Just a quick post (for the USA only right now I'm afraid) to say...
When I am in Cambridge MA, my local bookshop tends to be Porter Square Books. It's definitely Amanda's favourite local bookshop, because when she is done with Yoga she goes in there and orders their fresh rolls* and is made happy. Sometimes she buys books too. Sometimes I wander in and out unspotted, and sometimes they notice me and I sign whatever they have of mine on the shelves that day.
So when Harper Collins asked how I felt about pre-signing some copies of The Ocean at the End of the Lane for a local store to sell, I said sure. I like keeping a good local bookshop in business and guaranteeing that there will always be fresh rolls for Amanda when she gets out of yoga.
I'll pre-sign the books at the end of March or beginning of April. I'll actually pre-sign stacks of sheets of paper to be bound in when the books are printed, as the books won't yet actually be printed when I have to sign them.
Right now, they are available from:
http://www.portersquarebooks.com/pre-order-signed-copy-ocean-end-lane
(There will undoubtedly be more places offering pre-signed copies. I'll list more of them as they turn up. Some of them will undoubtedly offer international shipping, which Porter Square Books does not. And the bookshops I sign at on tour will have spare signed copies left over. And I have no doubt that Hachette-Headline are plotting their own ways to make signed books happen.)
The picture of the book above is from this Harper Collins post, which also contains many links to desktop wallpaper you can download. It looks like this.
*Fresh rolls, also known as summer rolls, salad rolls, fresh spring rolls, soft rolls, crystal rolls. These.
When I am in Cambridge MA, my local bookshop tends to be Porter Square Books. It's definitely Amanda's favourite local bookshop, because when she is done with Yoga she goes in there and orders their fresh rolls* and is made happy. Sometimes she buys books too. Sometimes I wander in and out unspotted, and sometimes they notice me and I sign whatever they have of mine on the shelves that day.
So when Harper Collins asked how I felt about pre-signing some copies of The Ocean at the End of the Lane for a local store to sell, I said sure. I like keeping a good local bookshop in business and guaranteeing that there will always be fresh rolls for Amanda when she gets out of yoga.
I'll pre-sign the books at the end of March or beginning of April. I'll actually pre-sign stacks of sheets of paper to be bound in when the books are printed, as the books won't yet actually be printed when I have to sign them.
Right now, they are available from:
http://www.portersquarebooks.com/pre-order-signed-copy-ocean-end-lane
(There will undoubtedly be more places offering pre-signed copies. I'll list more of them as they turn up. Some of them will undoubtedly offer international shipping, which Porter Square Books does not. And the bookshops I sign at on tour will have spare signed copies left over. And I have no doubt that Hachette-Headline are plotting their own ways to make signed books happen.)
The picture of the book above is from this Harper Collins post, which also contains many links to desktop wallpaper you can download. It looks like this.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane desktop wallpaper in six versions:
- iPad (Download)
- 2560x1440 (Download)
- 1920x1080 (Download)
- 1024x768 (Download)
- 800x600 (Download)
- 640x480 (Download)
And…
*Fresh rolls, also known as summer rolls, salad rolls, fresh spring rolls, soft rolls, crystal rolls. These.
Labels: Fresh Rolls, Porter Square, The Ocean At The End of the Lane