The transport of books from the publisher, to actual stores, is something of a mystery. It’s supposed to take 10-15 days for books to leave the publisher, make it to distributors, and to stores. But since these things move of trucks, in big skids, and spend time in various warehouses, or waiting to be stocked on shelves, there’s no specific dates for these things. Just ranges of time.

Today i dropped by the local Borders and asked about my book. They told me it wasn’t in yet, but they didn’t know why, since it’s official publication date was 4/25/2005. They said they’d ordered 20 copies, and she told me where they’d be shelved. Beyond that, she had no idea.

So here’s a favor I’m asking: if you don’t see the book, ask. The more folks that ask about the book, the more likely they’ll order some if they weren’t planning on it. The more folks that ask about a book and buy it, the more likely it is they’ll stock it, or put it somewhere others might find it.