On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 02:50:23PM -0500, Gaertk at aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 11/20/2002 6:31:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b at dd-b.net> writes: > > >?However, since copies have been reported in bookstores, > > Have they been spotted in stores? I had the impression that > everyone here claiming to see it has connections to Tor. > More significantly (to me), there's not even a whisper of it > on rec.arts.sf.written. Contrast with _Issola_ (officially > published in July) where several people announced buying > copies on June 19. My understanding is that, since then, ALL the publishing companies have change d their shipping so that they are now shipping books to arrive much closer to their official release date. No longer are the December books being shipped to arrive in stores in early November. -- Scott Raun sraun at fireopal.org