Surely Amazon with a minimum of forewarning won't have any problem with this.
It's the same for bookstore chains. Tor would send out a nice promotional flyer warning them of the new release date, and stores will order the book. And the distributors will deliver them.
All these people are in the business of distributing and selling books. That's hardly the first time there's barely time between the author delivering a manuscript, the release date being announced and the book hitting the shelves. In fact, it's become more common in recent years, apparently.
If Tor has decided to move up the release, all the logistics will be taken care of (that could be a reason they're not already announcing the release date, they might be dealing with the last details to choose one week over another because of distribution issues and all - it's a peak season for book releases after all).
It's the same for bookstore chains. Tor would send out a nice promotional flyer warning them of the new release date, and stores will order the book. And the distributors will deliver them.
All these people are in the business of distributing and selling books. That's hardly the first time there's barely time between the author delivering a manuscript, the release date being announced and the book hitting the shelves. In fact, it's become more common in recent years, apparently.
If Tor has decided to move up the release, all the logistics will be taken care of (that could be a reason they're not already announcing the release date, they might be dealing with the last details to choose one week over another because of distribution issues and all - it's a peak season for book releases after all).
Chapter 1 (full chapter)
26/09/2012 02:27:32 PM
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Thanks for the heads up! Note that it does include spoilers from the prologue. *NM*
26/09/2012 03:12:57 PM
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Makes you pay for the prologue, gives chapter 1 away for free...smh *NM*
26/09/2012 03:41:37 PM
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Chapter 2 will likely be coming in audiobook form as well. *NM*
26/09/2012 03:57:10 PM
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And we'll most likely get chapter 11 in full too. *NM*
26/09/2012 04:30:58 PM
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Re: And we'll most likely get chapter 11 in full too.
26/09/2012 05:53:49 PM
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Yeah, Luckers and I discussed this earlier.
26/09/2012 06:36:14 PM
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Good....
26/09/2012 08:42:17 PM
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Re: Good....
26/09/2012 09:28:46 PM
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Re: Good....
26/09/2012 10:03:19 PM
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There are a lot of logistics they would need to move up for this
26/09/2012 11:05:36 PM
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Amazon doesn't have any problem shipping early
27/09/2012 12:27:27 AM
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Tee hee
27/09/2012 12:36:10 AM
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Some of the pre-orders that were moved up were significant.
27/09/2012 12:43:25 AM
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I fully agree...
27/09/2012 01:50:01 AM
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I suspect a November release date
27/09/2012 12:40:03 AM
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