I see reading comprehension is not your strongest suit and logic is not something you cultivate. What the authoer of this article said is 100% factually true. Every book that Hachette has IN PRESS is available. Your own example even proves what the author said is true, since your example is NOT IN PRESS. You do realize that any book that is in "Pre-Order" is not available because it hasn't been distributed yet? You do realize you can't walk into any store, anywhere in the US and buy a copy of Sword Art Online? If you can't take possession of the book when you order it then it isn't available. Also they can't contractually take Pre-Orders since they don't have a contract to cover it. You do realize that Hachette can decide not to sell their books through Amazon and not sign a contract? If they do that any Hachette book they take as a Pre-order they at minimum have to refund to the maximum fro being sued for fraud since they didn't contractually have the right to take orders?
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I see reading comprehension is not your strongest suit and logic is not something you cultivate. What the authoer of this article said is 100% factually true. Every book that Hachette has IN PRESS is available. Your own example even proves what the author said is true, since your example is NOT IN PRESS. You do realize that any book that is in "Pre-Order" is not available because it hasn't been distributed yet? You do realize you can't walk into any store, anywhere in the US and buy a copy of Sword Art Online? If you can't take possession of the book when you order it then it isn't available. Also they can't contractually take Pre-Orders since they don't have a contract to cover it. You do realize that Hachette can decide not to sell their books through Amazon and not sign a contract? If they do that any Hachette book they take as a Pre-order they at minimum have to refund to the maximum fro being sued for fraud since they didn't contractually have the right to take orders?