TDPL Amazon rank at 4-months high

[Walter Bright]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Yah, there are many variables. Add to those many handling details that 
> influence the process. TDPL has certainly sold more than 1830 copies by 
> now (= the collector's edition count) but booksellers have no obligation 
> to send older prints first, so it all depends on which batch they have 
> handy when shipping. Also I'm sure some smaller booksellers have gotten 
> a batch from the collector's edition that hasn't been sold yet.

It could be like milk. You buy a new carton of milk, and shove it in the 
refrigerator. When you need some, you grab the carton in front, which is the new 
one.

So the old milk remains "in stock" for months, years, ...