Sarah Rees Brennan

May 25, 2014

Anonymous asked: Hi Holly! I'm a big fan, and I wanted to give The coldest girl in coldtown to a friend, but it was unavailable on amazon, and now it's like 19 dollars! Do you know the reason? I never saw a YA book so expensive!

hollyblack:

I think you might have to buy it on another site, as Amazon is raising prices on Hachette books and inflating shipping times to win a negotiation. They’re also making pre-orders unavailable on forthcoming titles, which is why, if you look at the Amazon page for Darkest Part of the Forest, it is super weird and the books seems un-buyable.
However, Barnes & Noble has Coldtown for 12.35, Powells has it for 13.50 and you can go to Indiebound to see how much it costs at a local store near you. And, of course, you could go to your local library and see if its either there or if you could request it via interlibrary loan.
I am sorry about all this — and I am really frustrated with Amazon. These tactics affect authors and books far more than they will ever affect publishers.
Anyway, however you wind up getting the book, I really hope you like it.

Signal boosts a) alternate buy links for Coldest Girl because it is rad and b) the explanation of the situation.

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