slightly less future
from my publisher:
“Unfortunately the royalty statements reflect sell-in (which was great) rather than sell-thru (which has not been as great), so the next time you receive a statement, you may see a lower number, depending on returns.”
glossary:
sell-in — total number of books sent to bookstores
sell-thru — total number of books sold by bookstores to consumers
i figured something was amiss.
the thing about blogs is that it’s easier to post a correction than rewrite the original entry with slightly corrected information/a new punchline. also, i love being wrong and then correcting myself. not kidding. wait, let me amend that: i love being wrong. period. wrong = potential for a good story. right = boring.

March 5th, 2008 at 8:11 am
so now what am i gonna do with the 100 copies i bought?
March 5th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
i don’t care as long as you don’t return them. you want to risk bruising my fragile ego?
March 6th, 2008 at 8:44 am
oh, i’m not returning them, no way. what i’d really like to do is send them to myself at various points in the future.