On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Jason Axelrod wrote: > > First of all, does anyone know when Tor is going to release the >Omnibus "The Book of Dragon" (Dragon/Issola) or whether they even >have plans to do so? Secondly, does anyone know about the existence >of Hardcover versions of Tor's Omnibus "The Book of >Jhereg/Taltos/Athyra"? While I am not a representative of Tor Publishing, Inc. (nor do I play one on the web), and indeed, I do not even own the omnibus editions you refer to, I feel compelled to point out that all of the Vlad Taltos novels up until ORCA were all published by Ace Publishing (actually currently an imprint of Penguin Putnam), as indeed were the omnibus editions. Given that DRAGON and ISSOLA were published by Tor, which perhaps has a different notion of how to go about making SKZB's books available, I think the possibility of an omnibus containing them is less than certain. But perhaps PNH, who *is* a representative of Tor Publishing (or at least, is an editor of said establishment) can be induced to comment. I am not sure he is on this list; however, he plays on the web here: http://www.nielsenhayden.com/electrolite/ > Because I have such books, hardcover, but I can actually find no >record of these books ever being made in hardcover. In fact, the ISBN >code refers to the paperback edition of these books. Is it possible that you have library copies? I understand that there is a process (whose exact name I forget [1]) by which paperbacks can be transformed into hardbacks, which is presumably done by library systems so that the books can handle more wear. [1] Google suggests that these websites have more information: http://www.sanval.com/library.asp?loc=lib http://www.vernlib.com/lcover.asp