Ellis later wrote that people assumed that "American Psycho" would end his career. It was originally to have been published by Simon & Schuster in March 1991, but the company withdrew from the project because of "aesthetic differences". Vintage Books purchased the rights to the novel and published the book after the customary editing process. The book was not published in hardcover in the United States until 2012, when a limited hardcover edition was published by Centipede Press, although a deluxe paperback was offered. Before its publication, Roger Rosenblatt of "The New York Times" approved of Simon & Schuster canceling the "worthless" book in a review called "Snuff This Book! Will Bret Easton Ellis Get Away With Murder?". Ellis received numerous death threats and hate mail after the publication of "American Psycho". The "Los Angeles Times"s review—"the one good review in the national press", he said—resulted in "a three-page letter section of all these people canceling their subscriptions".