onthetrail wrote:

So US fans should consider sending HMH a second breakfast and they might get a release?

Prior sales are likely the biggest driver, so if you want more Tolkien titles from HMH, then buy existing Tolkien titles from HMH!

Urulókë wrote:

onthetrail wrote:

So US fans should consider sending HMH a second breakfast and they might get a release?

Prior sales are likely the biggest driver, so if you want more Tolkien titles from HMH, then buy existing Tolkien titles from HMH!

Genuine question, but in a global book market where people buy books discounted online, surely it seems a bit of a "who cares"? The country of publication is all a bit irrelevant.

insurrbution wrote:
Those are published by HarperCollins and Houghton Mifflin, 'mirroring' one another for the most part (big obvious difference is the HMH illustrated Silmarillion has a fold-out map, while with HarperCollins it's on the boards.)

The HC 2004 Silmarillion does have a folding map. The integral maps to the endpapers were from the 2nd impression.

Stu wrote:

Genuine question, but in a global book market where people buy books discounted online, surely it seems a bit of a "who cares"? The country of publication is all a bit irrelevant.

You say this on a specialized book collecting website? ?

A bit more seriously though - country of publication being different also can (and usually does) mean:

• Place of printing is different, thus different materials and quality of workmanship
  
• book cover and interior illustrations are different
  
• shipping charges to the purchaser are quite different
  
• focus on labor and environmental cost by the purchaser (is it worth paying jet fuel for 5000 km transport from around the world to read this book?)

Urulókë wrote:

Stu wrote:

Genuine question, but in a global book market where people buy books discounted online, surely it seems a bit of a "who cares"? The country of publication is all a bit irrelevant.

You say this on a specialized book collecting website? ?

A bit more seriously though - country of publication being different also can (and usually does) mean:

• Place of printing is different, thus different materials and quality of workmanship
  
• book cover and interior illustrations are different
  
• shipping charges to the purchaser are quite different
  
• focus on labor and environmental cost by the purchaser (is it worth paying jet fuel for 5000 km transport from around the world to read this book?)

Sure, they are fair points, but between UK and US, other than the UK titles being (often) slightly better quality, for Tolkien stuff - for the typical purchaser (not the collector) - it doesn't make THAT much odds for the odd title that doesn't get an HM edition beyond the slight price variance.

Stu wrote:

Sure, they are fair points, but between UK and US, other than the UK titles being (often) slightly better quality, for Tolkien stuff - for the typical purchaser (not the collector) - it doesn't make THAT much odds for the odd title that doesn't get an HM edition beyond the slight price variance.

For the vast majority of buyers, they would never even think of looking for international editions - if the local bookshop (or Amazon) doesn't have it, it doesn't exist. If HM decides not to publish it, then (maybe) a few hundred people will go to the effort to import it.

Urulókë wrote:

Stu wrote:

Sure, they are fair points, but between UK and US, other than the UK titles being (often) slightly better quality, for Tolkien stuff - for the typical purchaser (not the collector) - it doesn't make THAT much odds for the odd title that doesn't get an HM edition beyond the slight price variance.

For the vast majority of buyers, they would never even think of looking for international editions - if the local bookshop (or Amazon) doesn't have it, it doesn't exist. If HM decides not to publish it, then (maybe) a few hundred people will go to the effort to import it.

I disagree - people go to places like bookdepository.com, which list US and UK editions alongside each other. Physical bookstores are hardly the primary sales outlet any more. That said, I guess for Amazon you do have to go to the UK site.

SpeedyHen still have £48.12 on their listing for GK, but it's "unavailable" now.

There's a secondary seller on Amazon (with probably no more than half a dozen copies in stock) selling this right now for £47.82. Anyone seen cheaper?

Saw a picture of the new book on Twitter,

https://twitter.com/AranelParmadil/status/1255821748173488129

Looks soooo prettyyyyy I love that colour.