Springer New York sold the complete U.S.A. stock (pre-publication) to a book club and are now awaiting the second print run due January 2008.
There is apparently a shipment of books on its way to Germany for the European market – but Springer U.S.A. have asked for some of these back as they currently have no stock!
So for the book signing – it is a case of watch this space, but November 2007 now seems unlikely 🙁