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[drplokta]

Email from Amazon.co.uk:

Dear Customer,

We are sorry to report that the release of the following item has been
cancelled:

Charles Stross "Accelerando"

Comments

[billyabbott.livejournal.com]

The Orbit hardback and paperback still seem to be listed, even with the latter having a June 2006 release date.

[drplokta]

Yes, but my order was for the US edition. I assume that Orbit, who have the UK rights, have leaned on them and made them withdraw it.

[lostcarpark.livejournal.com]

How mean. I can understand them wanting to protect their market, but I expect most people wanting the US edition on this side of the pond will be collectors who will also buy the UK edition(s), so the number of sales Orbit will lose as a result will be small. Far smaller, I'd speculate, than the number of people who won't buy the UK edition because of such underhand tactics.

The best strategy might be to find a US bookseller who'll be at Interaction, and ask them to bring over a copy.

[nuttyxander.livejournal.com]

Good good.

Now if Amazon could learn to read the rights statements in their biblio feeds properly...

[supergee.livejournal.com]

The site said that the Ace edition is a paperback, but it's actually going to be a hardcover. Maybe that's the problem.

[andrewducker]

I just got the same message.

Nice of them to wait until now to tell me that.