Life's Little Annoyances

[ellenkushner]

People asking "Where can I buy your books?"

What on earth do they mean by that?

Where do we usually buy books, folks?

This is particularly annoying in the age of internet, where, even when they're self-published, the answer is always "Amazon."

Comments

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

I know, I know . . . Many fine insights here, and I will try to take it all less personally in future. It's not like I've ever asked a stupid question of someone in another profession.

Though maybe this is my chance to add that it is GOOD if you go into a chain bookstore and they don't have my (I mean, a favorite author's) books there, to wander innocently up to the desk and ask if they have them in stock. Because (a) sometimes they actually have them in the back; and (b) if people keep asking for the same author, eventually they will get the picture and order more from the warehouse! Coin flips, you see, can sometimes be jiggered out of randomness.