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Someone Set Us Up the Book. Make Your Time
Okay, here's what we've come up with from the previous entry:
>> TheBookCellar.com is operating out of Boston--a Commercial Street condo, to be specific. There are legitimate bookstores named "The Book Cellar" in Boston; this does not seem to be one of them or related to them. Henceforth, we will refer to the site/store.scam as TheBookCellar.com, ( Read more... ) -
Shenanigans!
Has anyone else tried to order the book from TheBookCellar.com? Because I've got at least two people now who are saying they haven't received the book and can't get their money back. If this is a scam, I need to know how big it is. (Interesting side note: my book isn't even on the website now. It's a Boston-based operation, so I don't even know how ( Read more... ) -
Interview in the Irish Times
Here's the text of an interview I did that just came out today, apparently. I didn't realize it was going to be an article jointly about the book and Television Without Pity, but there you go.
( Sick of wasting countless hours sitting through the latest Hollywood blockbusters? Don't have the time for the extended director's cut of another re-issue? Anna Carey gets some quick-fixes from 'affectionate snarks' ) -
Trouble down under
Okay, I'm hearing that people are not finding the book in Australia, with a few exceptions, so I wanted to check up and see how that's going. I haven't heard back about it from my end yet, but what it sounds like to me is that the books just haven't arrived yet (although I'm a little disturbed that some of these stores don't even seem to know that ( Read more... ) -
Happy Aussie bookday!
So today the book is coming out in Australia, as I understand it, so I thought I'd catch y'all up on what we know from the British release: it does seem to be in major chain bookstores, but fewer than ten copies (sometimes five or less) at each store. They do seem to be stocking it in the film/entertainment section rather than the humor, also.
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Bookplates and author signings
Okay, I have a question. I've signed two or three books locally now (because no matter how well you know someone, you always want them to sign a book if they manage to come out with one), and each time it's taken me like a solid half hour to think of anything to say. I was shit at signing yearbooks, y'all. I know that Neil Gaiman signs in fun ( Read more... ) -
News and reviews
We're currently at #15. Sometime last night, however, we were at #8 with Lemony Snicket at #9. I still want a piece of that bastard Jamie Oliver, though.
Baby's first review! From Jenny: "I saw this in Image, an Irish women's magazine; thought you'd like to see it. Can't wait to read the book!"
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(Untitled)
I've just talked to someone from a major website (you'll see) who asked me about doing a review--asked, because they have a large readership and knew that it could be "an adversarial experience." I'd wanted to bring this up anyway, so it's as good an opening as any ( Read more... ) -
The bad news entry
Okay, here's the part where things kind of start to suck, but I feel like I should tell you sooner rather than later:
I was trying to hold off on telling you until I was absolutely sure, but it seems pretty clear that I've been living a lie. My real name is Erica Windermere and I don't actually exist* we're not going to be able to get the book on ( Read more... ) -
The good news entry
I vote we sing this to anyone who ever has a bookday from now on (courtesy of ) allthelivesofme:Happy Bookday to you,
Happy Bookday to you,
May you sell lots of copies,
Happy Bookday to you!
By the way, there seems to be some weirdness going on with the way some stores and sites are listing the title and/or author of the book. What you're looking for is ISBN# ( Read more... )