As of yesterday, BN was still having trouble with BAD BOYS AHOY!, but as of this morning BBA was the #696 ranked book. I don’t see how that’s possible if the book isn’t on the shelves somewhere, since BN’s rankings are a combination of in-store and online sales.
So, I’ll hop in the car and go look. My sister and I went to the Borders Express in the mall, but they didn’t have the Feb. releases out yet.
********UPDATE***********
Well we went to BN. I looked on the shelves and endcap for BBA. All of the February books were out, but not BBA. I almost started crying. 
It was so sad to see the February Bravas on the shelves but not my book.
I looked at the customer service counter and saw the bookseller was alone. I’m shy and can’t imagine waiting in a line to talk to them. Having people overhear me would just make me clam up. But since she was by herself, I walked up to her and asked her to look up the ISBN to BBA. She pulled it up on the computer and got confused. It says Feb. 28th, but it also says it’s in stock and should be prominently displayed on an endcap or center aisle display. (yay!) She called over another bookseller who also got confused and called the manager.
The manager came up and said, “Oh, it just arrived today. It’s loaded on the cart to be put out.” She ran off to get one, and I didn’t want to refuse the book after her trouble, so I told the girl next to me, “That’s okay. I’m the author. I just wanted to see if it was here.”
The next thing you know, they’re asking me to sign the stock so they can sticker it and make a front store display for the book.
Oh man… Can you imagine how I felt after not finding the book there at all?
So, I sat down and signed the stock, stuffed each book with one of my bookmarks, and grinned like an idiot. And they were so nice to me!! The staff came around and watched me sign the book. Thanked me for coming. Said how cool it was to meet me.
Too freakin’ awesome.
Of course, I looked like shitcakes with my hair up in a bun, no makeup on, and my sweats. But no matter.
AND!!! BBA is on the front page of the Brava Authors‘ website!!! It’s been almost 14 months since I got “THE CALL” from Kate Duffy. My first sale. With Brava. And now my book is up on the front page.
:dance:
by Stacy ~ January 31st, 2006 at 6:39 pmWow, all that from a quick trip to the bookstore - lol. But hey, now the book will surely be prominently displayed. That is so awesome. I haven’t picked up my copy yet but I work p/t at B&N and plan on getting it on Sat… if it’s there.
How cool! That’s awesome Sylvia.
by Lori January 31st, 2006 at 7:43 pm