So, I’m
just finishing up my last polish of Ex-Isle, which means no real post
this week. Sorry.
However... My publisher, Crown, just started a promotion
for my new book, The Fold, (out in hardcover two months from today). Pre-order the book now from your favorite
local store (if you haven’t already), enter your info over at my other website, and you’ll get a free galley copy, one of the early, unedited trade
paperbacks that was sent out to reviewers, some book stores, and so on.
What does
this mean for you, reader of the ranty blog?
It means
you’ve got a chance to see an earlier draft (the first layout, essentially) and
the final novel side by side. You can
read the book, then go through the earlier version and find all the places my
editor and I changed things. Every tweak
and adjustment as we prepared the book to go to the printer. And there are a lot of them, so it’s a
worthwhile exercise. And all it costs you is... well, pre-ordering the book.
And heads up—there
are only about a hundred or so galley copies available for this, and I think
over a dozen of them have been claimed since this promotion started
yesterday. Also, just because it needs
to be said... you can’t “pre-order” the book once it comes out. So there is a time issue involved here.
Finally,
for the record, I’m doing signings at Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego, Dark Delicacies in Los Angeles, and Borderlands Books in San Francisco. So pre-order your book from them and then
come back so I can scribble in it.
And next week... back to our regularly scheduled ranting.
And next week... back to our regularly scheduled ranting.
Until then,
as the Trickster would say, write, write, WRITE!
just checking, does this promotion apply to us international types as well? :)
ReplyDeleteI want
ReplyDeleteAlas, Rakie, I don't think so. It's a shipping thing, but I think a legal thing, too (different laws governing how you can do a giveaway).
ReplyDeleteSorry. :(
WHAT. That's just blatant favouritism!
ReplyDeleteFine, what do *I* get if I pre-order? ;)
I'm half way through "The Fold," and I gotta say, it is an excellent story. I started it last night, and plan to stay up tonight until I finish it. I'm hoping to interview Mr. Clines on my blog about the story.
ReplyDeleteI just pre-ordered the hard copy from amazon.com, so I hope there are still galley copies available! Any chance you'll get to visit any events near the southeast, Mr. Clines?
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