TOM was released in fairly rushed fashion, as was TGS if memory serves. It may be that Tor was constrained by the desire to get the book(s) out as quickly as possible in scheduling the release of pre-book material so close to the pub dates. Put another way, it may have been that Tor would have preferred to have the kind of three-month lead-up that an October 2 release date would have allowed than the rush job the last two books required.
By way of comparison, Tor began publishing the prologue and sample chapters from The Way of Kings on June 10, 2010 and published the book itself on August 31, a little shy of three months later.
Having said that, this comparison leaves us with no explanation for why Chapter 1 of AMOL was released so soon after the prologue and why the chapter included no release date for the book.
For comparison's sake, does anyone remember how far from the release date the WH or COT prologues and sample chapters were released?
By way of comparison, Tor began publishing the prologue and sample chapters from The Way of Kings on June 10, 2010 and published the book itself on August 31, a little shy of three months later.
Having said that, this comparison leaves us with no explanation for why Chapter 1 of AMOL was released so soon after the prologue and why the chapter included no release date for the book.
For comparison's sake, does anyone remember how far from the release date the WH or COT prologues and sample chapters were released?
This message last edited by RandAllThor on 27/09/2012 at 02:43:29 PM
Chapter 1 (full chapter)
26/09/2012 02:27:32 PM
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Thanks for the heads up! Note that it does include spoilers from the prologue. *NM*
26/09/2012 03:12:57 PM
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Makes you pay for the prologue, gives chapter 1 away for free...smh *NM*
26/09/2012 03:41:37 PM
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Chapter 2 will likely be coming in audiobook form as well. *NM*
26/09/2012 03:57:10 PM
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And we'll most likely get chapter 11 in full too. *NM*
26/09/2012 04:30:58 PM
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Re: And we'll most likely get chapter 11 in full too.
26/09/2012 05:53:49 PM
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Yeah, Luckers and I discussed this earlier.
26/09/2012 06:36:14 PM
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Good....
26/09/2012 08:42:17 PM
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Re: Good....
26/09/2012 09:28:46 PM
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Re: Good....
26/09/2012 10:03:19 PM
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There are a lot of logistics they would need to move up for this
26/09/2012 11:05:36 PM
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Amazon doesn't have any problem shipping early
27/09/2012 12:27:27 AM
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Tee hee
27/09/2012 12:36:10 AM
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I suspect a November release date
27/09/2012 12:40:03 AM
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Hmmm...
27/09/2012 02:04:59 AM
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A possible (pessimistic) explanation
27/09/2012 02:38:06 AM
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