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- From: jmacphai@cue.bc.ca (James MacPhail)
- Subject: Re: The Online BookStore Announcement: The Internet Companion
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.101525.24775@softwords.bc.ca>
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- Organization: Softwords Research International Ltd., Victoria, B.C., Canada
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 10:15:25 GMT
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- >>> That still doesn't explain the part about it being a best
- >>> seller when it just came out ;).
- >>
- >>What about the introduction by Al Gore? It's signed:
- >>
- >>"Vice President Al Gore, August, 1992
- >>
- >>Hmmm, the authors knew it would be a best seller before it hit the
- >>stores, *and* Al Gore knew back in August that he would win the
- >>election......
- >
- >Hmmm...my copy says "Senator Al Gore, August 1992"
- >It's the first printing, October 92...
- >
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- The best-seller part is no mystery. They just go out and buy their own book
- in sufficient quantity to hit the volume mark. (Then re-sell them, I guess?)
-
- Dunno about this election thing though... maybe it works on the same
- principle? :-}
-
- James MacPhail jmacphai@cue.bc.ca james@mirg2.phy.queensu.ca
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