It makes no sense to me when these companies print crazy low numbers. I understand that they don't want to have left over stock in case the item doesn't sell through, but come on...


Sometimes you really have no way to know how well a book will be received -- and I know that might sound ridiculous, given the amazing work we're discussing here, but still -- and you just have to hedge your bets, particularly with a big ol' expensive book. Believe me, if they the had confidence they could have sold more, they probably would have printed more, and made more money doing so.

Trouble is, when a publisher does a limited print run, they don't always have the option to go back to press. I mean, they probably could, but then you get people complaining that they bought the book under false pretenses, ridiculous stuff like that.

(Did I hear that IDW were going back to press on this, or was that just a rumor?)

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