On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 14:56, Joy Jennifer Nicholson wrote: > Mine apparently hasn't even been shipped yet. If it was officially out > on the 1st, why didn't they ship it then? >From what I understand, it wasn't officially "out" on the 1st. This book didn't have a release date, it had a release month. As best I can tell, that means that at the beginning of the month the publisher sends the copies out to the bookstores and they put it out when they get it. When a book has a fixed release date (like the HP books), they ship out the copies a week or two in advance, and tell all the bookstores to not put it out until the certain day.