{"id":6645,"date":"2021-11-18T15:55:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T23:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/?p=6645"},"modified":"2021-11-18T15:55:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T23:55:41","slug":"the-aaugh-bloggers-odd-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2021\/11\/the-aaugh-bloggers-odd-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"The AAUGH Blogger’s Odd Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was picking up some stuff at big-box retailer Costco, and as I normally do, I checked out their books table to see if they have any new books out. Costco often gets custom boxed sets and books available nowhere else, so it’s worth checking. And I find a box marked The Peanuts Collection<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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And I’m thinking, hey, I\u00a0wrote<\/em> a book called\u00a0The Peanuts Collection<\/a>\"\"<\/em>… and it came in its own slipcase! Could this be a rerelease of that?<\/p>\n

Then I checked the edge, to see what books are included.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>So no, no\u00a0The Peanuts Collection<\/em> book…. but there is a book I wrote!\u00a0Be More Snoopy<\/a>\"\"\u00a0<\/em>is one of mine! And look, they made a big, tall edition to match the lovely history book\u00a0The Peanuts Book<\/a>\"\"<\/em> in size, to fit the box. Cool! I wonder how it looks blown up that large?<\/p>\n

I buy a copy — really, my publisher should send things like this for free, but they don’t always, and I wouldn’t want to miss out on a\u00a0Be More Snoopy<\/em> that’s so big, it’s\u00a0Be Much More Snoopy<\/em>. I get it home, take the shrink wrap off of the box, and pull it out…<\/p>\n

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Ach! I’ve been fooled! It’s not a large version of my book, it’s a standard version in a custom cardboard tray.<\/p>\n

Now the question: is this something you want? Well, despite a “list price” on the box of $34.99, this is only available at Costco at the moment, and their price sticker put it at $20.99. Now, I cannot legitimately review either of these books. I was paid to work on both of them, as the writer on\u00a0Be More Snoopy<\/em> and as a fact checker on The Peanuts Book<\/em>. But I will say that even if you just want\u00a0The Peanuts Book<\/em>, $20.99 is a pretty good price for just that, a $30 cover book — although they do have it cheaper at Amazon at the moment<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n

BTW, speaking of Costco — when I noted the other day<\/a> that their website lists an unreasonable estimate of the number of strips reprinted in the\u00a0Peanuts By the Decade<\/em> boxed set, I should’ve noted that the error is not Costco’s fault. That “nearly 11,000” count is on the set’s packaging.<\/p>\n

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