…which I’m not, I’d say that the author of this book currently advertised on eBay will see none of the proceeds:
Ha! And there are 5 available, even! Hahahahaha…!
Omigod, thank you. I needed a good laugh.
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I’ve been sick and in bed most of the afternoon. Here I drag myself into the living room and decide to see what is going on elsewhere, and then…
That’s just speechless-ifying. Wow. I’m not sure whether to laugh or pat you on the back (in an internet sort of way).
AWESOME! How much will your agent love you if you sell ‘em all! :)
You don’t still have some copies you can put up for $850??
This isn’t a stalker thing, I hope? Next, they’re going to be offering your spectacles, your card files, your map of Caerleon….
Wowzer, what happened there!? And they have FIVE… Bargin, I’ll take two.
(Makes me wonder if you threw any copies out when you were ruthlessly clearing those shelves a while back – say you didn’t? Else you may have some happy happy bin men.)
Struggling briefly with your “I am a human” security innovation but happily on the third attempt it seems that I am indeed in that land of the living.
hair Robust
J, Share the same concern as Froog, especially in light of the other listings of same title: http://product.half.ebay.com/Just-Xml_W0QQtgZinfoQQprZ984518. Now I’ve got to go back and search to see if someone has Crossed Wires in a box-set with Just XML for the full Simpsonian experience.
marta: In your circumstances, I might’ve thought that I myself were hallucinating in delirium. The Missus and I have tried out all sorts of theories as to the seller’s motives — no theory seems to make sense, though.
(Especially since s/he posted ONLY the Buy It Now price — there was no actual auction.)
Darc: I wouldn’t mind at all if I thought I could use this to snag an agent for the FICTION, haha.
Froog: Egad, a stalker. I hadn’t considered that… Now that I have considered it, though, I think it’s safe to say that this would be the most disappointed stalker in history.
fg: Yes, alas: I suppose every one reading this will now scold me for this confession, but I discarded all but one copy of every one of my tech books in connection with the October garage sale. They went to a local Goodwill store, and it’s quite possible that’s where the seller picked them up.
(Sorry about the reCaptch problem but if it resulted in your getting hair Robust I suppose I shouldn’t apologize too strenuously, eh? My own at the moment is henline Mate — and now, I guess, I may hear from these folks.)
brudder: I, too, did a follow-up eBay search and drew pretty much the same sorry conclusion.
The worst thing about searching for used copies of one’s own not-very-bestselling books? Turning up listings which say, “Signed by author.” It’s true that I signed SOME copies — especially of CW — without personalization. But it always gives me the creeps to think that someone I actually know (or knew) said to themselves at some point, “Oh, I really desperately need the 50 cents this sale will bring me — much more than I need a copy of this jackass’s book!” :)
J,
Had to reply one more time, as the reCaptcha this time is too priceless…”flaws remained”.
brudder: Ha — a spit-take, as they say, on that one!