Geek!

[phosfate]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is already #1 on the Amazon chart. Yes, I've pre-ordered mine (thanks for the extra discount, Pinksparkly!). One hopes that Amazon will overnight even its regular shipping copies, as usual. Much nicer to have the thing appear on the front porch on publication day at 40% off than to have to wade through B&N.

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[pollyannadesade.livejournal.com]

In a strange bargain hunting mood, I decided to buy the last one wherever I could find it cheapest, which turned out to be Safeways. I was there first thing, expecting queues - instead I found a big untouched pile of £7.49 Phoenixes on an unattended table at the door. It was such an anticlimax!

I'm quite looking forward to this one - I wish you didn't have to get it and read it quickly on the first day of publication in order to ward off plot revealing newspapers and internet cretins, though!

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

The cheapest I've ever seen them was at Sam's Club, but since they're owned by the swine at Wal-Mart, I only go in there when Susan makes me.

There's no way I'll finish it on the first day. The crushing weight and inevitable interruptions mean it'll be three days to a week for the first read-through.

HPatHBP

[danakate.livejournal.com]

Now that's a nice acronym. I pre-ordered mine, too. It'll be interesting to see if that price fluctuates at all between now and July 16 or whatever. :D

[robanybody.livejournal.com]

Your icon has completely hypnotized me.

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping they will too since (as per my bitching in my LJ), I'll be stuck in Boston helping to run a doll convention and I would rather have it in my hands that Saturday courtesy a good friend who is willing to bring it to me at the hotel than having to wait till I get back to New York on Monday or Tuesday. Mostly because otherwise, it means I have to avoid the internet for 3 or 4 days while everyone else has read it and discussed it.

I know, poor pitiful me. I am hoping they'll be kind and do it last time. Hell, I had gone for the free shipping option last time and they got it to me On The Day.

[spinooti.livejournal.com]

Man, it was waiting in line with the rest of the chumps that made things so much FUN last time!!!

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[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

I don't think it will, but if tradition holds, we'll get the overnight shipping upgrade for free.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Were I in your place, I doubt I would be fretting any less over it. I'm just glad this stuff doesn't get released over MediaWest weekend.

Though, if it did, imagine how quiet the hotel would be...

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Waiting in line stopped being fun when I hit 30 or so. It may be a hormonal thing.

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[danakate.livejournal.com]

Indeed. I remember being there when the poor postal person lugged up 2 copies to my front door. Somehow I got two. I forget why that happened.

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[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Man, they must hate Harry Potter day the way they used to hate Sears Catalogue day.

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[danakate.livejournal.com]

Do they deliver white/yellow pages, too or do they make the phone companies do that back breaking work?

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[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

I don't know about everywhere, but here they hire people to do it. Cheaper, and they don't have to keep track of addresses - just take one to every residence.

At work, we special order phone books from all over the state. They come in the mail, and it costs a fortune.

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[danakate.livejournal.com]

This is true. I forgot about the fact that everyone just gets one.

Am I the only one who wishes they'd just invent the Star Trek PADD for phone books? Well, I suppose one could use a PDA, but it'd need to be self-updating. Or something.

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

At least at Media*West, there would be a large contigent of people who would make it an event and all go to a local bookstore (if possible) and get the book at midnight.

I don't have that luxury, even with a B&N down the street from the hotel (well, about a mile away). There might be some Potterfans in the Barbie community but they're not going to skip out on the con events they paid for especially when they can't get their con-swag if they're not there.