tomorrow will be my dancing day

[ellenkushner]

Tuesday, July 25, is the official release date of The Privilege of the Sword.

But what does this mean, release? Since I got 3 boxes full of books 2 weeks ago (!), I known darn well Bantam's had them in the warehouse all this time - and perhaps they shipped them to stores already, and stores are simply holding them in the Back Room awaiting the lifting of the Embargo to release them onto the shelves on the 25th?

Do let me know of any Sightings - I'm dying of curiosity!

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[suzanna-o.livejournal.com]

No, I actually checked my local Borders on Friday, no luck. :(

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Amazon sent me a shipping notification today, so I would expect I'd have the book on Wednesday.

[mantichore.livejournal.com]

On a totally separated matter, Entourage went and died on me yesterday (I blame the scandalous heat, coupled with Microsoft fabled prowess with compiled codes), in a colourful and highly annoying way: it just erased all of its data, presenting me with a brand new face, scrubbed of all previous information.

Which included all emails in my address book, natch.

Hate it. Really hate it.

Anyway, I'm now in the final stages of correcting "A College of Magics", and I'd need Caroline Stevermer's email for a couple of questions on details which have defeated my legendary cleverness :D — and yours, as well, for use further down the road. Can you please send them to marcelpat, who is atmarked at wanadoo, which itself dotted in fr. (Aren't I such a smart fellow at fooling spamspies?)

Thanks, and sorry for the bother.

[mantichore.livejournal.com]

Er... I meant "and I need your email", of course, not that those details had defeated your legendary cleverness as well. We need an edit option, on commentaries.

Well, I do, anyhow.

[aluragayle.livejournal.com]

I snagged the loveliest, crispest, oversized (so much nicer than the usual paperback size!) copy off the shelf of my local Border's yesterday afternoon! ^_^ I literally raced to look for it when I made it in the door, hoping that just maybe it'd already be there.

And to make it even better - the store had graciously extended the tax holiday to -all- books!

I can't wait to break into it on my lunch hour today! ♥!

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And quite a relief after the spate of notes today telling me some stores don't even have it out yet . . . Hope you enjoy it.

[sistercoyote.livejournal.com]

I need to go to my local Borders and check for it, but probably won't have a chance until tomorrow...which doesn't do you any good for early sightings.

Also, some time ago you recommended Coyote Cowgirl in this journal, and I wanted to thank you for that - I would never have discovered it, otherwise, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I plan to add it to my permanent book collection soonish.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

I am so glad you did. Thought it might suit!

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Got it. meant to read it a chapter a night after daily slog. ooops.

[rozk.livejournal.com]

I got it in London Forbidden Planet a week ago last Thursday....

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Curious that Forbidden Planet in NYC does not have it at all!

[(Anonymous)]

Argh. Now I must suffer temptation until the Small Beer release date.

"I’ve got my fingers in my ears I’m going lalalalalalalalalala,
I can’t hear you
I got my fingers in my ears I’m going lalalalalalalalalala
Going la la la la"

[alethea-eastrid.livejournal.com]

I have just about concluded I'm going to buy the paperback anyway...to tide me over...or something like that...

[hobbit-em.livejournal.com]

I looked it up in the computer when I got to work, and the computer told me we had one copy. Didn't find the copy until about half an hour before the end of my shift, when I was shelving fiction and found it there in the books-to-be-shelved and promptly claimed it for my own. (I had been worried, you see, because the computer told me it was supposed to be with fantasy, which I had already shelved. The computer likes to lie to me.)

[hobbit-em.livejournal.com]

(Oh, I should perhaps mention that this was in a Waldenbooks store in the local mall.)

[shelly-rae.livejournal.com]

Yes indeed Ellen, bookstores have stock of your books but they are not allowed to put it out until the release date. Back when I did displays for Borders, I'd have specially marked carts of books in the back room that were only to be put out when their release dates arrived. See, it's all a great plan so that the books go on sale the same day everywhere. Booksellers might not get upset over early releases for some titles but can you imagine the uproar if someone started selling the next Harry Potter book before the release date?

