# Is "Slammed" by Colleen Hoover a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Slammed by Colleen Hoover (Self-published via CreateSpace, 2012) is identified by: The true first print appearance is Hoover's self-published CreateSpace print-on-demand paperback of 2012 (ISBN 9781468161663; 310 pp.), preceding the Atria trade edition. The self-published CreateSpace paperback (January 2012) is the true first of Hoover's debut; the Simon & Schuster / Atria Books paperback (August 10, 2012) is a 'first thus' — the first traditionally-published edition — not the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- The true first print appearance is Hoover's self-published CreateSpace print-on-demand paperback of 2012 (ISBN 9781468161663
- 310 pp.), preceding the Atria trade edition
- As a print-on-demand title it carries no edition statement and no number line, and POD copies are struck on demand, so individual 'printings' cannot be distinguished bibliographically — identification rests on the object itself: the CreateSpace imprint/ISBN and the original self-published cover, versus the later Atria paperback (different ISBN and cover, 'Atria' on the copyright page)
- Verify the CreateSpace imprint and ISBN on the copyright page to separate the self-published first from the Atria reissue
- Publisher imprint reads Self-published via CreateSpace
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Colleen Hoover |
| Publisher | Self-published via CreateSpace |
| Year | 2012 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | The true first print appearance is Hoover's self-published CreateSpace print-on-demand paperback of 2012 (ISBN 9781468161663 |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
The true first print appearance is Hoover's self-published CreateSpace print-on-demand paperback of 2012 (ISBN 9781468161663; 310 pp.), preceding the Atria trade edition. As a print-on-demand title it carries no edition statement and no number line, and POD copies are struck on demand, so individual 'printings' cannot be distinguished bibliographically — identification rests on the object itself: the CreateSpace imprint/ISBN and the original self-published cover, versus the later Atria paperback (different ISBN and cover, 'Atria' on the copyright page). Verify the CreateSpace imprint and ISBN on the copyright page to separate the self-published first from the Atria reissue.

## Is this the true first?
The self-published CreateSpace paperback (January 2012) is the true first of Hoover's debut; the Simon & Schuster / Atria Books paperback (August 10, 2012) is a 'first thus' — the first traditionally-published edition — not the true first. Both circulate, but only the CreateSpace 2012 issue is the original.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Not applicable — no book-club edition of the self-published original exists; the collecting trap here is the Atria 2012 reissue, which is a first-thus reprint of the text rather than the true first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Slammed* by Colleen Hoover a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/slammed
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.