This just in: authorless TDPL becomes collector's edition

[Rory McGuire]

On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:49:37 +0200, Bruno Medeiros  
<brunodomedeiros+spam at com.gmail> wrote:

> On 01/06/2010 18:59, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> Due to a pretty odd mistake at the printer, the first 1000 copies of
>> TDPL will not have the name of the author on their cover. (The name
>> still appears on the back cover and the spine.)
>>
>> The history of printing is rife with rare printing mistakes that have
>> become collector's editions. Preorder now to be among the first 1000
>> readers who get the authorless TDPL edition.
>>
>>
>> Andrei
>
> Strangely enough, the InformIT pre-purchase print books haven't shipped  
> yet, the book is still listed as in Rough Cut status. Wonder how much  
> longer it will take.
>

When I bought mine it still said rough cut, but I received the collector's  
edition.