After talking to so many folks this past week who were so excited and encouraging about Big Hair and Plastic Grass, my forthcoming book on '70s baseball and pop culture, I had a bit of a heart attack this AM when a friend informed me that you can no longer pre-order it from Amazon — because they now have it listed as "currently not available." Having gone through all kindsa ups and downs with this book over the past five years, I worried that the project might have hit yet another snag.
Thankfully, my editor was able to clear things up a bit, informing me that Amazon has done the same thing to all of my publisher's forthcoming titles over an electronic media dispute involving terms pertaining to Kindles, e-books, etc. Hopefully they'll sort it all out soon; but in the meantime, Big Hair is still scheduled to drop on May 25, and you can still pre-order it from Barnes & Noble.com — and for over 8 bucks off the cover price, at that.
Dan,
I look forward to reading your book (even though I barely missed the 70s myself), and hopefully we'll be able to share a beer next spring at Cubs camp. My father (60) and I (30) will be attending for the first time. Any suggestions for the two of us before we head to Arizona?
Posted by: Chad Peiken | February 10, 2010 at 03:07 PM
Yep - start doing windsprints NOW. And regular trips to the batting cage once you get closer to January won't hurt, either. You don't get a whole lotta BP time at camp, so I definitely regretted not getting my swing in gear before I showed up!
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