The quirks of hardback book publishing mean that, just like Spook Country Penguin are publishing Zero History in the United Kingdom on Thursday 2nd September 2010, five days before the official United States release scheduled for Tuesday 7th September 2010
Penguin Books - Zero History by William Gibson - United Kingdom edition - 2nd September 2010
Zero HistoryWilliam Gibson
Format : Hardback
ISBN: 9780670919529
Size : 153 x 234mm
Pages : 416
Published : 02 Sep 2010
Publisher : Viking Adult
£18.99
However, Amazon.co.uk have this listing for the Trade paperback edition:
Amazon.co.uk - Zero History - Trade Paperback Edition - 30th August 2010
[...]
Zero History - Tpb [Paperback]
William GibsonRRP: £12.99
Price: £9.74# Paperback
# Publisher: Imprint unknown (30 Aug 2010)
# ISBN-10: 0670919543
# ISBN-13: 978-0670919543
Does this mean that William Gibson will again visit the Edinburgh International Book Festival and then London, in August, before his hectic United States Zero History book promotion tour in September, just like he did in 2007 for Spook Country ?
Or will we have to wait until October or later ?