I bought a UK edition in AbeBooks from Paperbackshop UK, which are the same as Book2Anywhere. They refund me now because they said they have in stock and now confirmed me they are receiving new stock tomorrow, which won't be first print.
I talked to someone at Oblong and she said the books they have online are on order.
Wanted: Human skin edition of The Book of the Dead. Will accept PC copy.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
The Cuckoo's Calling has been deleted from Foyles website:
http://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/fictio...-9781408703991
http://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/the-cu...-9780316206846
A part of me tells me "That's good! That means they are out of 1st printings, and you purchased one before they deleted them", but the other part...
Yes. I am too paranoid, but also I am too negative, so the best thing you can do it is ignore most of my warnings
I mean, the first option is what I already said.
The second option is:
They have X in stock, and received Y orders, with Y > X. Then, they will ship the first X and to Y-X, they will make them wait until they receive the 2nds printings. Meanwhile, they delete the books from their store, to avoid more conflicts.
They don't actually have their own warehouse. The girl I spoke to said they order from the publisher's warehouse.
Wanted: Human skin edition of The Book of the Dead. Will accept PC copy.
So, it's a 2nd printing for sure, right?
She wasn't sure but the books are all on order from the publisher, so it sounds like that is the case. I'm going to call next week and see if they got any 1sts in. They said their order was placed a few days ago and they never had any in store.
Wanted: Human skin edition of The Book of the Dead. Will accept PC copy.
Oblong just confirmed the books are backordered.
I canceled.
On the bright side my two UK editions have already shipped. I'm telling ya I should have just bought four UK editions.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
Yes, you should have Brian!
I will wait for Foyles, but I think they won't be 1st.
That signed copy on ebay made the news here.
Tried ordering from a semi-local store last night that listed an unsigned US 1/1 in stock, but an email from them today indicates that it is on order. Sounds like that will be a 2nd printing.
Mark Twain
I found what appears to be 3 UK editions in stock in Australia. No shipping options outside of AU.
http://pottspointbookshop.com.au/cat...eyword&commit=
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
With 20 hours to go the eBay auction is at $3100!!!
19 different bidders and 73 bids! Amazing.
John
This is absolut amazing...
Those signed editions were sold for 19Pound? This is nice plus ^^
Well, so far it looks like I have a US first on the way from an Amazon seller but have been cancelling a lot of orders today. Guess I should just be happy with the one...
Lurker, you should be happy with a one. I would be more than happy if I'd had a 1st US and a 1st UK. The signed and the proof copies can wait
I found this:
http://biblio.co.uk/books/610987961.html
It says "Bookseller has 222 copies at this price.", which seems weird. 222 seems a random number
Anyway, I think tomorrow or Thursday, a library having stock won't mean anything anymore