It’s both nice -and- a dump!

At left, you should see a picture of a dump, which is the book business term for a display that holds books. This one you might start seeing in stores in September. It features all the new Cider Press editions of the old Determined Productions books.

In this case, half of the books were announced as shipping in May. That didn’t happen. The publisher website still says May, Amazon’s website says May, Barnes & Noble now says July 4th – and since the publisher is owned by Barnes & Noble, there may be something to this. You won’t see this display in stores until September, when the remainder of the books will (or are at least scheduled to) ship.

For those who want a reminder, the books are:

And hey, as long as I’m taking about the books that haven’t started shipping, I should mention the one which has: It’s Off to Camp, Charlie Brown, a paperback strip collection.

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