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From: lark@tivoli.UUCP (Lar Kaufman)
Newsgroups: comp.text.sgml
Subject: Re: The SGML Handbook is out
Message-ID: <313@tivoli.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jan 91 17:08:29 GMT
References: <1991Jan13.225050.10045@sq.sq.com> <00942CA1.3F30D9E0@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU>
Reply-To: lark@tivoli.UUCP (Lar Kaufman)
Organization: Tivoli Systems Inc., Austin, TX
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In article <00942CA1.3F30D9E0@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU> lav@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU (John Lavagnino) writes:
>Oxford University Press sent me a catalogue in December which gave a
>list price of $75 for *The SGML Handbook*, and a toll-free number:
>800-451-7556.

I tried to order this book through BookStop, a regional chain.  They placed 
an order for me, and I later pulled out the receipt and discovered that 
they had instead ordered me yet another copy of Martin's _Author's Guide 
to SGML_.  I went back and asked another clerk to correct the order.  This 
clerk also attempted to sell me Martin's book.  I cancelled the order.  
BookStop is just not the same since Barnes and Noble bought them out...

I then went to Garner and Smith, an Austin institution for generations.  They 
accepted my order for 2 copies, but didn't have a current price list.  They 
called me back yesterday and told me that they had called Oxford University 
Press and been told that the book is not yet available; that it will be 
printed and shipped in late February and that pricing was not yet set.  I 
told them I wanted two copies anyway.

Observation:  If you order this book from your local book store, be very 
careful that they order what you want.  Availability?  I'm still checking...

-lar
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