Dandadan Vol. 18 unavailable in the UK?

[TwilightMadoka]

Does anyone know why this appears to be unavailable at a bunch of retailers? It had a UK release date of May 7th but it’s been unavailable for purchase from the likes of Amazon (from their own UK warehouse), Waterstones and Forbidden Planet. Blackwell’s says they have 10+ copies in stock; I’ve never shopped with them so I don’t know how reliable they are, nor do I understand how they would have enough copies in stock while others don’t seem to have it at all. I’m also not sure why Dandadan Vol. 18 seems to be the only Viz title affected as I’ve had no issue acquiring Ichi the Witch Vol. 2 or Blue Exorcist Vol. 32 and they both released the same day.

 

[Demelza]

It just depends who people get their stock from. Blackwell's are reliable, as they're owned by Waterstones, and it's possible they just import stock from the US rather than using the UK distributor. Or it's possible stock just came in with them ahead of others. There are a million different reasons, honestly.

 

[CommanderZx2]

I buy most of my manga and light novels from Blackwells, they tend to get books in stock well before Amazon and other sites.