Stephen Tall

Vince sells out

By | Thu 2nd April 2009 - 6:27 pm

It was back in January – well ahead of its April publication date – I pre-ordered my copy of Vince Cable’s impending opus, The Storm: The World Economic Crisis and What It Means, from Amazon.

Alas, today I received a plaintive email from Amazon, apologising for its non-delivery: “We’re still trying to obtain the following item[s] you ordered on 26 January 2009” – I checked the website only to discover that Vince’s book is ‘Temporarily out of stock’, just days after publication.

Vince Cable's book has sold out

A simple cock-up by Amazon, or have Vince’s publishers massively under-estimated the Lib Dem deputy leader’s popularity with the British book-reading public?

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7 Comments

  • Kevin 3rd Apr '09 - 9:10am

    My county library service have 7 copies on order.

  • Steve Travis 3rd Apr '09 - 12:05pm

    Huw – Are you now a corrputed Agent of the Thatcherite Conspiracy? 😀

  • Simon Titley 3rd Apr '09 - 8:10pm

    If any readers would like to review Vince’s book for Liberator, we’d welcome your contributions.

    Our book reviews are normally no more than 500 words. If you feel moved to write at article length, then it’s a maximum of 800 words for a one-page article or a maximum of 1,800 words for two pages.

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    The copy deadline for the May edition is 21st April.

  • Terry Gilbert 3rd Apr '09 - 10:56pm

    Norfolk libraries had one copy on order when I checked today, and two reservations. (Now three! I get free reservations as an occasional staff member…)

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