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Twelve Months (blurb'ed & priced on Amazon)
KurtinStGeorge:
Someone mentioned that Amazon sometimes uses place holder dates and I believe that is the case here. It would look bad for Amazon if they said Twelve Months or any other highly anticipated best selling novel is being released in late November or December but it doesn't come out until January. It doesn't hurt them to be conservative with their release date estimates.
Here is the main reason I think Jan. 20, 2026 is a place holder date: https://www.jim-butcher.com/faq/upcoming-works
If Jim's official website doesn't have a release date, then there isn't one. Unless it pops up on his website tomorrow morning, I think it is a solid, educated guess that Amazon is just making a blind guess and doesn't know anymore when Twelve Months will be released than we do.
Regenbogen:
--- Quote from: KurtinStGeorge link=topic=55187.msg2363317#msg2363317 ---Here is the main reason I think Jan. 20, 2026 is a place holder date: https://www.jim-butcher.com/faq/upcoming-works
If Jim's official website doesn't have a release date, then there isn't one. Unless it pops up on his website tomorrow morning, I think it is a solid, educated guess that Amazon is just making a blind guess and doesn't know anymore when Twelve Months will be released than we do.
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I also hope that it is a placeholder date, but I also think that maybe the website is not always up to date.
There are some really old infos in some sections like this one for example:
--- Quote ---Q. Would Jim be a guest at my convention or event?
A. Jim makes all of his convention and appearance selections over a year in advance. Jim’s 2020 and 2021 schedules are completely full. Invitations for 2022 may still be sent.
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Edit: and the date is also the same with other sellers than Amazon.
g33k:
--- Quote from: KurtinStGeorge on April 02, 2025, 07:57:57 AM ---... Here is the main reason I think Jan. 20, 2026 is a place holder date: https://www.jim-butcher.com/faq/upcoming-works
If Jim's official website doesn't have a release date, then there isn't one...
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Not so. The release is out of Jim's hands at this point... it's in the publisher's hands now, beyond Jim's control.
And the publisher website lists the 20th:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/645506/twelve-months-by-jim-butcher/
Talby16:
--- Quote from: KurtinStGeorge on April 02, 2025, 07:57:57 AM ---Someone mentioned that Amazon sometimes uses place holder dates and I believe that is the case here. It would look bad for Amazon if they said Twelve Months or any other highly anticipated best selling novel is being released in late November or December but it doesn't come out until January. It doesn't hurt them to be conservative with their release date estimates.
Here is the main reason I think Jan. 20, 2026 is a place holder date: https://www.jim-butcher.com/faq/upcoming-works
If Jim's official website doesn't have a release date, then there isn't one. Unless it pops up on his website tomorrow morning, I think it is a solid, educated guess that Amazon is just making a blind guess and doesn't know anymore when Twelve Months will be released than we do.
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I think it is likely that Amazon is going off the placeholder from the publishing company. I'm hoping that the publishing company put a date in there that would not give false hope. If editing goes quickly then the date can move up. It would be weird if there was a firm release date and no official announcement yet. Another reason think that this is a placeholder is because there is not an official blurb or cover artwork yet. It seems weird that a date would be chosen before those things are lined up. That way an announcement can be made that shows off everything at once.
--- Quote from: g33k on April 15, 2025, 04:12:44 PM ---Not so. The release is out of Jim's hands at this point... it's in the publisher's hands now, beyond Jim's control.
And the publisher website lists the 20th:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/645506/twelve-months-by-jim-butcher/
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The Release date may be out of Jim's hands, but it certainly would have been communicated to him and I hope the website would have been updated or something on his X feed.
Dina:
It is a little weird that the "official release date" is not in Jim website or in his X. When he sent 12 months to the editor he said (in X) that he was going to give more information about release dates when he had it. And then silence.
Also, I am wondering what Jim is going to write this year, now that he finished with 12 months.
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