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nickh@CS.CMU.EDU (Nick Haines) writes:

>In article <1992Sep3.163635.6941@cabell.vcu.edu> dresler@cabell.vcu.edu (Dan Resler) writes:

>   I have just been told by a representative of Cambridge University
>   Press that the _entire_ printing of `ML for the Working Programmer'
>   has been "frozen" indefinitely (i.e. they're not shipping and they
>   don't know why or when they'll ship again). Does anyone know why or for 
>   how long they'll be unavailable? I was planning on using it for one of
>   my texts this term; can anyone suggest a bookstore that might have
>   a few copies and be willing to ship? Thanks.

>Well, I read this and contacted a friend in the STM group of CUP in
>Cambridge, puzzled; like several people on this newsgroup, I had some
>involvement in the production of Paulson, and had heard nothing. This
>is the reply:

>> Paulson frozen? Nope. The paperback (with corrections) exists
>> and is selling like hot cakes. However you probably can't get
>> it yet in the US of A, and probably won't until next year sometime.
>> Our marketing in NY tells me that the demand in the US is
>> for hardcover not paperback books, so we're selling the second
>> printing in hardcover there.

>So there you go. From the horse's mouth, as it were. You shouldn't
>have any trouble getting hold of the hardcover (or the paperback if
>you're in the UK). If you do have any difficulties, contact me and I
>can make further enquiries (with the CUP people in NY, for instance).

>Nick Haines nickh@cs.cmu.edu

It was the CUP people in New York (Neena, to be specific) who gave
me this info. Three times. And since many have contacted me saying
this just can't be, I decided to try the top-down approach and
contact someone higher up at CUP.

Bingo. Paulson isn't frozen. They've run out of copies and are
currently waiting for the second-printing to arrive from the UK.
According to the person I talked to, the rep was "misinterpreting the 
information on her screen".

My contact was Peter John Leone (1-800-221-4512) who can be
contacted via email at mktg_cam@acf1.nyu.edu (I haven't tried this
address yet).
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Dan Resler                             
Dept. of Mathematical Sciences        email: dresler@cabell.vcu.edu
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia, USA 23284-2014