Remainders

[bunsen_h]

Jo Walton's excellent alternate-history novels Farthing and Ha'Penny have been remaindered by the Chapters chain -- hardcovers for $6.  A number of the local stores have them in stock in the "Bargains" areas; you can check availability on-line.  (The third novel in the so-called "Small Change" trilogy, Half a Crown, has been out for just over a

Comments

[radargrrl]

I'm waiting for Fifty New Pence, myself...

[bunsen_h]

Huh. I was wondering why neither Amazon nor Chapters was showing an expected release of the paperback yet; Chapters is sometimes slow, but Amazon usually lists things for advance ordering well before the publication date

[beable]

Huh. I think of remaindered books - like used books bought at book sales and garage sales and the like as the possible hooks for books I would otherwise just not bother with at all.

I am far more likely to be willing to drop $5 or $10 on a book I have just come across by an author I have never read than I would be to drop $30.

Liking the book is more likely to make me willing to drop the $30 next time.

The library is awesome for if you know what you are looking for and have gone in to get it, but otherwise it's not a source of looking for anything recent - too much traffic with the new books actually be loaned out for it to stand out on a shelf.