Nausheen, Alex is your best source of explanation about this, and he may step in to correct me if what follows isn't accurate. But if I remember correctly what he told me in e-mails, a pre-release period of about three months is required by organizations such as Publishers Weekly. I think it also helps with generating pre-orders, which make life easier for the publisher. So yes, the West Chester copies and sales were "pre-release."
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