Last night I was aimlessly wandering around the internet looking at things I haven't looked at in quite a while. When I have some time I generally look around at book sites. Last night it wasn't publishers or authors, it was just bookseller sites.
While visiting the Barnes & Noble website I came across something that I find terribly amusing. It may change, but still as of today you'll find that the number 1 book on their bestsellers list is Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix. I suppose what amuses me most about this is that the book hasn't been released yet. Obviously they're pre-selling it, and it makes sense that it is outselling books that are actually available to be shipped right away, it's just something that's struck me as funny.
After discovering that Barnes & Noble is selling a non-exsistant book, I went to the Indigo website. I'm not entirely sure why, but I tend to go there once a day just to see what sort of sales they've got on. Not because I'm particularly interested, but people sometimes ask me about them, and it's nice to know what they're talking about. Because the website is a completely different arm of the company, they offer different sales than we do at the stores. We're generally not notified about them, so looking every now and again to see is helpful. At least, I find it to be.
At Christmas time I was having a terrible time sleeping. Either I'd not be able to sleep because I'd have terrible heartburn, or I'd be awake because my back was killing me. One of those nights I came downstairs and was looking around, and ended up at the Indigo website, and found that in the bottom right hand corner of the main page they listed some upcoming events. I personally think this is a brilliant idea, and I often wonder why my manager doesn't take advantage of that nifty little advertising tool. Yesterday when I was surfing, I noticed under the In Store Events heading a listing that says Sophie Kinsella.
I love Sophie Kinsella's writing. She's written three books thus far, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, and Shopaholic Ties the Knot. There's a fourth book coming, which has nothing to do with the other series, called Can You Keep A Secret?. I'm so impatient that I've ordered this from Amazon UK, so that I don't have to wait six months more to read it. Yes, it's slightly crazy to do that, but what can I say? I'm a fan.
My friend Tara is going to come with me to the book signing tomorrow. She's also a fan. We're both incredibly excited about going. I'm not entirely sure why, I don't normally get too excited about things like this, but it just seems like it's going to be incredibly fun. I can't wait! Details to follow (probably).
Posted by Michelle at March 12, 2003 06:13 PM