I mentioned in my last post that I would be attending the Worldcon in Chicago this year. My schedule is below:
Friday, August 31: 1:00 — 1:30 p.m.
Reading: Michelle Sagara West
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Friday, August 31: 3:00 — 5:00 p.m.
Writer’s Workshop, Section G.
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Saturday, September 1: 4:30 — 6:00 p.m.
Kaffeeklatsche with Michelle Sagara West
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Sunday, September 2: 3:00 — 4:30
Autograph session 15: Brenda Cooper, Jack McDevitt, Kathryn Sullivan, Lawrence Watt-Evans, M Todd Gallowglas, Michelle Sagara West, Mike Resnick, Takayuki TATSUMI
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I’m going to take a couple of author’s copies of Cast in Peril to Chicago, because they just arrived.
22 Responses to Worldcon schedule
If I were going to be in Chicago, I’d spend considerable time and effort to cadge one of the Cast in Peril books off you. I’m looking forward to it so much!
Any guesses on what the book limit will be at the autograph session? I do not want to overload you! But it is going to be awfully hard to pick which books I love the most.
I don’t think there’s a limit to the number of books, or at least not a stated limit. The signing is an hour and a half long, so I would just bring everything :D
(Authors who are not Neil Gaiman are always worried that no on will show up for the signing. Always. Tanya Huff once asked someone, after a panel, to bring their books to her signing because she was — yes! — afraid no one would show up. He had to wait 45 minutes in line.)
So that’s, hmm, 21 books, not counting the already-signed ones. Excellent!
.…I may need a bigger suitcase, here.
The latest from the recently-posted pocket program is 3 books (or autographs) per instance during the autograph session.. One may then go back to the end of the line for 3 more, and so on.
(Dear Author: Might that person who waited for Ms. Huff be … me?)
(Dear Author: Might that person who waited for Ms. Huff be … me?)
It absolutely would. I only mentioned it because the idea that no one would show up for Tanya Huff was so ridiculous, and highlighted the nature of authors being neurotic :)
Also, if a small gathering of Michelle fans + Michelle could be pulled together, would you attend?
So just for clarification, if I plan to come to worldcon, which day should I meet you to get a copy of cast in peril or is it any time I can meet you I can get a copy?
o.O
Ummm, when I said a couple, I meant a couple — I hadn’t quite decided what I was going to do with them >.<.
If we drove, I would have been able to bring more — but because my husband now has to be in Montreal for two weeks leading up to the 4th of September, I’m stuck taking a plane & luggage.
Hahahahahaha! Good try!
I was on the fence about going to my first Worldcon until I saw you would be there. I’m looking forward to seeing what it’s all about and meeting you! I’ll be bringing my Sun Sword series (minus book 5, of course)…
Yay :D.
And you never know: Book 5 might be available in the dealers’ room for a not-huge amount!
Btw, if a small gathering of Michelle fans + Michelle could be pulled together, would you attend?
I have recently started reading the Chronicles of Elantra but I am unable to find the 3rd book anywhere. Will this book be reprinted?
I’ve just sent email asking. In the meantime, I know we have copies at the bookstore I work in — but it’s in Toronto. It’s http://www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com.
I have recently started reading the Chronicles of Elantra but I am unable to find the 3rd book anywhere. Will this book be reprinted?</em?
Amazon & B&N now list Cast in Secret as available in mass market paperback. I think the reprint wasn’t listed properly somewhere, but that’s been corrected now — thank you so much for the heads up!
Barnes & Noble is saying Cast in Peril will be out Sept. 18 and your web site says Sept. 25. When is the real out date for Cast in Peril. I sure hope Sept. 18.
Lesa, Michelle always post the official street date. Some books stores know they are getting the book sooner then that and will sell it sooner. B&N and Amazon both state they will have the book by the 18th and will start selling it then. The dates are always an approximation because anything can happen in transit.
The original date listed was the 25th of September, but the date was moved back to the 18th. Neither of these are an exact date, though, because they refer to the print version. So the 18th is the date at which anyone *should in theory* be able to find it at any store.
I am curious. Why does the e-book for Cast in Peril come out two weeks after the paperback? It seems this would discourage e-book sales.
When I asked this I was told that ebooks have always gone on sale on the first day of the release month.
CAST IN PERIL is an October 2012 title, according to HLQ’s internal metrics, and according to the sales kits. When we order CAST IN PERIL for our bookstore, we’re ordering for the month of October, from a folder in which all October 2012 titles from all the available single title lines are presented.
October titles ship in mid-September. Every other publisher of mass markets offers books by month in the same way that HLQ does: October 2012 titles pretty much all ship in September; by October, the books should be available at all of the stores that ordered them from the publishers.
Five years ago, none of the on-line booksellers could sell *physical* copies of books until the official on-sale date. So at that time, both the physical book and the ebook were on-sale on the same date from any on-line vendor.
But actual, physical bookstores were not bound by the “on-sale” date. The bookstores received the books from the publisher on the date they arrived, and generally shelved them on that day or the day after.
Which meant both Borders and B&N had actual, physical copies of books in the store before Amazon was allowed to sell them to consumers.
And then consumers would cancel their orders at Amazon and buy the book in a physical store instead (even if the physical stores weren’t discounting heavily). Being forced to abide by on-sale dates was losing sales for Amazon, which wasn’t considered fair.
Some time around two years ago the official on-sale date (such as it is, since it was always shaky) became irrelevant for physical books. Amazon would list the official date initially, and then revise. So they had to shift the way they handled official “on-sale” date for physical books so that all sellers of physical books were in rough parity. Borders/B&N/Amazon would have books at roughly the same time, and could sell them at roughly the same time.
The official on-sale date is preserved for ebooks because no ebook vendor can scoop another ebook vendor on release date — they *all* get to sell it at the same time. Because the books are shipped and have to travel across the country, there can be a week variance between one bookstore and another. But with ebooks there isn’t.
I don’t think it’s meant to discourage ebook sales — I think the thinking is that people who want ebooks can buy from their vendor of choice, regardless of vendor, on the on-sale date. But now, people get frustrated if the physical book can be purchased before the ebook can =(.
I ordered the book from Amazon.com overnight mail, and usually with other books they get here by the due date. This one hasn’t. It hasn’t even been shipped. I ordered it on the 30 Aug. When they have the books in even if they are not shipped they have a “in stock” posted with the book. Instead they have shipped within 1 – 3 weeks.
Even the local bookstores, (Barnes and Noble) where I am don’t have a copy. I am so frustrated.
Sorry, Just venting, and wandering if book stores recieved your book late? I was soooo waiting for the book today. I even circled on my calendar.
I don’t know why with your books I can’t trust the local stores with getting a copy in timely manner, (usually 2 weeks late) so I have been ordering them. I love your books so it is very very sad situation for me. Big Sigh!
Frustrated and waiting Avid Reader:(((