At first I thought there was some big conspiracy too. But after calling around I realised that freepers have just done their job too well.
1) Borders got them in. The guy at the local one in Montclair, California told me they got 19 copies in and they were gone in about an hour. He reccommended reserving a copy as the publisher didn't anticipate the demand and is having trouble meeting it. He said the warehouse had about 20 thousand backorders.
2) Borders apparently was NOT planning on stocking it and it would be a special order item. So they never got any in. I think maybe their plans have changed, however. They plan to carry it as soon as the publisher can get them.
Also several employees referenced e-mails that they had gotten from the coporate office or publisher they described the the incredible demand and the difficulty they were having getting copies. One lady from B&N said the publisher was backordered 70 thousand copies, and this was a few days a ago.
That book is like a cabbage patch doll.
Barnes and Noble definately dropped the ball
Er..I should have said Barnes in Noble wasn't planning on stocking them.