Waiting on a delivery…

Late on Friday afternoon I received an email from my printer saying that my advance copies were on their way. ALREADY?! I was certainly not expecting to see anything so soon!

Advance copies are copies of the book that are sent in advance of the main shipment, to be approved before the others are shipped. Quite frankly, I’m never likely to not approve an advance copy (unless there was some dreadful printing error, which there isn’t likely to be because I use reputable printers with amazing attention to detail). I cannot imagine having a whole print run pulped.

So, within the next few days, I will probably be holding the first copies of Early-Style Hardanger in my hot little hands. How amazing! How exciting!

Looking at the tracking records, there is a possibility that they will arrive today, but I’m not going to get my hopes up. I think tomorrow is more likely.

This does not mean that the actual shipment will arrive imminently. It isn’t likely until the first few weeks in June. Shipping books by sea is a lot slower than sending them by courier!