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Originally Posted by PaulProe
Brian
Amazon sent me an email saying this wouldn't be available till September - I cancelled my order - it had been on backorder since last May.
Any idea of what the issue is? Is it available or not.
Paul
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Hi Paul,
I just found out from my publisher, CarTech Books, how Amazon handles distribution of new books. Here's the response from one of CarTech's sales/marketing gurus:
"This is not unusual behavior for Amazon. They often use the first 4-6 weeks of a books shelf life to determine at what level they would like to inventory the product. Their early conservative order fill estimates are based on how long they anticipate it will take for them to order and receive the book from us or a distributor and fill the order themselves, or have a distributor drop ship for them. Quite often the book will arrive much sooner, depending how the order fills. I think they are so conservative to avoid customer service inquiries on ship dates.
Usually, after 4-6 weeks, they have a good idea how many they think will sell and enter values into their warehouse system for stocking. At that point you will see "In Stock" as the status."
I hope that information helps. My nephew also ordered the book in May from Amazon. He received a note indicating he'd receive the shipment on August 27. I would imagine that he'll receive it a bit sooner than that, based on the information above.
All the best,
Brian