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That the book has just been introduced and is already shown in the photo with a half price sticker tells us something.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Wed Sep 1st, 2010 at 04:16:34 PM EST
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Even at giveaway the photo scares me off.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Sep 1st, 2010 at 04:59:22 PM EST
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Actually that's normal for very high profile titles. The same was true of Harry Potter.

I'm not quite sure why it's normal, but it is.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Sep 1st, 2010 at 05:37:51 PM EST
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Loss leader.

Stores mark down a "must have" to get bodies through the door and hope to sell 'em other things while they are there.

by ATinNM on Wed Sep 1st, 2010 at 05:42:24 PM EST
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