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Thursday, 16 September 2004 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
According to North American distributors Diamond Publishing, both "SynthespiansTM" and "The Sleep of Reason" are being distributed in the US and Canada in September, with "The Algebra of Ice" slated for early October. Apparently, however, these are in smaller numbers. "After the BBC lost a lot of money with the former US distributor, they decided not to take a chance with Diamond and have limited the number of books they will send to the USA," Keith Bradbury of WhoNA told Outpost Gallifrey. "Apparently, according to BBC America, these books are a special print run only for the USA. I know the books that come through Diamond have the USA pricing on the back, so unless the UK books do not have this pricing, I cannot imagine how the print run would be any different between the two markets. What does all of this mean? Quite simply, when we sell our last 5 copies of Shalka, we will have to get any additional copies from the UK, which means increased prices on the titles." This explains why we're not seeing large numbers of copies of the books on store shelves in the US and Canada: that the print runs for the continent have been vastly decreased. (Thanks to Keith Bradbury/WhoNA and Diana Dougherty/Ambrosia Books)




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