[Ed Miller]

Hi,

I just wanted to make sure everyone is clear on this, because I've gotten a couple of disappointed emails already today.

Today, July 15th, the book is still BEING PRINTED. The very first finished books should be available TO MASON either today or tomorrow (assuming there are no hiccups in the printing).

The next step, which should begin to happen either tomorrow or early next week, is Mason distributes these first books to retailers. The first copies will go to ConJelCo and ProfessionalPoker.com, the two outlets offering pre-orders. Then Mason will send boxes of books to other retailers who have ordered them, including Borders.

Barnes and Noble has a different process for approving books from small presses than Borders, so they will get their books later still.

So the timeline (as I understand it... Mason is obviously more of an authority than I am, but I'm stepping in because he's busy at the printer) is roughly:

Today-Monday: Mason gets copies of the book from the printer
Tomorrow-Tuesday: Mason delivers copies of books to ConJelCo and ProfessionalPoker.com (and they will ship them to people promptly, but due to the volume of orders, it might take a day or two)
Next Week-Week after that: Mason ships books to retailers including Borders and Amazon.

Obviously, Mason will ship the books to a Borders warehouse, and then the Borders people are responsible for getting the books from that warehouse to each retail store. So give them some time to do that as well.

So I'd expect to see people who pre-ordered get their copies sometime next week, and then copies in Borders sometimes in the two weeks after that.

So don't run out to Barnes and Noble today, expecting to pick up a copy. Hope no one is too disappointed, and I also hope you guys understand the timetable now.

(BTW, don't believe what the "guy at the Borders" tells you. Apparently he is sort of clueless... [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] )