Publishing Oddness
Sep. 23rd, 2006 04:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
herewiss13So I've set out to get my own copy of the entire Peter Wimsey series, temporarily shutting the door on that particular mini-obsession. I decided to get used copies only of the latest Harper reprints, for the petty and shallow reason that I like their Art-Deco sketch/logo of Wimsey's head and want some uniformity to the collection.
Oddly enough, Harper reprinted every one of the Wimsey books _except_ "The Nine Tailors." I couldn't find the cover I wanted on Amazon anywhere, so I checked the HarperCollins website itself to make sure. No dice.
If you're reprinting a series, why on earth would you leave out a book (and a fairly popular one, if I recall correctly) from the middle? Is it a rights issue? Some prejudice against church bells?
Very puzzling stuff indeed.
...so, anyway, my collection will have a discontinuity in it now. :-(
Oddly enough, Harper reprinted every one of the Wimsey books _except_ "The Nine Tailors." I couldn't find the cover I wanted on Amazon anywhere, so I checked the HarperCollins website itself to make sure. No dice.
If you're reprinting a series, why on earth would you leave out a book (and a fairly popular one, if I recall correctly) from the middle? Is it a rights issue? Some prejudice against church bells?
Very puzzling stuff indeed.
...so, anyway, my collection will have a discontinuity in it now. :-(
