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    From Garrett Wollman@21:1/5 to lynnmcguire5@gmail.com on Fri Jan 3 22:19:13 2025
    In article <vl9mo7$3fsk$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    I am surprised SFBC lasted this long. I have not ordered a book from it >since the early 1970s. I think that “Dune” was the last book I bought >from it.

    I wrote a blog post more than a decade ago about how the book-club
    business model no longer made any sense, and I am quite surprised that
    it took the private-equity investors so long to come to the same
    conclusion.

    -GAWollman

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to lynnmcguire5@gmail.com on Fri Jan 3 22:36:04 2025
    In article <vl9mo7$3fsk$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    “SFBC shutting down”
    https://www.reddit.com/r/printSF/comments/1hsnqmd/sfbc_shutting_down/

    “Reported in Ansible 450.”
    https://news.ansible.uk/a450.html#14

    "The "How it works" page now says this:"
    https://www.sfbc.com/how-it-works

    "How Your Membership Works<br>Cancel anytime."

    "After 2/1/2025, orders will no longer be processed at Science Fiction
    Book Club."

    "You can still redeem your existing credits on the site as normal until >2/1/2025."

    "You can also still purchase books using a credit card on the site as
    normal until 2/1/2025."

    I am surprised SFBC lasted this long. I have not ordered a book from it >since the early 1970s. I think that “Dune” was the last book I bought >from it.

    Lynn


    I can still tell you what my membership number was for many years, until
    they sold I guess. (I won't, but I can). In the post-Amazon years,
    I would pretty much buy only the omnibi or art/comic offerings, but
    still many fond memories.
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to lynnmcguire5@gmail.com on Sat Jan 4 00:43:00 2025
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    "After 2/1/2025, orders will no longer be processed at Science Fiction
    Book Club."

    I am surprised SFBC lasted this long. I have not ordered a book from it >since the early 1970s. I think that “Dune” was the last book I bought >from it.

    Oh no! I have never been a member, although I had friends who were members
    buy plenty of books for me over the years. I had no idea it even still existed... if I'd known I'd have joined! They don't advertise and they
    don't have booths at SF cons anymore... how was anyone to know they were
    still in business?
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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