tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813155461240201466.post6553486999907075298..comments2023-10-07T03:31:20.223-04:00Comments on Gratz Industries: Samurai Shortstop goes on saleGratz Industrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06857642568906965743noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813155461240201466.post-13363913605187302292006-05-21T16:46:00.000-04:002006-05-21T16:46:00.000-04:00I walked an hour yesturday to the third street pro...I walked an hour yesturday to the third street prominade here in Santa Monica, CA. I do it every weekend to go to the book stores and catch a movie if the time is right. It's my weekend exercise which I conclude with beer back on Main Street, thus destorying the exercise bit, kind of like Gattie's in the college days. I'd planned to face your stuff, but neither the B&N nor the Borders had copies. CA is giving you no love. I'd have made inquiries, but didn't know what good it would do beyond being asked if they could order me a copy. If you have press stuff I could drop off to them I will on my next journey. You know how to contact me. What was odd, was the B&N had a whole slew of baseball related YA books on a display for the start of the playoffs or whatever. You know me and sports.Fabricationistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813155461240201466.post-10975508978915619542006-05-22T20:35:00.000-04:002006-05-22T20:35:00.000-04:00I suspect you won't find the book at Borders a...I suspect you won't find the book at Borders anytime soon - they didn't place an initial buy, from what I understand. I hope that if it sells well everywhere else they will later choose to bring it into their stores.<br><br>Wendi and I found SS in half the Barnes & Nobles we visited on Friday. In some cases, books just hadn't come in, but I think there may just be some stores that aren't slated to get it. I don't know exactly how B&N operates, but some chains have different levels of stores, like A, B, C, D, etc., where As get everything, Bs get less, Cs even less and so on. How this is decided is a mystery to me, because most B&N's feel exactly the same to me, save the smaller or more tailored university branches. Still, I hope you run across it in your further travels.<br><br>I can send you some stuff, but you can also find my complete press kit online at www.alangratz.com/presskit.html. If you want some postcards to drop off, send me your address - or at least the address of the flop house where you temporarily reside.<br><br>I keep hoping one of the chains will decide to put SS on a baseball or Japan themed display. We'll see . . .Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08360475342838457529noreply@blogger.com