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Weird. So all the people who don't yet have e-readers can't read the book for 6 months? Oy vey.
Does it specify whether or not the release dates are different for the UK and the US?
Becky wrote: "Weird. So all the people who don't yet have e-readers can't read the book for 6 months? Oy vey."
IKR? Why not just do a full release? Why must it all be so complicated?
Mimi wrote: "Does it specify whether or not the release dates are different for the UK and the US?"That's a good question. I'm clueless. Let me see if I can find out.
Mimi wrote: "Does it specify whether or not the release dates are different for the UK and the US?"Yeah - I was wondering if this is part of the issue, since it's a UK author?
I just checked, and it does appear to be different publishers releasing each version.
colleen the contrarian ± (... never stop fighting) ± wrote: "Mimi wrote: "Does it specify whether or not the release dates are different for the UK and the US?"Yeah - I was wondering if this is part of the issue, since it's a UK author?"
So, from what I can see for the UK:
- The hardback is showing as available to buy now but the release date is showing as July 2016.
- The ebook is showing as a pre-order with a release date of June 2020.
WTF is going on here??
ANy UK people awake and care to take a gander?
Nicki wrote: "The publication date most likely hasn't been set yet. Head of Zeus don't have it on their website, that I can see. Amazon and other retailers often use (wildly incorrect) placeholder dates. It's st..."Also, what's up with Heads of Zeus being the pub? My copy shows it was pubbed by Little, Brown. So, did they drop him or...?
And can you put a hardcopy of Stilleto in your basket?
I wonder what happened to the rest of Zeus...
colleen the contrarian ± (... never stop fighting) ± wrote: "I wonder what happened to the rest of Zeus..."SMH. lol.
Nicki wrote: "colleen the contrarian ± (... never stop fighting) ± wrote: "I wonder what happened to the rest of Zeus..."Let's just hope they don't start an erotica line, or we might find out."
O_O
Reminds me of a common swear in Spartacus.
I thought Hardcover books always came out first!?! What I've seen in the past (States wise) is either:
Hardcover
Ebook
Paperback
or
Hardcover & Ebook
Paperback
or
Hardcover
Ebook & Paperback
Then there are books that either never get a Hardcover, or never get an Ebook.
From what I've seen, at least as far as my limited new-book-following goes is that ebooks are generally released at the same time as the major print release.
I have seen some cases where ebooks are realased earlier than hard/paperback. To my mind this only makes sense as the ebook can probably be "ready for shipping" a lot faster than the physical copies. I have never seen this gap being more than a week or so though.
Nicki wrote: "colleen the contrarian ± (... never stop fighting) ± wrote: "I wonder what happened to the rest of Zeus..."Let's just hope they don't start an erotica line, or we might find out."
I'm hoping. I'm hoping hard.
Becky wrote: "Hard you say? :P"Hard as nails.
It does seem very peculiar. I can see why releasing in various formats might be staggered somewhat, but six months seems excessive.
I've been waiting anxiously for the sequel to be released. I'm also particular about formats so I want the hardback copy of the next book because I have The Rook in hardback.
I got an email this weekend that the hardback version of this book will be released in Jan 2016.
The ebook will be released June 2015.
SERIOUSLY??? I'm all for having ebooks and I like them but my preferred format is paper and I want the Hardback! I feel like they are begging me to get this damn book 2nd hand for cheap. Cause I would have borrowed the ebook from the library by then.