dmv wrote:

For his new book, the 1,000-page "Against the Day," publisher Penguin Press didn't even issue a formal announcement, but assumed, correctly, that simply including it in the fall catalog would take care of the job.

In fact, the author himself posted the synopsis of it on amazon.com (where I've had it preordered for months... *sigh*) and there was some funny story about a mixup with Penguin that had it taken down and then it was put back the next day or something.