Talk:The Girl in a Swing (novel)

Withdrawal of first printing
Further to the above, it may be of interest that the first printing was actually withdrawn before the original official publication date of the book in the UK which was, according to the usual industry practice of the time, embargoed - that is, no copies were meant to be sold to the public before the specified date, a matter of routine administration and contractual obligation between publisher and bookseller.

As also was the usual practice, copies had been sent out to wholesalers and booksellers up to several weeks before the publication date so that the book could be advertised in a maximally effective co-ordinated manner while still being displayed and sold from the outset of publication day.

To my recollection, the urgent request from the publisher to booksellers to return all copies came only a few days (less that a week) before the publication date. Strictly, none should have reached the public, but likely a few had already been sold, and of course a number of review copies, perhaps numbering in the low hundreds, would also have been sent out.

I'm not sure if any of this might usefully be added to the article. I can't suggest any independent references (unless there are contemporary mentions of it in the industry's main periodical, The Bookseller) - I know of it because I was myself a bookseller at the time. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.197.66.175 (talk) 13:21, 6 October 2011 (UTC)