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Title: wise mans fear sold out at Barnes and Noble
Post by: guessingo on March 06, 2011, 05:22:42 AM

Went to the Barnes and Noble near my house in Northern Virginia. It is sold out. Wow. I have never heard of that happening with a bestseller new release.

Title: Re: wise mans fear sold out at Barnes and Noble
Post by: dhalagirl on March 06, 2011, 08:41:38 AM

I was at his signing in Portland on Wednesday and not only had Powell's sold out of their entire stock (350 - 400 copies) but almost every store within a 30 mile radius was also sold out!  Patrick was actually taking down the names and numbers of people who weren't able to get a copy in time for the signing.  He's such a nice guy! :D

Title: Re: wise mans fear sold out at Barnes and Noble
Post by: Peter Ahlstrom on March 06, 2011, 08:20:21 PM

When I went to the local B&N to pick up my copy Tuesday night, I couldn't find it for 10 minutes. Finally I had to ask the staff, who showed me a display rack nowhere near the SF/Fantasy section and about 10 feet further back from the new arrivals shelves. It was annoying. There were a lot of copies of the book in the display rack though.

Title: Re: wise mans fear sold out at Barnes and Noble
Post by: guessingo on March 07, 2011, 02:35:12 AM

good point peter. I made sure to ask. I went to Borders too. They are out. I have never seen this happen.
I guess, Patrick won't have to boil paper to  make it sound like soup any more.

Title: Re: wise mans fear sold out at Barnes and Noble
Post by: hubay on March 10, 2011, 06:44:27 PM

I'm just hoping he actually gives a chunk of his proceeds to Joss Whedon, like he said on his blog.

Title: Re: wise mans fear sold out at Barnes and Noble
Post by: guessingo on March 10, 2011, 07:37:55 PM

The New York times bestseller list does not appear to have updated.  Is this common?

Title: Re: wise mans fear sold out at Barnes and Noble
Post by: Peter Ahlstrom on March 10, 2011, 07:45:44 PM

NYT list is always a week behind. They send out an email to publishers, but the online and print lists won't change until later.

But Wise Man's Fear will hit #1 on the March 20th list. This was announced yesterday.

Title: Re: wise mans fear sold out at Barnes and Noble
Post by: guessingo on March 10, 2011, 08:14:06 PM

Peter: where was that announced?

Title: Re: wise mans fear sold out at Barnes and Noble
Post by: Peter Ahlstrom on March 10, 2011, 10:07:13 PM

Tor.com and Daw both announced it on Twitter.