tobiasbuckell.com - 9/18/2008
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So a number of people refound my comment in my blog about the fact that Borders does not carry the hardcover of Sly Mongoose, for the most part, and it’s been passed around a little due to Pat Cadigan ’s and Greg Frost ’s discussions about the book biz.
For a while now, ...
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... by Gregory Frost came to my attention when I read Tobias S. Buckell's post on the subject. Buckell's bit also contains a link to another related ...
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Last month, it seemed like the whole SFF field was obsessed with skipping. Greg Frost was skipped by Borders. Toby Buckell was skipped by Borders. Pat Cadigan was outraged. Gwenda Bond was more thoughtful. Many other people examined their liberal guilt about buying from a chain store, and were vaguely uncomfortable about the whole thing. And I'm sure there are plenty of other authors who heard that their new hardcover or trade paperback was getting skipped by Borders without going on the web to tell everyone about it. Nobody's jumped up to say that ...
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... readers to go to independent bookstores, and Tobias Buckell just wanted his readers to go where the book would be available (wherever that would be convenient for them). Is there anyone else out there who did call for a boycott? ...
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