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Dr. No was released on 31 March 1958 in the UK as a hardcover edition by publishers Jonathan Cape, priced at 13s 6d.

It was released in the US under the name Doctor No in June 1958 by Macmillan.

As with his previous four novels, Fleming himself came up with the concept of the front cover design ; as he had considered Honeychile Rider to have a Venus-like quality when introduced in the book, he wanted this echoed in the cover, which he commissioned to show her on a Venus elegans shell ; the final artwork was undertaken by Pat Marriott.