When I'm signing books at a school, I'll usually check the printing information to see if a book has moved to a higher reprint number. (That information is found in a top-secret super-complex nearly unbreakable code that looks like "0 9 8 7 6 5" or, for some publishers, "5 7 9 10 8 6." In both examples, this would show a 5th printing.) Earlier this week, I was surprised to see that the hardcover copy of My Rotten Life I was signing was a second printing. I checked with me editor, since I...
Published on March 12, 2010 10:56