Update to Snow Leopard before Mountain Lion?

I have a MacBook Pro with Leopard and would like to update to Snow Leopard so I can eventually get to Mountain Lion. However, Snow Leopard is no longer available.
What do I need to do to get it?

Phone the Apple Store and order it.
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    or CCC  http://www.bombich.com/
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  • I currently have Leopard, and there are no longer updates for it. So I must upgrade to either Snow Leopard or Mountain Lion. Without doing so I cannot update my itunes, and my ipod is no longer compatile with my mac. How can I buy the upgrade

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  • I have updated my mac from snow leopard to mountain lion 3 days back. I had some important data in my library folder and it got overwritten. Is there any way i can get the data back from my snow leopard library folder?

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