I've got my copy of The Privilege of the Sword on hold down at Elliot Bay books so I know what I'm doing tomorrow! Hurrah!
Anon

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Got it, thanks! I knew someone who knew the bookstore biz would have an answer.

You're in Seattle?! We're going to be there the last week of August, signing at Univ. Books! Maybe we can meet up there.

[hildy.livejournal.com]

I picked up my copy at Borders this evening after work.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Enjoy! (Love your icon)

[safirasilv.livejournal.com]

Sighted on--and purchased from--the "New in paperback" table at Borders in Attleboro, MA.

Must ration myself!

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Oh, go ahead and bomb on through it - you'll have to read it twice to get all the hidden stuff you missed the first time, anyway (not a comment on your reading skills, but on the way I structure novels)!

And I adore your icon.

tomorrow will be my dancing day

[dabev.livejournal.com]

Called the Barnes and Noble in Kingston NY -- the book was put on the shelf this afternoon. Just got back with a nice new copy of Privilege and great munchies to go with. I imagine I won't get much sleep tonight.

Dale Beverly
Woodstock NY

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[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

OK, now I want to know: what are the appropriate munchies for this novel?

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[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

see the review on my lj and at amazon.com (the text is the same) for appropriate munchies. Then hire an expensive caterer.

All I actually nibbled on while reading was a bag of Chex Mix, but it deserves complicated pastries and the sort of savory nibbles you'd find at the cocktail hour of a VERY high-priced wedding.

yes, I raced out to Borders to buy it yesterday, and now I am done, and I am UTTERLY UNDONE.

brava.

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[dabev.livejournal.com]

Two different imported pates, cornichons, a small loaf of artisan bread with a parmesan and sun-dried tomato crust, assorted very-strong cheeses and a small lemon tart. No chocolate. Just a Bordeaux and a Cabernet Sauvignon suggested at the local winery.

Felt quite grand.

Now I have to see if I can adapt an old snickerdoodle recipe from my youth to create cinnamon wafers -- the book gave me a craving for them!

Loved the story (I knew I would) -- thanks again.

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[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Hell, girl - offer me a feast like that, and I'll come and read it to you myself! (Especially if there are cinnamon wafers.....)

And I wondered why I suddenly felt the need to purchase a jar of cornichons this week (True Story!).

[twistedchick]

I bought the first copy seen at the Rockville, MD, Borders this morning (and spent all afternoon reading it...mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm)

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

That's a good lot of m's - I think she likes it!

[lutin.livejournal.com]

What an exquisite book!

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Inside, or out?

[lutin.livejournal.com]

I have to choose?

[lutin.livejournal.com]

(Inside, of course!

Like sartorias said, "[Katherine] has in a single day's reading become one of my favorite heroines.")

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

You are too good to me.

I am absolutely knocked out by sartorias' "review" - I didn't even know that was there - thank you for showing it to me! Boy, is she erudite. And I'm so glad she got all the stuff about the teenage girls!!

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

Picked up my copy today at the Barnes & Noble near Jefferson Market library in the Village.

So so lovely. Complete with Mad Duke. I'm going to savour this.

My shopping companion (aka ktempest) put the store's second copy face outwards on the shelf. She does that sort of thing :)

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

And that is why we love her - and you! Hope to see you both soon. Who could not love the Mad Duke? But I will be very curious to see what you think of Katherine's sword prowess.

[yukihada.livejournal.com]

I picked up my copy on Tuesday at my local B&N. Since I work there, I shortlisted a few more in. I'm devouring the book currently. Thank you for sharing your loverly imagination. Now I must scurry back to read in my jammies.

Yes, I'm a new lurker. But you can peruse my rather dusty lj, if you like to see just what kind of lurker I am.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

I like your lj very much! Thanks for introducing me to it and you.