The author is the last to know

[rolanni]

Frequent readers of this journal will recall that The Nice Editor Lady (TNEL) at Ace had back in April given us a schedule for the mass market reissue of the Liaden books. According to that schedule, Agent of Change was to be published in December 2008.

So, over on Amazon.com, Agent is listed as hitting the shelves on November 25.

Bn.com, in the meantime, is positing a publication date of October 28.

The Ace online catalog, which one would think would be the Definitive Source for information of this kind, shows two Lee and Miller titles -- Crystal Soldier and Crystal Dragon.


If anybody sees a copy of Agent on the bookshelves in the next couple weeks, sing out, OK?

Comments

Re: Not in Baker & Taylor, Ingram or a bunch of smaller wholesalers

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Hmm. If Ace isn't shipping, I wish they'd tell the authors.

Just to be clear, how far into the future are you able to see on the wholesale lists?

Re: Not in Baker & Taylor, Ingram or a bunch of smaller wholesalers

[(Anonymous)]

Usually 6 months ahead...though mistakes happen.
I've been assuming that Ace is NOT re-using the
old ISBNs, right? I'm not sure they can for this
kind of re-print.

Lauretta

Re: Not in Baker & Taylor, Ingram or a bunch of smaller wholesalers

[(Anonymous)]

Ok, I think I see some of what's happening...I apologise for turning into a bookselling geek - time for the readers who don't care to go get a cup of coffee.

amazon.com and banresandnoble.com are using ISBN
9780441009916 for Agent of Change. In ISBN-10 parlance, that's 0441009913, which is the same
number as the old Ace edition from 2002. I was
thinking that a reprint requires a new ISBN, especially 6 years later, but I may be wrong.

If you're getting new ISBNs for these puppies, B&N and Amazon are quoting the wrong numbers.

If you're NOT getting new ISBNs, well, I have no idea then.

Hope this hasn't muddied the waters
Lauretta

Re: Not in Baker & Taylor, Ingram or a bunch of smaller wholesalers

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

It'll be the same ISBN; they're reissuing the books, not creating a new edition. (The Ace edition ISBNs are different from the Meisha Merlin ISBNs; and the MM hardcovers and trade papers had different ISBNs, but! Meisha Merlin went back to press many times for the _Plan B_ trade paper, for instance, all under the same ISBN.

Thanks for looking, by the way. Much appreciated.