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I'm not going to give out figures, but it did OK the month of re-release.

Basically, what happened was there was a bit of a rush when it was first announced, then, as it failed to pick up an amount of momentum like the Dave Hill autobiography did, the push to sell it stopped as the pledge numbers were very low and referring people back to a site where the numbers are not ...

DirtyJoker wrote: January 20th, 2022, 5:26 pm Got the Hardback in time for Xmas, when originally it looked like a January delivery date.

Well, I hope that you really enjoyed it.

bump

We've only sold a dozen copies and I have 9 of them.

People may be interested to see all of the versions of THE NOIZE that exist. Not all of them could be bought.

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I have merged the cover-reveal topic with the general topic about the second edition.

It's good to know that a few people on here haven't got the book yet.
They are in for an education.

The paperback is now £19 on Amazon UK.

Paperback now £19 on Amazon UK.

Thanks, guys.
Dave Hill's had his delivered. I wonder if he's looked at it?
Nod's, Franks and Dons copies should land later this week.

Oooooooo... My copy arrived today.
The group's copies are on their way.