Editing Dr. No (novel) (section)

===Publication history===
''Dr. No'' was released on 31 March 1958 in the UK as a hardcover edition by the publishers [[Jonathan Cape]].<ref name="Express (April 58)"/> A paperback edition was issued by [[Pan Books]] in February 1960; over 115,000 copies were sold that year.{{sfn|Bennett|Woollacott|2009|p=17}} The first American edition was published in June 1958 by [[Macmillan Publishers (United States)|Macmillan]] under the name ''Doctor No''.{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=231}} The largest boost in sales of the novel came in 1962 with the release of [[Dr. No (film)|the film adaptation]]. In the seven months after the picture's release, 1.5 million copies of the book were sold.{{sfn|Bennett|Woollacott|2009|p=20}} In 1964 the novel was serialised in ''[[France-Soir]]'' for the French market, which led to increased sales of Bond works in that country; 480,000 French-language copies of the six Bond novels were sold that year.{{sfn|Lindner|2009|p=22}} Since its initial publication the book has been issued in numerous hardback and paperback editions, translated into several languages and has never been out of print.<ref name="OCLC Worldcat" />

In 2023 Ian Fleming Publications—the company that administers all Fleming's literary works—had the Bond series edited as part of a sensitivity review to remove or reword some racial or ethnic descriptors. The rerelease of the series was for the 70th anniversary of ''Casino Royale'', the first Bond novel.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Simpson|first1=Craig|title=James Bond books edited to remove racist references|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/25/james-bond-books-edited-remove-racist-references/|work=The Sunday Telegraph|date=25 February 2023|access-date=27 February 2023|archive-date=27 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227084310/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/25/james-bond-books-edited-remove-racist-references/|url-status=live}}</ref>