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For titles with no stock on hand, customers can still place an order at which time we order the inventory from Hachette -- availability on those titles is dependent on how long it takes Hachette to fill the orders we place. Once the inventory arrives, we ship it to the customer promptly.
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This reminds me of something I thought but didn't mention due to lack of evidence.
It's this: There never really was a 1 - 2 month wait (now down to 1 -3 weeks on the title I've been watching) for any new Hachette book. The most likely explanation for slapping onto a web page long wait times is to discourage purchases from a targeted supplier. But Hachette has no reason to delay shipment, and Amazon is too pro-customer to actually impose the ridiculous estimated wait time if someone did buy the book.
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