The Big One

[Ande]

Probably because European booksellers feel less constrained by the 
publishers release dates than American booksellers...A.



Volker Zimmermann wrote:

> I don't know if I am stating the obvious here - but why is it that AtD 
> is already available in Europe and not in the US, although Pynchon is 
> an American writer? I picked up a copy (Penguin Press) of AtD 
> yesterday in an english Bookstore in Paris. Sadly enough, I simply do 
> not have the time to read it yet, so I'll have to look at it sitting 
> in the bookshelf, imagining what is inside...
>
> - V.
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> On 12 Nov 2006, at 02:05, robinlandseadel at comcast.net wrote:
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>> There were copies in the warehouse of the store in a section where we 
>> set up new releases for a few weeks in advance of street date, I'd 
>> guess about 24. You've got about ten (long) days left.
>>
>> Awfully quiet 'round here, ain't it?
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