I am dealing with shipping the last few copies of Rita 2 today. This is mostly a matter of ‘some lingering international shipments’ and ‘special snowflakes’.
One of the ways you can be a special snowflake who requies unique handling is to be someone who said “why yes, I would like one of those ten copies of the misprinted 2”. So I have had to open up the Box Of Misprints (it has MISPRINT! written on every visible side so there’s no confusion), and carefully take out six copies. I then sealed the box of misprints back up.
I have now put a pink post-it with an exclamation point on the cover of each of these books. Because I want there to be no question which books are misprints and which are nots, so I don’t accidentally send one to someone who isn’t expecting it.
I feel like I treat these things with the same caution I’d treat weapons-grade plutonium, sometimes. Store well away from the other half of the bomb. Do not put next to the other half until delivery is imminent. Avoid accidents.