth: I've never had a problem with pre-orders vanishing, but I know that Amazon does a lot of web-site customization targeted to specific customers; maybe your personal page is buggy. You could probably get this fixed if you emailed them. -Max -- Be pretty if you are, Be witty if you can, But be cheerful if it kills you.