# Woo-Hoo! My Book's Out! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2000, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-my-books-out/18550 "2000-05-04T14:34:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-my-books-out/18550/101 "2000-05-31T19:05:13Z")
Congratulations on the new book Eve… I’ll have to hit the bookstore and check it out! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-my-books-out/18550/102 "2000-06-08T05:18:48Z")
The good news is that once again my Eve Golden collection is complete. When I arrived home from work tonight, my copy of _Anna Held and the Birth of Ziegfeld’s Broadway_ was awaiting me on my doorstep. The bad news is that I was forced to resort to the tentacled clutchs of [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com). Probably not what you want to hear, Eve, but my international quest to find your book in an actual bookstore was fruitless. On the plus side, two stores said they had _had_ copies which would indicate said copies must have been sold. And my various requests may have helped create some “buzz”. Having just received it an hour or so ago, I haven’t had the chance to start reading yet (and probably won’t before next week). I did look through the photos and the only complaint I have is that my copy seems to be defective as I didn’t get one with the “author playing volleyball” photo. A nice photo, yes, but not as … interesting … as the one in _Platinum Girl_ (didn’t you find that thong somewhat uncomfortable?) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-my-books-out/18550/103 "2000-06-08T14:04:45Z")
Glad Anna was waiting on your doorstep, chatting with the neighbors, Nemo! I forgot to tell you to request the “slut photo” version of the book . . . As far as availability, I have just E’d my publisher to complain that a lot of Barnes & Nobles and Borders aren’t stocking it, and asked if they have been forwarding the unmarked envelopes stuffed with cash to the right people. Unfortunately, University presses can’t afford the necessary bribery needed to get good distribution and placement in major bookstores (shall we start another thread about how evil the superstores are?). I long for the good old days, when a few well-placed blow jobs could still get you into the right bookstores! ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-my-books-out/18550/104 "2000-06-08T16:47:46Z")
Congratulations, Eve. That is extremely cool. (Said a fellow writer - OK, just a lowly reporter, an ink-stained wretch. But still capable of intense envy and jealousy.) The view count on this thread was at 666, and I was a little spooked. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-my-books-out/18550/105 "2000-06-08T17:46:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > I long for the good old days, when a few well-placed blow jobs could still get you into the right bookstores! > \*\* Me, I’m kind of grateful I can just walk in, like most folks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-my-books-out/18550.md?page=5)