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A second hand copy of a book yet to be published
Today, July 9, 2003, I had a most unusual literary experience. I
purchased (for $2), at a second hand bookstore, an unread copy of a book yet to be published. There is a "Friends of the Library" bookstore in the next town that takes donated books and sells them at tag sale prices to raise money for the local library. I stopped in there today, and found a trade paper copy of "Train" by Pete Dexter. I was puzzled because I thought I knew all his books and this was not one of them. To see it in trade paperback confused me even more. I pulled it off the shelf and discovered the words "Advance Reading Copy - Not for Sale" on the cover. A letter from the publisher was on the free front end paper, announcing that Dexter, who last published in 1995, had signed with Doubleday. The copyright page declares it to be a First Edition and the publishing date is October 2003. The back cover contains some information about the book, the author and marketing of the book. I guess I will be the first on my block (well there are less than 30 houses) to read Dexter's new book. Francis A. Miniter |
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On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 00:04:46 -0400, "William M. Klimon"
declared: "Francis A. Miniter" wrote in message ... To see it in trade paperback confused me even more. I pulled it off the shelf and discovered the words "Advance Reading Copy - Not for Sale" on the cover. A letter from the publisher was on the free front end paper, announcing that Dexter, who last published in 1995, had signed with Doubleday. The copyright page declares it to be a First Edition and the publishing date is October 2003. The back cover contains some information about the book, the author and marketing of the book. I found a hardcover ARC at the local thrift today: James L. Halperin, *The Truth Machine* (Del Rey 1996) "Preview Reader's Edition", no title page, "Reader Survey" form on last 2 pages. I'm seen special advanced (not limited) editions (like Burke's *Cadillac Jukebox* for the ABA), but I don't recall seeing a hardcover ARC before. that one is a special case. the book was actually privately published before del rey bought it. that's why the title page is missing. robert "there must be one night in your life that you will remember forever. The must be one night for everyone. And if you know that the night is coming on and that this night will be that particular night, then take it and don't question it and don't talk about it to anyone ever after that. For if you let it pass it might not come again. Many have let it pass, many have seen it go by and have never seen another like it, when all the circumstances of weather, light, moon and time, of night hill and warm grass and train and town and distance were balanced upon the trembling of a finger." |
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I discuss Halperin's ARC on my website (proofs part two), reprinted here by
permission: There's an interesting story behind this book. James L. Halperin is an expert numismatist, and co-owns a publishing company that published books about coins. This is his first novel, and he self-published it (by Ivy Press) in hardcover, reportedly in a run of 12,000 copies, for a cover price of $22. It garnered a fair amount of attention online (I was one of the first to mention it on the newsgroups), and Del Rey decided to buy it and publish it themselves, which they did so for $24 each. I presume it sold well, as Del Rey also published his second book. In this case, since Del Rey had bought all of the remaining Ivy Press hardcovers, for the advance reading copies they simply printed up some new dust jackets (glossy like ordinary ones), and wrapped them around the Ivy Press books, and also razored out the title/copyright page. If you didn't remove the DJ, you wouldn't notice the it. This is the first and only such example I've found. ---Mike http://www.booktouronline.com "MindElec" wrote in message ... On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 00:04:46 -0400, "William M. Klimon" declared: "Francis A. Miniter" wrote in message ... To see it in trade paperback confused me even more. I pulled it off the shelf and discovered the words "Advance Reading Copy - Not for Sale" on the cover. A letter from the publisher was on the free front end paper, announcing that Dexter, who last published in 1995, had signed with Doubleday. The copyright page declares it to be a First Edition and the publishing date is October 2003. The back cover contains some information about the book, the author and marketing of the book. I found a hardcover ARC at the local thrift today: James L. Halperin, *The Truth Machine* (Del Rey 1996) "Preview Reader's Edition", no title page, "Reader Survey" form on last 2 pages. I'm seen special advanced (not limited) editions (like Burke's *Cadillac Jukebox* for the ABA), but I don't recall seeing a hardcover ARC before. that one is a special case. the book was actually privately published before del rey bought it. that's why the title page is missing. robert "there must be one night in your life that you will remember forever. The must be one night for everyone. And if you know that the night is coming on and that this night will be that particular night, then take it and don't question it and don't talk about it to anyone ever after that. For if you let it pass it might not come again. Many have let it pass, many have seen it go by and have never seen another like it, when all the circumstances of weather, light, moon and time, of night hill and warm grass and train and town and distance were balanced upon the trembling of a finger." |
