Little Brown imprint Mulholland Books has announced that their second print run of The Cuckoo’s Calling, J.K. Rowling’s new book which she secretly published in April, will begin shipping this week.
300,000 copies will be printed and sent to suppliers who are struggling to meet demand since Rowling revealed she’s Robert Galbraith over the weekend.
Yesterday we told you that Barnes & Noble and Amazon had run out of their stock of the hardback entirely while libraries around the world had waiting lists with hundreds of people on them. In many brick-and-mortar Barnes & Nobles in the United States, each store had only two to four copies maximum.
Naturally, once word got around that Rowling was behind the new book these limited quantities sold out quick.
Prior to Rowling’s announcement the book had only sold 1,500 copies in the United Kingdom (a U.S. figure has not been released).
The Cuckoo’s Calling will be a series of crime novels. Book two will hit store shelves in the summer of 2014.
The reprint will including Rowling’s name in the author biography section at the end of the book. Needless to say, the original print run without her name is now a very valuable commodity.
Reviews for Rowling’s second post-Potter book have been strong so far. We’ll have our own review up soon. Check out the latest episode of our Harry Potter podcast MuggleCast in which we discuss our initial (spoiler-free) reactions to Rowling’s decision.
Thanks, Speakeasy via Pottermore News.
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