Special Orders / Preorders

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Special Orders

Are you looking for a specific trade paperback, hardcover, manga, or even light novel? We can (probably) order it for you! Basically, as long as it’s in a warehouse at one of the many publishers and distributors we have relationships with we can order it for you. It’s like an interlibrary loan except with more capitalism.

This is also how we can operate a shop with a small footprint! While we can’t stock every volume of, say, One Piece, we can definitely order as many as you like for you! 😀

If you’re interested in ordering something, e-mail us at info(at)outsidercomics.com with what you’re looking for. Or drop by or call us during our regular business hours. We’ll get back to you as soon as we can with information on the item’s availability, an estimate of how long it’ll take, and how much it’ll cost. We can provide an estimate on shipping if you want it shipped but will not be able to calculate the exact shipping cost until we have the item in hand.

Subscribers: You can order items easily via your Previews World account! We’ll see all your order requests every week when we make our regular orders and can then order stuff for you.

Note: While we can try, ordering single issues, especially back issues, is usually not going to work out if it’s past the preorder deadline (usually a month to two months before release date) as they are printed to preorder demand only.

Preorders

Want to preorder a comic book? Graphic novel? Manga? We can do that for you! Just e-mail us at info(at)outsidercomics.com with what you’re looking for. Or drop by or call us during our regular business hours.

Please note that preorder deadlines (often referred to as the Final Order Cutoff or FOC) are usually a month to two months before release date. We can certainly still preorder items for you after that date and in most cases (trades, hardcovers, manga) it’ll be fine. But with single issues and limited edition items it’s not a 100% guarantee that we’ll be able to get it past the preorder deadline. Thanks for understanding!

Subscribers: You can order items easily via your Previews World account! We’ll see all your order requests every week when we make our regular orders and can then order stuff for you.