On Order

Mon Apr 14 06:25:42 CDT 1997

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Henry Musikar wrote:

<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>May not care for mega-chains, but Borders will put
M&D on hold and
 notify you when it comes in.
 
 In the DC area, Olsson's will, also. (Don't know about Crown.)
 
 AsB4,
 Henry Musikar
 
 Keep cool, but care. -- TRP
 Moderation in moderation. -- Husky Mariner
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Actually they will probably notify you on the day of release. Usually
 bookstores get books in well before the release date. Sometimes by
 as much as two weeks. I doubt Mason & Dixon will be in that
 early but I will let everyone know when it does (I'm a manager at
 a B&N).
     Someone mentioned the 200,000 first printing and how
it might
 be marketed to sell all those. We have 40 copies on order. While this
 certainly isn't the several hundred we might have for a Grisham it is
 considerably higher than most literary titles. Recent good examples
 would be the 10 we got in of Phillip Roth's new book or the 7 of
 Rick Moody's Purple America. B&N is also pricing it at 30% off
 out of the box - a pricing strategy that is usually only used when the
 book is expected to be an immediate best seller.
 
 -chris

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