Does TitleLeaf store a sales embargo date?

No, TitleLeaf doesn’t have a sales embargo date field in its database. As an opinionated implementation of ONIX, TitleLeaf derives a sales embargo date from the status, the preorder date, and the release date of a given product format by default:

• If the status is “PC” or “PP”, then the sales embargo date is blank

• If the preorder date is defined, then the sales embargo date is defined similarly

• If the preorder date is not defined, then the sales embargo date is defined as the release date

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This calculation can be disabled or the sales embargo date can also be offset from the preorder/release date by a number of days on request. When submitting such a request, specify the number of days prior to the preorder/release date that you’d like the sale embargo date set. Acceptable values are 0 to 180 days. This is a global setting, applying to all product formats.

See ONIX List 163: Publishing date role, value 02:

Sales embargo date: If there is an embargo on retail sales (in the market) before a certain date, the date from which the embargo is lifted and retail sales and fulfillment of pre-orders are permitted. In the absence of an embargo date, retail sales and pre-order fulfillment may begin as soon as stock is available to the retailer

See Also:

• Does TitleLeaf store a publication date?

• Does TitleLeaf store a trade announcement date?