that was really inconsiderate of you to get 2 of each arc. I waited inline for an hour to only get told it was gone. its people like you who take advantage!!!!!!
If your mom did not even read her copy before giving it to you you clearly intended on that happening in the first place. In the future I urge you to remember the amount of people interested in the books at conferences like these and consider sharing one copy with your mom if she is not intent on reading it to begin with.
Yeah that's kind of not cool I was at BEA and missed out on some of the books you took *two* of. That's nice you want to run contests but what about how you cheat people who make the big effort to go to BEA, out of copies because you take more than 1.
See, I could just delete these comments, but they'll just keep coming back, and perhaps a blog post will keep you guys from continuing to post them. (Or at least post them all on *this* post and not the others.)
A) Anonymous? Come on, guys. It's not like I'm going to hunt you down for stating your opinion publically. I may have even sent you my copy when I was done with it if there was something you wanted. Don't hide behind an anonymous name. When you say something, say it loud and proud.
B) My mother had as much right to grab a copy as any of you and to do with it what she wished - in this case, give it to me. She attended as a normal attendee. Are you going to find those people who are selling their copies online, or grabbing two to give to friends rather than offer those who didn't - or couldn't - attend a chance to grab them? The one copy she took (that, mind you, she had every right to take as an attendee) isn't what stopped you from being able to get them.
C) Either you were late for grabbing the copies, got caught up in the crowd, or they ran out. Yes, I have double of several copies. But I only took one of each. There were two people in the WORD for Teens press group. My mother and I. And if we have two copies, it was because, as two people, we were allowed to take two copies.
Now, you can rant and be angry all you want. It doesn't change anything. I can't exactly bring them back, and I think those who didn't make it deserve a chance to win a book or two.
Now, I love you all, but would you please just shut up and stop spamming my posts with thing I can no longer change? (You are, however, welcome to enter the giveaways themselves.)
[EDIT] To clarify the reason for this post, I get really upset when my readers get angry at me, especially for reasons as silly as this one...
[DOUBLE EDIT] Thanks for all the nice comments, guys! And no, despite the fact that I probably should, I won't take off anonymous posting. Surprisingly, there are some people who comment and say nice things that don't have accounts or anything. If more comments come, I'll delete them. But I play fair, and it's not fair to exclude a bunch of people for one group of morons.
[TRIPLE EDIT] This post is now closed for comments. :)