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DeannaC
New Pal
USA
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 Posted - 01/08/2005 : 9:33:37 PM
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Does anyone know why this book is so hard to find? When I ordered it yesterday from Borders, they had to get it from the publisher because the distributor didn't have any. Amazon's availability is 13 days, and PurlSoho doesn't even have it on the website (except for the corrections).
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Elizabeth
Permanent Resident
USA
1557 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2005 : 9:37:40 PM
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It must have had a low initial run--they don't print many copies in the first run, though they may increase the number for the second and subsequent printings--at least that is what I remember someone from this forum who is a bookseller explaining about another knitting book that recently sold out its first printing.
Last Minute Knitted Gifts is on my wish list, too!
"If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible." --Soren Kierkegaard |
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Jane
SustaYning Member
USA
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Posted - 01/09/2005 : 05:38:32 AM
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It will be back soon, I'm sure. I think the reprint is coming this month, so the publisher doesn't have any either. I am keeping it on my general re-order list (I'm one of the booksellers) so when the publisher or distributors get it, I will too. It's one of my favorite knitting books.
Jane
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knit_chick
Permanent Resident
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Marg in Mirror
Permanent Resident
Canada
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Molly C
Seriously Hooked
USA
884 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2005 : 2:00:10 PM
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You might want to hold off for the second printing. There were a lot of errors in the first printing, so if you do get a first edition you'll have to be sure to print out the errata. Of course, there is no guarantee that all the errors will be removed in the second printing (not sure if any errors were corrected there, actually), but it would probably be worth it to wait at this point.
Molly 
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jeniflower
New Pal
USA
35 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2005 : 11:12:43 PM
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Deanna,
The publisher did indeed sell out of Last Minute Knitted Gifts. The second print is scheduled to arrive soon. If Borders doesn't come through, we will have it back on purlsoho.com soon! I've seen that people are selling used copies on amazon.com also.
Thanks,
Jen
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DeannaC
New Pal
USA
41 Posts |
Posted - 01/10/2005 : 3:53:28 PM
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Thanks for all of your answers. It's hard to be patient when I've read so many good things about this book, but can't find it to see for myself!
Deanna |
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RachelKnitter
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 01/10/2005 : 4:04:44 PM
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jcallaway
New Pal
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Posted - 01/25/2005 : 02:32:01 AM
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I'm interested in buying this book and thankfully stumbled across this discussion. Does anyone know how you can tell whether or not you're ordering a first or second edition? I want to order it off amazon.co.uk and I've emailed them and asked, but they don't know. Do I just assume that it will be a second edition? Hmmm...
Thoughts anyone?
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Jane
SustaYning Member
USA
4292 Posts |
Posted - 01/25/2005 : 04:18:32 AM
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You'd need to be able to look inside the book and check the title page. This is definitely one of the drawbacks to ordering online from the big retailers. [Sorry, I'm biased. I manage an indie bookstore. ]
At the bottom you will see a set of numbers, "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" and the words "First Printing." If the number 1 is missing, or it says anything other than "First Printing," then you don't have a first. Just about every publisher has a different way of presenting this information, so this isn't a general rule. For this book, it'll be a second. As of yesterday the wholesalers hadn't received the reprint yet, so I'm still patiently waiting to restock, and my customers haven't passed out yet...
Good luck, Jeannine! Hope I've helped.
Jane
"Books are where things are explained to you, life is where things aren't and I'm not surprised that some people prefer books." Julian Barnes
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CPAknit
Seriously Hooked
USA
737 Posts |
Posted - 01/25/2005 : 08:58:18 AM
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Try calling the store- They had copies in there Saturday
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jcallaway
New Pal
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Posted - 01/26/2005 : 07:26:56 AM
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Thanks Jane- that was very helpful!!
Right now I'm living in Europe and have been waiting (not so patiently) for the English and American bookshops to restock this title, but to no avail. I've found that having limited access to books in English makes you even crazier for them.
:)
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tejer
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
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lauraks555
New Pal
42 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2005 : 8:53:00 PM
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