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Weekend roundup
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jpsorrow and jennifer_dunne to see Eagle Eye. We enjoyed the movie but all agreed that
( Spoilers follow )
In other weekend news, the Barnes & Noble website has a new (new to me, anyway) feature that allows you to check stock at your local store. While checking the price of a DVD set on their website, I saw a button that said check local stock. Much to my surprise, the DVDs, a box set of the British mystery series DNA, was apparently in stock at the Vestal store. So, after steeling myself to a rather unpleasant task that I'd been avoiding all week, I then rewarded myself with a trip to B&N, where indeed the set was in stock.
I also checked on several book titles as a test run, and the website reports were accurate as far as what I did and did not find on the shelves. Results are probably not as good for rapidly selling titles, or if stock is down to just one or two copies, but it's an interesting feature.
jpsorrow and jennifer_dunne to see Eagle Eye. We enjoyed the movie but all agreed that( Spoilers follow )
In other weekend news, the Barnes & Noble website has a new (new to me, anyway) feature that allows you to check stock at your local store. While checking the price of a DVD set on their website, I saw a button that said check local stock. Much to my surprise, the DVDs, a box set of the British mystery series DNA, was apparently in stock at the Vestal store. So, after steeling myself to a rather unpleasant task that I'd been avoiding all week, I then rewarded myself with a trip to B&N, where indeed the set was in stock.
I also checked on several book titles as a test run, and the website reports were accurate as far as what I did and did not find on the shelves. Results are probably not as good for rapidly selling titles, or if stock is down to just one or two copies, but it's an interesting feature.