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Casey Rousseau casey at the-bat.net
Mon Feb 2 11:35:40 PST 2004

David Silberstein speculated in response to what...:
>
> On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Jason Axelrod wrote:
> > 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"? 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. 

Or, even more likely, perhaps they are Book Club editions?  

Note also that the most recent of the omnibus editions (Athyra) was produced
just last year, nearly seven years after the initial publication of Orca.
One could entertain notions that Ace timed the release of said editions to
reap the benefits of Tor's investment in _Dragon_, _Issola_ and _Viscount_,
but that may be reading too much into a smart business decision.  

Casey