From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2002-09-16T12:17:47+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: [ANN] DbTalk 0.7

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Gushee" <mgushee@havenrock.com>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: [ANN] DbTalk 0.7


> On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 09:08:01AM +0900, Shashank Date wrote:
> >
> > "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote in message
> > >
> > > What bothered me a little was that out of six English books
> > > on Ruby, they are carrying five. Why not all?
> >
> > I agree with you, that is very strange ... I cannot fathom why they
would
> > pick on one book.
>
> Before anybody launches into a conspiracy theory: is it possible they
> were just out of stock? Such things have been known to happen with
> printed books in brick-and-mortar stores.

I'm sure there's no conspiracy.

I did inquire (anonymously:) about the book... I was told,
"We no longer carry that. I don't know why. That's decided
in New York. We could order one for you."

A lot of things are decided in New York, of course.

Without facts to go on, I would guess that their carrying
a book is a function of its age and its past sales. And
those who made the decision were probably unaware that
they had ended up carrying five out of the only six Ruby
books in English.

I've thought about writing a letter. But then: Most of us
buy books online, so is it really worth it?

Hal