New Printings of M&C and Beasts of Burden

The second printing of the Milk and Cheese: Dairy Products Gone Bad hardcover collection shipped last month. So, it's available again, huzzah and all that. I knew a second printing was being planned but I had no idea it was already out. Now I know.

The fourth printing of Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites ships in December. Which is crazy, because Jill and I didn't know that there was a third printing. I found out a few days ago that the book was going out of print again, that the new printing was the fourth, and that it was already being shipped from the printer. What the huh --? Where have I been all this time? Why doesn't anyone tell me these things?

I'm not complaining, it's good news and it all comes out in the wash, anyway, but jeepers -- fourth printing. Really unexpected, especially with so little new material available since the book originally came out.