{"id":4276,"date":"2008-02-09T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-09T20:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=4276"},"modified":"2021-03-08T14:47:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T19:47:52","slug":"watching-the-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=4276","title":{"rendered":"Watching the price."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitborders.com\/\">Borders<\/a> in Brighton yesterday, I couldn&#8217;t help but notice their Title Sleuth kiosks.  After finding out that <a href=\"http:\/\/remembrance.davidmcrampton.com\/\">The Remembrance<\/a> was available for special order at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schulerbooks.com\/\">Schuler&#8217;s<\/a> (who, as far as I know, uses Borders as a supplier), I decided to find out if it was available there.<\/p>\n<p>Now, because Ingram, my distributor, is affiliated with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/\">Barnes and Noble<\/a>, I&#8217;ve had a hard time with finding my title in both Schuler&#8217;s and Borders stores in the past.  Not any longer, apparently.  Not only was it listed as available for special order, it was listed at a price 1 penny cheaper than I sell it for.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beta.bordersstores.com\/online\/store\/OnlineReserveView?status=order&amp;selectedStoreId=12244&amp;back=no&amp;\">The Remembrance for $14.99<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can even avoid Shipping and Handling charges by ordering it to the store closest to you, and then picking it up.<\/p>\n<p>Do not, by any means, abandon your non-chain, independent book stores.  I&#8217;m still waiting to hear whether or not <a href=\"http:\/\/www.becauseeverybodyreads.com\/\">Everybody Reads<\/a> wants to re-order (going in and requesting a copy might help, I dunno *hint, hint*), and I know that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblio.com\/bookstores\/waybooks.html\">Way Station<\/a> still has copies.  There are inroads being made in Ann Arbor, as well.  *crosses fingers*<\/p>\n<p>In other news, the camera work in <u>Cloverfield<\/u> was nauseating, as expected.  <lj user=\"nitoria\"> got hit harder than I did.  But, oh, wow, what a movie.  No kid gloves -at all-.  I actually jumped in my seat a few times.  I cared about the characters.  There are some plot holes, but I was totally drawn in.  Immersed, even.  *thumbs-up*<\/lj><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While in the Borders in Brighton yesterday, I couldn&#8217;t help but notice their Title Sleuth kiosks. 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