Midnight Morrissey "Autobiography" sales

Anonymous · Oct 15, 2013

I'm shocked, not even Manchester, are they having a midnight launch.

I've sent enquiries to Waterstones, even music shops, regarding a midnight release and they've either not replied, appeared disinterested or just flatly refused.

Tingle3 · Oct 15, 2013

Nice idea Big Green....but I think I'll wait for my reservation for Autobiography to arrive at the library. I've waited 10 years for this book. I can wait another week or so!

modrevolve · Oct 15, 2013

That's a pretty cool idea..I miss the days of going to the record store at midnight on release day to pick up a new release..

Anonymous · Oct 15, 2013

The waiting is killing me. What if its a giant f***ing Penguin Classics Mad Lib with a shit ton of blanks for us to fill in? What if it's great? I can't eat.

billybu69 · Oct 15, 2013

Tingle3 said:
Nice idea Big Green....but I think I'll wait for my reservation for Autobiography to arrive at the library. I've waited 10 years for this book. I can wait another week or so!

Buy one you tight get.

Anonymous · Oct 15, 2013

All this histeria around a book from a man who has said throughout his life the most appalling statements
can only be interpreted as a symptom of how unbearably uninteresting and hollow we have become as a society.
This book will be your brand new toy to entertain your aged brain cell, I understand that. But make no mistake,
you won't be more interesting after reading it.
Read War and Peace instead.

Gejo · Oct 15, 2013

Well, I do my best to go there on the 17th and buy the book from you as I live in the area. You could have background music and play his albums to make most of it for such an important day.

Gejo · Oct 15, 2013

I will put this in Facebook to try to attract more people.

realitybites · Oct 15, 2013

Tingle3 said:
Nice idea Big Green....but I think I'll wait for my reservation for Autobiography to arrive at the library. I've waited 10 years for this book. I can wait another week or so!

Are you first on the list? Otherwise you are going to be waiting a lot longer than a week.

As a fan, isn't this the one book you want or should want to own? I don't get it. Unless you are dirt poor. Then you are forgiven.

Anonymous · Oct 15, 2013

billybu69 said:
Buy one you tight get.

I'm not a tight get (I often give money to beggars, actually.), I ain't dirt poor either, but I'm with Tingle 3 on that one. Although there's next to zero chance my local library will ever own a copy...Classic or not.
I'll just have a very quick look at the book in a bookshop. They don't like it when you start reading books in bookshops, and I'm much too polite to offend them.

I will rely on other readers for the best bits. Providing there are any.

Unless of course Andy Rourke gets his royalties, then I'll happily buy the bloody thing. It's cheap for a door stop anyway.

PS/ I'm not even kidding. I haven't given Morrissey any money for years. -Any doubt? Thought not...

jdbabz · Oct 15, 2013

Tingle3 said:
Nice idea Big Green....but I think I'll wait for my reservation for Autobiography to arrive at the library. I've waited 10 years for this book. I can wait another week or so!

It's remarkable how reasonably well priced the book is online and I assume in the shops too. I don't know how you can wait! I'm getting mine beamed in via e-reader.

CrystalGeezer · Oct 15, 2013

I'm counting on you guys for the juicy bits, I'm waiting til I can get it here easily. My life is too crazy now to read it like I'd want to anyway, without interruption. I'd just get frustrated.

modrevolve · Oct 15, 2013

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Autobiography-Morrissey/9780141394817

its $12 to America with no shipping cost..

Anonymous · Oct 15, 2013

Anonymous said:
All this histeria around a book from a man who has said throughout his life the most appalling statements
can only be interpreted as a symptom of how unbearably uninteresting and hollow we have become as a society.
This book will be your brand new toy to entertain your aged brain cell, I understand that. But make no mistake,
you won't be more interesting after reading it.
Read War and Peace instead.

That's a really strange motivation for reading anything. Enjoyment tends to be enough for me (and, I suspect, most people). Do you really believe there are people on this site (or anywhere) who genuinely believe they will me made more interesting simply by reading Morrissey's autobiography?

realitybites · Oct 15, 2013