While pulling covers for another post on Friday night, I tried to grab a cover for the Salinger classic Catcher in the Rye on barnesandnoble.com. And here’s the result (image composited from two screen caps):
At 11:46:
Did the back to school rush wipe out B&N’s stock? Or is it just inventory error? And since when are the Eragon series, James Patterson, and Stephen King shelved next to Catcher?
Strangely enough, a second search revealed a more reassuring result:
At 12:08:
B&N also has my other fave Salinger, Franny and Zooey, in stock, so props for carrying the lesser known of the two.
Interestingly, I had the same error when I searched for Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash. Has this happened to anyone else?