At 11:38 AM Monday 7/23/2007, Julia Thompson wrote:
>On Mon, 23 Jul 2007, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: > > > On 7/21/07, Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> I just finished it. I'm in San Diego, so I lost three hours due to the > >> time change, but just finished it. It's amazing, wonderful, > deeply moving, > >> and not just everything I hoped for, but far more. Happy > reading to all of > >> you still working on it!!! > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > I'm about two thirds of the way through, and enjoying the heck out of it. > > > > Speaking of no spoilers, Friday evening I went with some friends to see the > > fifth Harry Potter movie, and then we drove to our local Wal-Mart > to pick up > > the seventh book. It was about 1 AM, and there was no waiting, a free > > poster, free cookies and cupcakes, bookmarks, trivia cards, etc., and > > several pallets loaded up with the new book. On the way back > home, we drove > > past a Borders and saw several dozen people camped out, waiting for the > > store to open at 7 AM. We thought about stopping to tell them they didn't > > have to wait, but then decided not to spoil their fun. > > > > But I bet at least a few of them felt silly when they found out (if they > > found out). > >Book People in Austin was selling vouchers for the book back in March >(which is when I paid for our 2 copies). > >I could have gone to a closer bookstore, or Wal-Mart, or heck, probably >HEB, even, but I wanted to go to Book People. (And with the excuse of >wanting to find parking THERE, rather than across the street, I got there >around 9 and spent some time browsing in the bookstore -- bought 6 more >books, as well.) Meaning that you fell right for their marketing strategy . . . -- Ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
