Help me out?

[cdayr]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Sheryll Townsend 
<s_ings at ...> wrote:
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> 
> I wonder if anyone here on OTC works at a bookstore
> and can tell us if they have the same kind of job perk
> - access to titles before they're released?
> 
> Sheryll
> 

Celia says:
I worked in bookstores for 7 years back in the 90's, and I can't 
imagine it has changed much. 

My experience was that very occasionally one of the buyers would 
receive an advanced copy of a book (not a real copy, it had special 
binding and could not be sold) in order to read it and get the 
customers excited for the release.

Most often though, the perk to working there was that you could 
reserve your copy and then stand over the box as it was being opened 
and get your hands on a copy of whatever you wanted the moment it 
arrived in the store. However, your grabbing a copy would take place 
about 10 minutes before the book was put out for general consumption 
by the public. 

I worked at a big independent(not a chain) so I'm sure rules and 
experienecs vary. There were fabulous other perks, such as a 
generous discount, opportunity to borrow and read books (without 
hurting then of course) and then bring them back, and the ability to 
special order things very easily. But early copies were a rare treat 
and I'm sure do not exist for HP!

Celia