my precious . . .

[gp]

Good call.  I actually have a member discount # that my ladyfriend's
mother gave to me...  so I could have done the same.  But I guess I'd
rather shell out almost $40 for the indies.

On 11/22/06, Lary Wallace <pytheas76 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 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?
>
>
>