Are they in the Barnes & Noble stores yet ?
The $49.95 Trade Edition has been sold pre-publication (discounted, of course) by B&N and Borders, et al, and on Internet sites, Amazon.com, et al for going on 3 months. When Destry and I were in Paducah KY yesterday picking up the first print run of the Special Signed Limited Edition (which had arrived in KY from the printer in TN last Friday afternoon), the Trade Editions just arrived by another truck load (Tuesday). My publisher, Collector Books, now has to ship the Trade Ed's to the retail sellers, which will take a few days.
Meanwhile, I'm back home on the IL/WI stateline, signing and packaging up pre-sales of the Ltd Ed, which will start going out in batches by USPS this afternoon (all should be in the mail by Friday). This new book is oversize like
The Parker Story, and weighs 3 lbs 14 ozs, a full half pound more that
Parker Guns: The "Old Reliable." Whether one buys a Trade Edition from a big box store or on the internet discounted from the $49.95 cover price, or an autographed Limited Edition at $99.95 from yours truely...well, the book is a done deal; what a relief!
"SOCKS" (
esso si keh es) It is what it is.
I'll take some pictures of the Limited Edition and put one up for Buy It Now on eBay so the finished product can be seen. The cover artwork of the Trade Edition is all over the Internet. I don't know how to put pictures on this website and I am blocked from the Parker website. If someone can help me out I'll be able to e-mail pictures by noon, but I don't have remote storage.
EDM