Birthdays of more than one kind

DMZ · October 10, 2006 at 2:11 am · Filed Under General baseball, Mariners, Off-topic ranting, Site information 

1. Happy birthday to USSM authors today. Congrats, Jeff!
2. I am as shocked as anyone to see my book’s on Amazon, available for pre-order. Check it out, I can build an Amazon link and everything:

I stared at the listing for a couple of minutes, jaw open, speechless.

Then I started to think:
– 256 pages? Really? We know that already? Because legal hasn’t even been through this thing yet and I’m willing to bet it sheds a fair chunk of text
– I guess we are going for the trade paperback, which is what I wanted because I’d much rather sell this thing at $11
– They’re using the original title I pitched? I never thought I’d get away with that (but then, Rob Neyer didn’t think they’d take “Rob Neyer’s Big Book of Baseball Lineups” seriously)
– April? I think it’s February
– I HAVE MY OWN ISBN
– But no Amazon Sales Rank or reviews, which is good because I’d probably only obsess over them

So yeah, it’s a skeleton listing, it doesn’t have any editorial or other information, and some of it’s (as far as I know) wrong, but — wow. I’m so happy.

I promise that I will happily autograph copies for any USSM reader who wants to lower the value of their book.

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52 Responses to “Birthdays of more than one kind”

  1. Evan on October 11th, 2006 8:04 am

    Derek’s book is cheaper in Canada. Amazon.ca is listing it at CAD $11.77

  2. David J. Corcoran I on October 11th, 2006 8:06 am

    I’ll buy it in Canada then.

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