In a message dated 7/10/00 3:42:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Is the reason so many books stores are out of the latest harry potter book
because of miscalculating demand or could it be something else?
How about ridiculous media hype from an over-budgeted
I had the feeling that it had nothing to do with economics but was an
advertising ploy. If the media gets the word out through the publishers that
there is a shortage of potter books to meet the expected demand then it will
be looked at as a successful launch. By duping the public into
