EUOL Sightings

[EUOL]

Oh--whoops.  Just noted that the 16th is a Tuesday.  That's the day we're signing.  (Though now I'll make certain to call and confirm again.  I could have sworn they said Wednesday.)

[Firemeboy]

I will just miss you.  I'm there signing books at 2:00-4:00...

[EUOL]

Dang, too bad.  I considered hanging around to drop by and see you, but things are hectic today.  Still, I hope your signing went well!  And, I hope they had more copies of your book than they had of mine!  (They only had three on hand.  We sold those quickly, then I sat around chatting with Dave for another hour plus.)

[stacer]

You'd think if they had a signing planned, they'd order at least 10 copies. Surely they'd sell at least half that, and could have the rest of the signed copies on the shelf with the "signed copy!" sticker if they didn't sell. They do that with other authors. (That's how I got a signed copy of an Orson Scott Card book.)

[The Jade Knight]

I'm glad I got my book in advance!

It sounds like my mom went over and got in signed (seeing as I'm sadly stuck in Reno), and she says she had a short chat with you, Brandon.

At any rate, I'm glad to have my book signed (or rather, I will when it comes home in a few days), and I can't wait to read it!

[Spriggan]

That's disappointing especially since BYU had several months to get books in, they were the ones that wanted him to be there this week.

[EUOL]

Yeah, Jade.  I did talk to your mom.  It took me a moment to connect who's mom she was, though!

Don't be TOO hard on BYU.  Remember, the book sold out last month, and had to go to a second printing.  Because of this, there weren't many copies to be found.  They did try and order more.

What they should be chastised for is not ordering more copies of Dave's books.  They only had two copies of each Runelords book, and he sold the first two quite quickly--and then was left trying to sell second and third books in the series without having any first books.

[Spriggan]

Actually I'll get in their case for both since it's apparent that they didn't bother to try and order either of yours or Dave's book(s), that's just stupidity or laziness.  And quite shameful on their part.

[Firemeboy]

Yeah, they had about 30 copies of my book.  I sat next to Jennie Hansen who has written 15 books now.  She reviewed my book on Meridian and was very nice to promote my book to others stopping by the table.  I sold 6-8 copies, and probably 7 of those were because people stopped by to buy Jennie's book.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

there weren't many copies to be found.  They did try and order more.

it's apparent that they didn't bother to try and order either of yours or Dave's book(s), that's just stupidity or laziness.  And quite shameful on their part.

I'm having trouble reconciling those two statements.

[Spriggan]

Because they didn't even bother to get extra copies of Dave's books.  Plus Tor printed 1,500 copies of Elantris just last month so there were books around Media Play managed to get about 30 only a few weeks ago.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

from my understanding, most of those 1500 were to fill previous commitments though. Which means if Media Play got a full 30 of them, there probably weren't very many left for anyone to order.

[Spriggan]

only about a third were for backorders.

[Mistress of Darkness]

So, if you were in Reno, does that mean you are going to be in So Cal soon? Is there a page with the dates and times of your future appearances?

And, just in case you see this soon enough to do any good, Smith's Garage in Provo (behind Deseret) is a very great place. I took my car in because I had been stupid and driven on the freeway with my emergency brake on. (No more driving and talking on the cell phone for me!) I was certain that the brake pads would need replacing, if not the brakes themselves. Most mechanics would take advantage of that belief, but they didn't. Just charged me $20 to align the breaks. That was over 2 years (and about 20,000 miles) ago, so it's safe to say they were right about the brakes.

[stacer]

It was JadeKnight who was in Reno, not EUOL.