George,
If you see the letters ANN: in a subject heading, you should realize that it is
a product announcement. I personally appreaciated the announcement because I am
considering buying the book. If you don't want to see these, just set up a
filter to eliminate all ANN messages.

"Susco, George" wrote:

> Doesn't anyone admin this list to keep this SPAM garbage from wasting all of
> our time?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Neuburger [mailto:thomasn@twelfthnight.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 2:55 PM
> To: Acrobat Talk
> Subject: ANN: Frame 6 sale at Fatbrain/BN.com is back
>
> Hello,
>
> (Cross-posted. If your workflow is Frame to Acrobat, as mine is, this may
> be of interest. If not, please Delete.)
>
> So many people have written me about the blink-of-an-eye sale of the Frame
> 6 book at www.fatbrain.com and www.bn.com, the one that came and went in a
> day, that I thought I'd pass this on.
>
> The book is again on sale for $36.00 -- 20% off retail. Again, I'm as
> surprised as anyone.
>
> To find it, search on "Neuburger", the word "framemaker", or the title/ISBN:
>
> Masters Series: FrameMaker 6
> ISBN 1-930597-01-0
>
> The shipping prices for International orders are especially attractive.
>
> They have 75 copies in stock, so the sale should last for more than a few
> days. See below for an explanation of their stocking/listing procedure; it
> explains what happened earlier.)
>
> Best,
>
> Tom Neuburger
>
> WHAT HAPPENED--The way Fatbrain/BN.com works with small publishers is to
> list titles when they are in stock, de-list them (i.e., "we don't carry
> it") when stock runs out, and re-list them when new stock is acquired.
>
> So if you see a "we don't carry it" note, check back. They're just waiting
> for the next shipment. That's what happened a week or so ago; when they ran
> out of stock, the book toggled to "don't carry". Odd, but that's the way it
> works for titles like ours.
>
> At some point, I'll post a note about the online book biz in general --
> it's fascinating what's happening, and some of you may be interested in
> following this path. That world is changing even as we watch.
>
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Mark Satterfield
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Microware Systems Corporation

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