Posted by Jerry Hewett on March 25, 1998 at 18:17:42:
In Reply to: First Edition of _Ports of Call_ posted by Jerry Hewett on March 22, 1998 at 09:02:19:
: I'm looking for the earliest documented sighting of Jack Vance's latest
: novel, _Ports of Call_. I'm particularly interested in hearing from
: folks back on the East Coast or those of you that work in bookstores in
: The Netherlands or the United States. I'm after delivery dates and
: shelving dates if I can get them, or purchase dates if I can't.
: It appears that both the Meulenhoff (Dutch) and Tor (US) editions were
: released within a week of each other. The Tor edition showed up on the
: shelves first, but the Meulenhoff edition is copyright March 1998 and the
: Tor edition is copyright April 1998.
: So what constitutes a "simultaneous release", anyway? Two separate
: editions released the same day? The same week?
: Jerry H.