gosh I hope we get an American printing of this edition in paperback. fingers crossed.

Trotter wrote:

HarperCollins have announced the Audiobook of the Revised and Expanded Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien



The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien : Revised and Expanded edition (Unabridged)
J. R. R. Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter (Edited by), Christopher Tolkien (Edited by), Read by Samuel West, Mike Grady and Chris Smith
Release Date: 29 February 2024

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The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded edition (UK)

HarperCollins (2024-02-29)

£14.87 Amazon.co.uk (Audible Audiobook) - Availability: Now

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The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded edition (US)

HarperCollins (2024-02-29)

$40.65 Amazon.com (Audible Audiobook) - Availability: Now

https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmi ... -j-r-r-tolkienchris-smith

Looks like it will be digital release only for this. No CD will be issued.

A bit like Carpenter’s Biography. No cd, only on Audible.

I’m sure other places as well, such as Apple Books.

I’m seeing a search result for The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth via Apple, so thankfully it’s not just on Audible 🙂

So, I was comparing the physical dimensions of the Harper Collins versus those for the William Morrow. (Both with brodarts)

WM- weight 780 grams, height 8 3/4 inches , thickness 2 1/8 inches

HC- weight 989 grams, 9 inches, thickness 1 7/8 inches

The HC weighs more is talller and slimmer than the WM.

I would love to see future releases like this being identical for the US and UK, just change the logo and the copyright page. Can't see any reason for them to be different.

Different paper quality?

Huan wrote:

Different paper quality?

Yes indeed. Imho the paper is much better quality in the HC version.

Trotter wrote:

I would love to see future releases like this being identical for the US and UK, just change the logo and the copyright page. Can't see any reason for them to be different.

I don't mind having the WM editions printed in the USA, it saves shipping across the Atlantic (time delays as well as wasteful). HC isn't doing this separate publishing for all editions (some are printed in the UK with just the publisher imprint changed) so there must be various other factors to consider.

Letters mentioned:

Carpenter #19: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Stanley Unwin • 16 December 1937 (#22)
Carpenter #163: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to W. H. Auden • 7 June 1955 (#476)