I'm on ebay.

Go on, put a bid in.

It's a signed copy, no less, so I'm thinking it was one of the collectors who turned up to the Goldsboro Books bash. They're asking £24.99. Good luck to them, I say. At least it isn't a review copy gone astray. Or stock knocked off from the warehouse.

Mind you, you can get an equivalent article straight from Goldsboro Books for the original RRP of £12.99.

I'm also in the bookshops. Waterstones in Manchester, for example. Which was where I was on Saturday. They had two copies tucked away, spines out, on the shelves. Rachel pulled one out and put it on the 'Contemporary Classics' table that was all-too-temptingly nearby.

"You can't do that!" I cried, hurriedly replacing it on the shelf. In my haste, I think I may have inadvertently turned it so the front cover was facing out. Next time I'm in Manchester, I'll try to put it back properly.