Staying Dead PSA

I note that BN.com no longer has the trade edition for sale, and Amazon.com is warning that it's becoming "hard to find" and is therefore no longer discounted.

Fear not, it's not going OOP...technically. But Luna's drying up the available trade stock in order to make way for the mass market edition coming in June 2006 (just three more months!).

So if you're the type who wants to keep all issues in the same format, order now! And if you've been waiting for the less expensive edition (waves to several folk Down Under), or as a obsessive completeist want to see what corrections were made in the reprint (there's at least two), pre-order now!


here endeth the PSA.




Personally? No author likes to see a book become unavailable. Even knowing that another format's out there (be it mass, or digital or audio or Some Technology Yet to Be Invented) doesn't take away from the sting. My first-born, to all intents and purposes, has ended its run. *sob*

It sucks. You move on. You pray for a movie tie-in to come down the pike some day.... (you listening, Hollywood?). You hope that eventually there will be enough interest in your work that it gets reprinted back in trade (or hardcover!), with someone semi-famous writing a hoity-pretentious foreword saying nice things about you, and that they don't wait until you're dead to do it. But it all still sucks.

Still. Was a nice run. *pats trade edition* Nice job, kid.

Viagra? Sure. Birth control? Not so fast....

A PSA if you live in one of the affected states...



"In Ohio, women may lose direct access to their ob/gyns, coverage for infertility treatment, and coverage for cervical cancer screenings.

In New Hampshire, women may lose coverage for contraceptives, direct access to their ob/gyns, and coverage for maternity care.

In Tennessee, women may lose coverage for osteoporosis screenings and direct access to their ob/gyns.

Most sexually active women aged 15-44 have used birth control.But who's paying for it? If Sen. Michael Enzi (R-WY) has his
way, insurance companies in almost every state won't have to. Next week, the Senate will consider a bill introduced by Sen.
Enzi that would allow insurance companies to ignore state laws that protect patients, including laws that prohibit insurance
companies from covering some prescription drugs, but not birth control.

Urge your senator to vote against S. 1955.
http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/enzi_bill

For years many insurance plans covered prescription drugs, but refused to cover birth control pills and other prescription
contraceptives for women. Planned Parenthood spent nearly a decade convincing lawmakers in 23 states to remedy this inequity.
Sen. Enzi's bill threatens to reverse this progress by overriding state laws that protect patients, including laws that
require coverage for prescription contraceptives, cervical cancer screenings, maternity care, mental health treatment, and
dozen of other benefits guaranteed under state law.

Speak out now. If you live in an affected state, urge your senator to vote No on S. 1955.


Thank you,

Cecile Richards
President
Planned Parenthood Federation of America"