Book Day

[la_marquise]

And it's New Book Day. The Grass King's Concubine is released today and should be, I hope, available from all good book outlets. I really hope you all like it.

Comments

[dorispossum.livejournal.com]

Happy book day! :)

[teriegarrison.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Have a shimmery day! :-D

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

Hurrah and huzzah, etc.

Surely the definition of a good book outlet is one that your works are available from?

[history-monk.livejournal.com]

Three cheers! I ordered it yesterday.

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

I rather foolishly didn't order it till today, which means I'm unlikely to get it by the weekend.

(Look, I *thought* I had ordered it, OK?)

[aliettedb.livejournal.com]

Hope you have a FANTASTIC book day! Many congratulations again, and I shall look forward to reading it!

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Thank you!

[marthawells.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[caffeine-fairy.livejournal.com]

Happy book day! Can't wait to read it.

[trinuviel.livejournal.com]

I'm really looking forward to reading it - since I really loved "Living with Ghosts".

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Thank you. I really hope you like it.

[lagilman]

Such a good book - may it have a long and loved run. :-)

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

Ordered! And greatly looking forward to it!

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

Hooray! I'm going to pick up a copy as soon as I get paid. I can't wait to read it!

Oh, and Happy Book Day!

[miintikwa.livejournal.com]

Squee! Gratz! I can't wait to read it.

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

Happy book day!

*shares lemon sorbet*

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

:-)
Lemon is the best flavour.

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

Mouth-puckeringly good!

[saare-snowqueen.livejournal.com]

Congratulations. Will try to order it as soon as my autumn money starts to come in.

[athenais.livejournal.com]

Happy, happy new book day!

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

Happy New Book Day!!!

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

YAY!

On my stack for rereading . . . I love this book so much!

[korintomichi]

Hurrah! And huge congratulations!

[a-d-medievalist.livejournal.com]

w00t! it should be coming to me soon!

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

Many, many happy resonances for you on This Very Big Happy Day!

Love, C.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[vegan-vulcan.livejournal.com]

Happy book birthday!

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

Happy happy happy bookday!

[timill]

And available instantly (for the Nook, at least)! Now downloaded. Cheers for instant gratification!

[valydiarosada.livejournal.com]

Yay!!!

Happy Bookday!

[ex-triciasu.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, Kari, and very best of luck!

[puddleshark.livejournal.com]

Hurrah!

[andrewducker]

Congratulations!

I shall add it to my pile!

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Yay! Amazon tells me I should get it tomorrow.

[msagara.livejournal.com]

Happy book day - I can’t wait to get into the store to get my copy :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Thank you. I do hope you like it.

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

Wheee! And ferret-women, too. So looking forward to reading this in its entirity.
:-)
But... but... but... no kindle edition? I am so running out of bookshelf space. I will buy the dead tree version, of course, if there's no kindle version planned SOON, but if there's one scheduled I'll wait a little longer.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

There is a kindles edition, but Amazon won't let you download it in the UK for reasons I don't grasp. I think you can download it from the DAW website, though (here: http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781101594780,00.html)

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

Sadly they only offer it as an e-pub which is not a Kindle edition. Kndles use asw or mobi format not epub. They also don't always get on well with .pdf. The website also says is is supplied with DRM which means I can't use Calibre to change the format. Bummer. Have they told you it's going to be available in kindle format? If they have I'll wait. If not I'll order the paperback.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

I'll find out for you. Sorry about this!

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's not your fault. Don't go to a lot of bother on my account, but if you do find out, please let me know. At the moment I keep clicking on the Amazon 'I want to read this book on kindle' button which they say they send to publishers. Hopefully your publisher is getting an earful from your kindle-using fans.

Of course, ideally, it's nice to have both the print and the e-edition. I do wish publishers would clock the fact that they'd get increased profit if they sold the physical book and e-book at a packaged price. If I was buying the book then _at the same time_ I'd happily pay a couple of quid extra for the electronic files. It would add value to their sales/profit because it's selling the same information twice to the same person - which would not normally happen.

I guess whether that ever happens comes down to the definition of a book. Does it rest in the format or the content?

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Yes, I wish they would, too. And that amazon would even out its policy on downloading ebooks.

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

It's mad that you can order a physical book from amazon.com but you can only order e-books from amazon.co.uk

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

You can, however, re-register your kindle so that Amazon dot com thinks you're in the US, and buy ebooks. Crazy. I know it's to do with rights, but at present it's very uneven and very frustrating.

[shui-long.livejournal.com]

My copy arrived in the post today - look forward to reading it.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Thank you: I hope you like it.

[endlessrarities.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! I shall put it on my list of future acquisitions!!

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Thank you!