I hate that too. And the biggest problem with this is that most people who are just wandering into a bookstore looking for more books in the series will HAVE NO IDEA that book 2 is actually out of print rather than just not in stock.
Even the people that do bother to ask and then hear that it is out of print will often never consider popping into their local library to see if the have it. (mine does. whoohoo! which is how I was able to read the series.)
Plus, while the book only being available in libraries may be good for us libraries (and better than nothing for the sales of the other books), even if everyone who is looking for book 2 checked it out from their library that would still negatively impact the sales of later books as many people will simply check those out from the library too.
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Date: 2010-04-05 09:22 pm (UTC)I hate that too. And the biggest problem with this is that most people who are just wandering into a bookstore looking for more books in the series will HAVE NO IDEA that book 2 is actually out of print rather than just not in stock.
Even the people that do bother to ask and then hear that it is out of print will often never consider popping into their local library to see if the have it. (mine does. whoohoo! which is how I was able to read the series.)
Plus, while the book only being available in libraries may be good for us libraries (and better than nothing for the sales of the other books), even if everyone who is looking for book 2 checked it out from their library that would still negatively impact the sales of later books as many people will simply check those out from the library too.
*sigh*