Happy Bookday to me!
Happy Bookday, Happy Bookday,
Happy Bookday to me!
FINALLY -- today is the OFFICIAL release day for Chapter & Hearse.
Okay, SOME stores have already been selling it for -- what? -- two weeks?
That's great! (For the bottom line.)
That's bad. Because if there have already been a glut of sales, that means I won't hit the New York Times Bestsellers list.
Okay, the list is icing on the cake. The cake (consistent sales that build) is more important in the long run.
But as a lifelong geek who was always looked down on because she didn't fit the normal role (in school, at work, by some members of my family) because she was starry-eyed and goofy and spent far too much time in la-la land instead of doing stuff like, oh, I don't know--BE NORMAL (and just what IS normal?) the list is like getting on the honor roll at school. (Which I did ... and it made my Dad proud. Dad isn't here anymore, but still--I'd like to make him proud of me.)
Okay, enough. If you like Tricia, Angelica, Miss Marple, Ginny, and Mr. Everett and think you MIGHT want to read the book, I hope you'll consider buying it in the next week or so--even if you can't fit it into your reading schedule until later in the year. And if you DON'T like them or the Booktown mysteries . . .
NEVER MIND!
Today is also supposed to be the release of all four Booktown Mysteries as audio books. I haven't yet been able to track down where or for how much. (They aren't supposed to show up until the 3rd and I'm writing this on the 2nd.) I'll update this post if I find out. (And boy,as a lover of audiobooks, I can't WAIT to hear these books performed.)
And while you're at the store or ordering online, my friend Heather Webber's latest Lucy Valentine novel, DEEPLY, DESPERATELY comes out today, too. I loved the first in the series (there's a psychic thread throughout the story -- except for Lucy, that is -- that Jeff Resnick's creator just couldn't resist), and can't wait to read this one, too!
My copy should arrived today, as soon as the UPS truck gets to our neighborhood. Can't wait to read it.
ReplyDeleteHappy Release Day!
ReplyDeleteI'm patiently waiting for my book to be delivered. But if I walk by a bookstore, I might have to buy it.
Oooh! Glad to hear it, Bookwoman.
ReplyDeleteDru, you truly are my angel here on earth. Hugs to you!
Congratulations on the release of your new book. I have it ready to read shortly, can't wait. I keep peaking between reading another book I have to finish this week. LOL
ReplyDeleteBest of luck to you and Heather.
Mason
Thoughts in Progress
Happy bookday to you,
ReplyDeleteHappy bookday to you,
Happy 4th-in-the-series boooooooookday
Happy bookday
Happy bookday to you.
Thanks Mason. Love your voice, Dave!
ReplyDeleteI thought that pre-order sales online counted with the first week of sales. I had read that from another author (or several) before. I had pre-ordered it from B&N, and received it a week or more ago. (But haven't read it yet.) But, does the fact that they sent it out early cause it not to be counted with pre-orders?
ReplyDeleteSadly, those orders that go out before the release date, don't count. And apparently a LOT of books went out early. The Times only uses it's reporting stations, and I don't think Amazon is one of them, but Barnes & Noble is. And, of course, B&N has their own lists, which are pretty important, too.
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