The
on-shelf date in the US is supposed to be 5 May. Not the pre-orders from Amazon. When it'll ship to elsewhere than the US I also can't say. All I can say is what I've heard from the publisher (the emails they've been sending me). When I mentioned in the IRC channel what I'd heard from the publisher, one of the guys who pre-ordered from Amazon went and checked his confirmation email, this is what he posted into the channel: "The item(s) listed below will actually ship sooner than we expected [...] Estimated arrival date: 5/1/2008 - 5/5/2008"
Just relaying the news as I hear it.