Same =.= I got these emails too lol...
Seem like the same as the past photo book.
Either it's not being released anymore or YA just got fed up for postponing the item again n again

I think it's weird that all those stores let people to preorder book. They didn't know anything for sure, only possible title.
Oficial site and TA didn't have any information about book, except content.

all this story remind me of ASIA TOUR 2008 book, that tranformed into LIVE 2008-2009
I think we'll get life style + Party Queen books in one

it's funny that a month ago i sent email to YA to cancel the order, but they said they couldn't cancel anymore because they've pre-ordered and today they cancelled it for me lols. well, it happened to everyone who ordered from YA~

now i wonder if the order from CDJ got cancelled or not.
my friend told me that CDJ not let her cancel this photobook because the same reason as YA.
i think it's gonna be the same.

what?! they may never release it?!

omg

yesasia cancelled the book from my order today and sent me whatever I originally had with it

At this point no one knows if it will be released or not. We can only wait and see.

It's too bad I was really looking forward to Ayu's tips on make-up, fashion, etc...

Im Pissed at yesasia right nOw coz i hv to pay shipping cost for the other item that i preordered with the pbook. Yesasia should hv asked me first whether i want purchase other item or not! I want the free shipping!

^^Express your concern! Contact them!

Man I wanted to see inside ayu's actual home.

I want it ! ><

Probably they wont release it because they used the same photo of the book as the album cover

I got an email saying they were going to completely refund my money.

I hope the reason for the refund is that they don't want to hold the money for too long not that the book is never gonna be released... I WANT THE BOOK!!! ToT

No, they said that since my order was originally (with the book) up for free shipping, they won't charge me anything, I just had to pay for the items, shipping is still free.

Finally! It seems like they were taking such a long to get this whole thing sorted.

For the people who don't know why the book is pushed back,This is the official info:
Hamasaki Ayumi LIFE STYLE BOOK Extension Notice
Hamasaki Ayumi LIFE STYLE BOOK, which was to be released 21/3, will have its release date pushed back.
ViVi’s editing department and Hamasaki Ayumi have worked hard to complete the book by the initial release date, but in order to provide the readers with “new and more accurate information and content”, we have decided to push back the release date, in order to have more time to create a better, more complete LIFE STYLE BOOK.
The new release date and other information will be released on Hamasaki Ayumi and Vivi’s official webpage.
@Misa chan's blog http://misachanjpop.wordpress.com/

^ thank you for the information

I'm glad it will be published in the future

So now they ARE still planning to release it, it is just delayed...a lot.

Probably because it was originally going to be what the whole Party Queen booklet turned out to be and now they want to actually make it different haha.

^ which doesn't fit 'cause the booklet was shoot in USA and the book was supposed to have private photos from Ayu's home in Japan, AFAIR

Well, there were going to be exclusive photos taken by Ayu (like with a digital camera) but I don't think they ever reported that she was going to have a professional shoot in her house. IIRC, the last time someone wanted to do that, she was VERY much against it and to this day, the most we've seen of her home is like... a Christmas tree in the corner of a room.

Basically the book was announced with a photo from the shoot they did in her hotel room at the Ritz Carlton Central Park in New York some time in September-October 2011 which led everyone to believe that she took the photos for the book (which I think she did). She also did a photoshoot some time in November-December in London with Ryan and Leslie which was probably the original direction that they were going in for the Party Queen cover (how beautiful you are came from this shoot, I guess) but for some reason she switched gears and made it so that the photos taken in NY were now for Party Queen and the photos from the original shoot have yet to be released.

Since SUPER AYU is a continuation of Party Queen's actual booklet, I imagine that the Party Queen photobook will be those missing shots.