my precious . . .

[Lary Wallace]

Got mine for $18.90 at B&N: member discount, bestseller discount, and a coupon. The saved money went toward buying Charles Mingus's _The Clown_ and the new _Esquire_ (The Genius Issue). Word.


----- Original Message ----
From: gp <wescac at gmail.com>
To: John Pendergast <jpender at siue.edu>
Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 11:41:35 PM
Subject: Re: my precious . . .


Got mine for full price at a local indie and had an over-expensive
fritata in their cafe and started reading.  They only had four copies
to start... the B&N down the street had 100.  For the city they're in
I think the indie may have under-ordered...  certainly can't get the
100 that B&N would get, but I would think at least 10 would have been
a better bet.  I guess they know their business better than me though,
but I do imagine they turned a few people away today.

On 11/21/06, John Pendergast <jpender at siue.edu> wrote:
>
>
> My search for the book ended this afternoon. All I can say is  F*&^ Amazon
> and F#$@ the USA Postal System. Long live the Independent Bookstore (here in
> St. Louis, Left Bank Books has 5 copies left -- flying off the shelf, I'm
> told.)
>
> No dedication?

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