Volume! Volume! Volume!

Saw a series of tweets this morning from random consumers about holiday marketing volume.

Some of the vendors I follow have gotten a little desperate. I’m getting an average of three emails a day saying “BUY OUR SHIT.”
— Seanan McGuire (@seananmcguire) December 14, 2012

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