01-17-2013, 04:25 PM | #1 |
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BoB 'Format No Longer for Sale'
I went to check on my BoB wishlist and found a bunch of titles which are now listed at 'Format No Longer for Sale'.
Anyone have any clue what this is about? My -guess- is its an Agency pricing thing as these were all agency books. Oddly enough some books aren't even available at all anymore but are still up at other Bookstores. Example: Trudi Canavan, Traitor Queen: No formats available for this country [United States] and currency [$USD]. (But there is still the 'Buy for Kindle' graphic that links to Amazon.) |
01-17-2013, 04:48 PM | #2 |
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Yes, I found that yesterday when I looked at my wishlist. And my BOB account has Japan as the country. (Sorry, did not record details before I deleted them)
However, other publications of the same title were still available. Wondering if BOB is no longer stocking certain publishers? Last edited by Lynx-lynx; 01-17-2013 at 04:50 PM. |
01-17-2013, 04:50 PM | #3 |
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I've seen it too, but on some the same book from the same publisher had a second listing that was available, others didn't. More likely one of their distributors doesn't have the title in their catalog anymore. I know they use OverDrive and Ingram (LightningSource), not sure about others.
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01-18-2013, 04:12 PM | #4 |
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This happened to me too. They are all books that are still readily available from Amazon, B&N, Kobo, etc., so I'm not sure what the problem is.
BoB was also discounting some agency books lower than any other online stores, but the prices jumped up somewhat after the holidays. |
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I have noticed this as well, but I am a bit worried since it looks like 85 % of the Samhain titles are gone.
I noticed that as well, but then I realised it was because they changed their system. Instead of giving a 20 percent discount, they offer coupon codes. |
01-18-2013, 06:12 PM | #6 |
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All Hachette and Pocket titles I had on my list are gone. I wonder what is up?
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01-19-2013, 03:23 AM | #7 |
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Why not ask BoB? That would seem the sensible course of action.
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01-19-2013, 03:34 AM | #8 |
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Bit too obvious, surely? Much more fun to speculate on a forum than actually ask someone presumably in the know.....
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01-19-2013, 04:16 AM | #9 |
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Good grief ..... you want to spoil the mystique!!!
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01-21-2013, 03:23 AM | #10 |
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I e-mailed BoB and asked them about the missing Samhain titles, since that was what I noticed first. And according to the respone I got it is possible that the distributor has changed the availability. Hopefully, everything will be sorted out soon.
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