mnet towers not you too

[stuffitllama]

I wouldn't really like to pre-order any of your books

but I might like to order one

I wouldn't like to pre-book a restaurant table either

but I might like to book one

it's unnecessary, it's wrong, it's such a damn small thing but it is driving me nuts

Isn't a pre-order an order which goes into a queue until the thing is actually ready, while an order gets you the thing pronto?

Is that Lemur?

I think that is what it's meant to mean but it's just WRONG

ok what about pre-book

An order is something that goes into a queue until it can be fulfilled. A pre-order would be ordering an order I think

As you said - a small thing!

thank you for understanding my unreasonable ire

Pre-book is the same I guess, additional word used to convey meaning with no thought given to changes said extra word will have on meaning intended to be conveyed...

or something like that

one day I will be writing to the papers in green ink about things like this while grinding my false teeth

canute excellent number of excessive unnecessary words there

managed to pop one in myself

Thanks, I worked hard at it

I don't think that MNHQ is really to blame - surely this is just Amazon-speak. You pre-order something that will eventually be published, but which is currently not yet available for sale. Once the work is published you can then order it.