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"Mike Berro" wrote in message
t... There's an interesting story behind this book. James L. Halperin is an expert numismatist, and co-owns a publishing company that published books about coins. This is his first novel, and he self-published it (by Ivy Press) in hardcover, reportedly in a run of 12,000 copies, for a cover price of $22. It garnered a fair amount of attention online (I was one of the first to mention it on the newsgroups), and Del Rey decided to buy it and publish it themselves, which they did so for $24 each. I presume it sold well, as Del Rey also published his second book. In this case, since Del Rey had bought all of the remaining Ivy Press hardcovers, for the advance reading copies they simply printed up some new dust jackets (glossy like ordinary ones), and wrapped them around the Ivy Press books, and also razored out the title/copyright page. If you didn't remove the DJ, you wouldn't notice the it. This is the first and only such example I've found. Thanks, Mike. I see the cancel stub now and the imprint Ivy Press on the spine. This reminds me: In the late 1990s, Roman Catholic Books, a Colorado reprint house, republished Eugenio Zolli's autobiography *Before the Dawn* (orig. ed. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1954). Zolli had been the chief rabbi of Rome and converted to Catholicism after WWII. RCB reprinted the book with the rather pedestrian title *Why I Became a Catholic*. Friends of mine who are interested in Zolli and objected to the new title bought up RCB's stock, cancelled the title page and replaced it with a new one with the old title and had new d.j.s printed. They are selling it still. William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com |
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A slight correction. The Ivy Press edition of "The Truth Machine" had a
cover price of $19.95. It also came with, at least mine did, a couple of reader survey postcards in the front. (As well as the bound readers survey at the end.) Eric Swartz "Mike Berro" wrote in message t... I discuss Halperin's ARC on my website (proofs part two), reprinted here by permission: There's an interesting story behind this book. James L. Halperin is an expert numismatist, and co-owns a publishing company that published books about coins. This is his first novel, and he self-published it (by Ivy Press) in hardcover, reportedly in a run of 12,000 copies, for a cover price of $22. It garnered a fair amount of attention online (I was one of the first to mention it on the newsgroups), and Del Rey decided to buy it and publish it themselves, which they did so for $24 each. |
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MindElec wrote in message ... On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 00:04:46 -0400, "William M. Klimon" declared: "Francis A. Miniter" wrote in message ... To see it in trade paperback confused me even more. I pulled it off the shelf and discovered the words "Advance Reading Copy - Not for Sale" on the cover. A letter from the publisher was on the free front end paper, announcing that Dexter, who last published in 1995, had signed with Doubleday. The copyright page declares it to be a First Edition and the publishing date is October 2003. The back cover contains some information about the book, the author and marketing of the book. I found a hardcover ARC at the local thrift today: James L. Halperin, *The Truth Machine* (Del Rey 1996) "Preview Reader's Edition", no title page, "Reader Survey" form on last 2 pages. I'm seen special advanced (not limited) editions (like Burke's *Cadillac Jukebox* for the ABA), but I don't recall seeing a hardcover ARC before. that one is a special case. the book was actually privately published before del rey bought it. that's why the title page is missing. When did softcover ARC's become the norm? I have seen a few books from the 1950's and 60's, normal first editions, with cards dropped in by the publisher announcing the new book. The oldest "ARC" in my collection is Sinclair Lewis's "Our Mr. Wrenn" with a stamp across the top of the title page in purple ink that announces "ADVANCE . COPY - NOT PUBLISHED." Tim Crawford |
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"Mike Berro" wrote in message et...
I discuss Halperin's ARC on my website (proofs part two), reprinted here by permission: There's an interesting story behind this book. James L. Halperin is an expert numismatist, and co-owns a publishing company that published books about coins. This is his first novel, and he self-published it (by Ivy Press) in hardcover, reportedly in a run of 12,000 copies, for a cover price of $22. It garnered a fair amount of attention online (I was one of the first to mention it on the newsgroups), and Del Rey decided to buy it and publish it themselves, which they did so for $24 each. I presume it sold well, as Del Rey also published his second book. In this case, since Del Rey had bought all of the remaining Ivy Press hardcovers, for the advance reading copies they simply printed up some new dust jackets (glossy like ordinary ones), and wrapped them around the Ivy Press books, and also razored out the title/copyright page. If you didn't remove the DJ, you wouldn't notice the it. This is the first and only such example I've found. ---Mike http://www.booktouronline.com In reading this thread, I remembered seeing a copy of Halperin's "The Truth Machine" in a box lot of books I picked up several months ago. I tracked it down last night, and was surprised to see that it is the original Ivy Press edition, with survey card laid in, and signed by the author on the ffep. Thanks for bringing this to my attention! Regards, Tim |
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