Editing Moonraker (novel) (section)

===Publication history===
''Moonraker'' was published in the UK by Jonathan Cape in hardback format on 5 April 1955 with a cover designed by Kenneth Lewis, following Fleming's suggestions of using a stylised flame motif;{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=11}} the first impression was of 9,900 copies.<ref name="ABM - Moonraker" /> The US publication was by [[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] on 20 September that year. In October 1956 [[Pan Books]] published a paperback version of the novel in the UK, which sold 43,000 copies before the end of the year.{{sfn|Bennett|Woollacott|2003|pp=16–17}} In December that year the US paperback was published under the title ''Too Hot to Handle'' by [[Permabooks]]. This edition was rewritten to Americanise the British idioms used, and Fleming provided explanatory footnotes such as the value of English currency against the dollar.{{sfn|Benson|1988|pp=11–12}} 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="Good reads" /><ref name="OCLC Worldcat" />