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Old 07-30-2008, 03:32 PM   #4
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The hard copy release will still go forward August 2nd. This lag in release time has to do with concerns about eBooks getting to eBook customers in certain time zones before the hard copy book is available.
I find this to be very odd and a little bewildering.

If you want to ensure that no time zone gets the book first (no matter which format), push the big red "release" button to all time zones at the same time.

3pm Pacific
4pm Mountain
5pm Central
6pm Eastern

Yes, it will probably confuse some booksellers and the online vendors will need to make sure their servers use the correct time for their timezone. Am I just batty or would this really work?

Could there be a legal reason underlying the issue? In the publishing company's contracts, does it state a specific timezone and date?

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