Misadventures in Misprintings...

Did you buy one of the misprinted copies of DARK OF NIGHT, despite the publisher's recall of these books?   

Apparently, despite the publisher's best efforts and intentions, quite a few misprinted books were distributed, put onto bookstore shelves, and sold.  (My sincere apologies for this entire SNAFU!  I swear to you, when I wrote the book, the pages were in the correct order!)

It's also come to my attention that some readers have been having quite a difficult time, attempting to exchange their misprinted books for a correctly printed copy.  (Some stores STILL haven't returned their books for the reprinted ones.  AND I've recently found out that some books have a misprinting error on completely different pages.  Ack.)

If you bought a misprinted DARK OF NIGHT, and have been unable to exchange it at your local store for a correctly printed copy, please email me at SuzanneBrockmann@aol.com with the following information:

  1. Your name and mailing address
  2. The name of the store and location (city and state) where you purchased the misprinted book
  3. The date you purchased the book
  4. The page number where the printing error starts

I'll forward your email to my publisher, and we'll send you a correctly printed copy of DARK OF NIGHT.

Again, I'm extremely sorry about this -- and Ballantine is, too.

The following is the whole, sad story -- from my e-newsletter

Here's the deal, gang.  There was, apparently, a little accident at the printers, and some of the copies of DARK OF NIGHT were misprinted.  I've seen a copy of the misprint -- it was wild.  Page 122 followed 119, then came 121, then 120, then 125, 124, then 123, and so on, all the way to 182.  After that, the pages are back in order.  All of the pages are there, they're just out of order.  It's kind of both a book and a game.  ggg.  Or a test to see if you're paying attention.
 
ANYWAY... my publisher caught the problem weeks ago, and recalled all the misprinted books, printed a brand new batch and already shipped 'em out to the book stores. 
 
But the powers that be also thought it might be smart to put the word out there, particularly among those of you who have been waiting... so... long... for this installment in the Troubleshooters series.  We thought it might be a good idea, just in case a store or two ignores the recall, for you to check your book before you leave for home.  Just a quick peek to make sure that page 120 follows 119.  If it does, you're golden and good to go -- the book is printed perfectly.  If not, do me a huge-large and bring it to the attention of your bookseller. 

And, if you've purchased a misprinted book, please return it to the bookseller where you purchased it.  They'll make sure you get a new, correctly printed copy.