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Some sellers see a reserve price as an insurance policy if they want to start with a low bid to get attention, but don't want to risk giving the item away for a song. Makes sense to me.
Reserves are also a way to see where the market is without committing yourself to the highest bid. If the reserve is met, well and good; if not, try again, or relist as a BIN some fraction higher than the highest bid.
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I understand the principle. In this case the reserve is above $227.50 and logically no more than $249. It just doesn't make a lot of sense to me. He's paying ~$3.00 for the reserve listing each time. So for a $21.50 spread he's spent $6.00 already, making it a $15.50 spread.
So, in this case, I don't get it. For the first auction, sure, but now?
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
Oh, okay, I'm sorry. I didn't realize you meant it made no sense in this particular case. My bad.
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We are close boys and girls. Lots of planning and prep work going on over here as all the pieces come together. Watch for an official publication announcement next week.
BOOSH! and/or ka-kow!
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"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
Woohoo!
Just my two cents, but would a mere shipping notification (even for a very anticipated book) merit the description "official publication announcement"? I suppose technically it fits, but to me it seems a bit grander than "here's the latest update on when you'll receive the thing everyone already knows about."
You can't be aloof until you advertise.
There should be an official publication announcement, not just the shipping notices
Wanted: Human skin edition of The Book of the Dead. Will accept PC copy.
It would be nice if it was an announcement on the next book as well.
St. Troy. The shipping notification email is unrelated to the announcement I mentioned. Unless I’m not understanding your post.
Mike, a new book will only be announced some time after everyone has received their Misery order.
So based on some rough calculations, I figure I have approximately two weeks to get prepared for the announcement. I reckon the ol' pickup doesn't really need tires quite yet
Being late to the game on Hill House, was there a proposed date that these would be ready?
, Mike. I was just bustin your chops. Paul keeps us all in excitement mode! Now, what is that that you have there in the corner
You don't know my kind.....You don't my mind.....Dark necessities are part of my design.....
Hey Brian. The site said Dec 2018 for Hill house. That's why I am just surprised that we may get an announcement for the next book, which will probably be out in 2019, when we have 4 months to go for Hill House. As far as the corner goes, I am not talking .
Ah The Announcement, I'd forgotten that was imminent....
Spoiler:
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
Simon, I expected the Holy Grail:
Spoiler:
Exciting news! The anticipation is killing me.
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I think some people are reading too much into this.
I assumed Paul meant that since Misery is scheduled to be published on 08/08/2018 he would be making an official publication announcement about it. Probably that it's indeed being published on that date and that shipping notices are imminent.
Knowing Paul, there is probably more to it than just that though. Like everyone is getting a penguin.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."