I am not sure what the rationale is but quite frequently when a book is coming out in paperback, all the copies of the hardcover are pulled from bookstores. I assume they think no one will buy the hardcover when paper is available – which might be true. But here’s the rant – they pull the hardcovers BEFORE they publish the paperback – sometimes weeks before so effectively the book is only available as an E-book for quite some time. It was especially noticeable this week when local mystery writer Hank Phillippi Ryan won the Agatha for her book The Wrong Girl. The Agatha is a fairly prestigious fan award and you would normally expect a sales bump BUT they have pulled the hardcovers and the paperback won’t be out until July.
OK – I’m done.
Very frustrating, and so stupid from a consumer’s point of view! And The Wrong Girl is definitely worth finding and reading.
As an aside, Hank will be at the Stow library this summer. I’ll post the date when I find out the details.