Elantris Paperback

[Spriggan]

Amazon has the Elantris paperback listed, so if you were too cheap to pay full price for the hardback pick this up then give EUOL $2 for royalties.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765350378/ref=ed_oe_p/002-3571104-5737660?%5Fencoding=UTF8

[stacer]

Aha! A question I meant to ask yesterday, answered without me even needing to ask.

I find it interesting that EUOL's name now leads, and they've pumped up the font size for it. Nice. Means they're emphasizing his name and it's getting more recognizable.

[Spriggan]

Huh, I didn't notice the font change.  That's quite a difference.

[Faster Master St. Pastor]

Woh, sweet. I should get that for someone.

[guitarbabe]

Thanks! I just went to Borders yesterday. It was the first time in a long time that I've actually went with a book in mind. AND IT WAS SOLD OUT! So much for immediate satisfaction!

[stacer]

How can it be sold out if it's not out yet?

[Peter Ahlstrom]

I think she meant the hardback.

[guitarbabe]

Thank you for clarifying for me, Ookla. That really made me stop and think, Stacer. What? Elantris isn't even out yet? I'm such an idiot. How could I have been so confused? What in the heck is everybody talking about then?  And then I started wondering what that Border's guy was talking about. He said that they had a run on the store because it was required reading for a class or something. I told him that sounded like a good strategy.   Was he playing with me? If so, that would be a funny joke, but a little unprofessional, hee hee.

Whoo! (wipe forehead) I love my life!

[Shrain]

Don't worry, guitarbabe, even cool newbs are liable to do stuff like that. Trust me.

Anyway, I think the size change for EUOL's name is nifty. I hope the PB really takes off and helps with the sale of Mistborn. Hey, is Tor putting in any kind of Mistborn ad in the back of the Elantris PB?? That'd be cool if they were!

[Parker]

The funny thing is, Elantris IS required reading for a college class.  Hmm . . . I remember thinking that I recognized the professor's name . . .  What could it have been?  EOUL--do you have any idea?

[MsFish]

What kind of egotist assigns his own novel for required class reading?  

[Parker]

Although I suppose it would help increase sales--especially if said author's book was yet to appear in paperback.  That's an extra $2.50 per student.  Say you had about 25 students . . . it could add up.  After all, salt's getting pretty expensive these days.    

[Shrain]

What kind of egotist assigns his own novel for required class reading?

LOL. No way--did he really assign it for his students this semester?? Huh. Makes me wonder if he would've had our 318 class buy it if it'd been out yet when he was team-teaching w/ Sally...

At any rate, I'm somewhat surprised that he's still teaching. I mean, he seems to dislike grading just about as much I do. And he'd comment how it naturally leaves him less time for writing. After all, his writing career seems to be on a steady upswing. *shrug* Of course, day jobs -can- come in handy for writers.

Anyway, I'm terribly glad I'm not teaching (freshman comp) anymore at BYU--or at Emerson even though they tried to "recruit" me a couple times. No more lesson plans and agonizing over grading! Yay. But I hope EUOL's class goes well.

[Spriggan]

He's teaching for a few reasons.

One he likes to teach the sci-fi/fantasy creative writing class.

Two is a consistent pay cheque.  As an author he only gets paid 2 or so time a year, having a normal pay period help with the bills.

[Shrain]

As an author he only gets paid 2 or so time a year, having a normal pay period help with the bills.

Yep, I thought as much--hence my mention of the usefulness of day jobs for artist-types.

As for enjoying teaching, I can totally see that in his case. Our 318 class was cool. We could tell he enjoyed team-teaching it.

Personally, I loved teaching. Just wasn't too wild about the grading and other such out-of-class work. Anyway, I'm sure a lot of BYU students are glad EUOL has good reason to keep teaching!