In the copyright page of the book The Folly of Realism by Alexander Vindman, I found the following information:
ISBN 978-1-5417-0504-3
First Edition: June 2025
How is it possible that the First Edition date is in the future, from when the book actually appeared?
When it was printed they had to estimate the publication date. In this case, publication must have happened before the estimated date.
In general, publishing a book is a lengthy process involving the publisher, the printer and distributors. When the text is finalised, the time before it is available to buy can only be estimated. The printer may promise a delivery date, but early delivery is likely to be welcomed by the publisher. The sooner it is available for sale, the sooner it is making money, so there are incentives to beat the prediction, and this presumably, is what happened in this case.
