Option One:
- Go up to your nearest bookstore employee.
- Ask them to order you a copy. Leave your phone number. They will call when it comes in.
- Wait a few days. Then go back and pick up Tap & Gown.
Option Two:
- If you have a credit card, visit your favorite online retailer: Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Borders.com, or Indie Bound and order yourself a copy.
- Wait a few days. Enjoy Tap & Gown delivered to your door.
Option Three:
- Visit your local library. Ask them to get you a copy of Tap & Gown.
- Wait a few days.
I know all of these options come with the unpleasant side effect of waiting a few days, but it is much much better than the alternative which is:
Do Not Do This:
- “I am unable to find Tap & Gown in my local bookstore. I think I will leave the bookstore without saying anything to anyone and hope that they will randomly and without prompting order Tap & Gown in the next week or so.”
- Return in a week or so to find that they STILL do not have a copy of Tap & Gown.
Bookstores will order you a copy of whatever book you want, if it’s in print and available from their distributor. Tap & Gown, being published by Random House, is both. Here’s some info that will help them find the book for ordering purposes:
TAP & GOWN
by Diana Peterfreund
Delta Trade Paperbacks (a division of The Random House Publishing Group)
ISBN: 978-0-385-34194-3
May 20th, 2009 at 11:10 am
That’s hilarious, Diana.
I, too, get emails from people saying they couldn’t find my book in x bookshop. While I’m thrilled they’re keen to get hold of my books I am puzzled that it never seems to occur to them that they could order it. Though I do understand about instant gratification!
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May 20th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
And it’s probably a good idea to ask POLITELY when you ask at your bookstore or library. Threats of bodily injury are usually not very well received, and may even be misinterpreted.
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May 20th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
OR…you could buy yourself a Kindle and have the book in ten seconds.
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May 20th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
PR: polite, schmite. I say grab ‘em by the throat and give ‘em hell!
Or, ask politely. Then say thank you. That works too.
Julie: And sell our souls to Amazon? No thank you!
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May 21st, 2009 at 7:32 pm
My soul is already theirs. Anyone who can deliver books to my Kindle in ten seconds or to my door in two days wins.
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