David Silberstein writes: >In other words, the publisher has received it from the *printers*. >Now it has to go through the whole process of going to the >distributors, and from there to the bookstores. It may be some time. >From my experience, it shouldn't take more than a week or so. Possibly less -- usually, the publisher gets the books at about the same time that the distributor does -- they aren't shipped to the publisher, then the distributor; instead, the printer ships the books to both directly. >Do you also eat chocolate cake in front of starving people, you >sadist? Yes. I usually offer them some, though, if I can. -- Joshua Kronengold (mneme at io.com) "I've been teaching |\ _,,,--,,_ ,) --^--him...to live, to breathe, to walk, to sample the /,`.-'`' -, ;-;;' /\\joy on each road, and the sorrow at each turning. |,4- ) )-,_ ) /\ /-\\\I'm sorry if I kept him out too late"--Vlad Taltos '---''(_/--' (_/-'