tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post7318692632297369746..comments2008-01-05T10:20:45.082ZBookridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-9909091040237149112008-01-05T10:20:45.082Z2008-01-05T10:20:45.082ZVarious reasons. I think it sold slowly because it was insubstantial (95 pages) Fleming was no longer around and it was short stories -not perceived as a great Bond adventure. Later paperback editions came out with an extra story or two and people prefer paperbacks, the Bond collecting thing took off in the early 1970s. A publisher doesn't like to keep pushing a book after about 5 years of its publication and interestingly Cape never issued a hardback reprint...Bookridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-74408310235013973512008-01-04T20:45:49.520Z2008-01-04T20:45:49.520ZWhy the large number of copies of the first edition unsold by mid 80's? Was Bond out of fashion?Blofeldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-34806019620309475022008-01-04T05:51:51.489Z2008-01-04T05:51:51.489ZI love the cover art!pussrebootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02167235847991793325noreply@blogger.com