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Local Authors => Brandon Sanderson => Topic started by: Obsessiforge on July 12, 2010, 10:28:52 PM
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Peter the Insoluble (very) recently issued the following statement, in regards to Mr. Sanderson and Christopher Paolini sharing a panel.
Like it or not, Paolini has sold more books. So there are a large number of Paolini fans who will go to the panel...and get to hear Brandon and Patrick be awesome.
And it is true! Unacceptable, but true.
So, I issue the following challenge to all Sanderson fans:
By our combined mob-mentality forces, Brandon will have sold more books than Paolini by July 12, 2011
Tell your friends! tell your families! Spread the word that yes, there is a writer of compelling fantasy in this day and age actually worthy of our coin!
Who's with me?!
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I have done my part. I have only purchased 3 Paolini books and. . . uhm.
EL - 4 copies
FE - 3 copies
WoA - 5 copies
HoA - 3 copies
WB - 2 copies
Al 1 - 1 copy
Al 2 - 1 copy
Al 3 - 1 copy
EL Vol 1 Jap - 1 copy
EL vol 2 Jap - 1 copy
FE vol 1 Jap - 1 copy
FE vol 2 Jap - 1 copy
TGS - 1 copy
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I'm waiting for Brandon to get down here to buy hardcovers for signing (though I think I have to make a decision on which ones...darned limits) and I'm gonna start getting paperbacks as gifts.
I'm impressed at your dedication though...what do you do with 5 copies of Well of Ascension?
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Paolini has sold more books than Sanderson overall? Does this take into account that Eragon was published two years prior to Elantris? That's two years of sales advantage.
Then there's also the added publicity boost Paolini got thanks to the media making a big deal out of his age, which has also tilted his sales... it's similar to the boost Sanderson got as he took on Jordan's work, except that he wasn't being bumped on the nightly news for it, and it only happened last year.
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Be that as it may, I totally think that with a year of concentrated effort, we could pass Paolini up - Especially since the age thing isn't really a factor anymore, and the Eragon trilogy is dead.
(It was a trilogy, right? I stopped paying attention at some point)
Anyways. Totally doable. I'm pulling up some sales figures right now, to get a better idea of what we're looking at here.
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Wiki says there's a fourth untitled book not yet released.
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Here's something interesting. According to the Barnes and Noble website, all of Brandon's published hardbacks better sales rankings than the 3 Inheritance Cycle hardbacks....and by quite a large margin, too!
I think those figures represent how popular the book is right now, based on recent sales...So if those numbers stay relatively consistent, Brandon's books should beat Paolini's in no time.
Unfortunately, the actual sales figures of books in general is apparently kept confidential (and here I thought I could find any information on the internet with enough hardheaded determination...) so we'll have to rely on Mr. Ahlstrom to let us know when he thinks we've surpassed Paolini.
At which point I'll probably go after Rowling. or Stephanie Meyers. Wouldn't that be fun?
Ratings (lower is better)
The Gathering Storm - 1,562
Mistborn (Final Empire) - 2,370
Well of Ascension - 2786
Hero of Ages - 3,299
Warbreaker - 5,986
Compared to:
Eragon - 19,262
Eldest - 21,703
Brisingr - 10,259
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I hate to be the one to say this guys, because I'm a HUGE Sanderson fan. The guys done tons to help me out with trying to get into writing and he's just awesome. He's my favorite writer currently alive and writing.
But I just don't think you guys understand how many books Paolini sells.
He'd sold 2.5 million copies of Eragon... BEFORE the movie came out. I have no idea how many he's sold now. Double? Triple? Ten times as many?
To put it into perspective The Gathering Storm started with a print run of 1 million. I don't know if its gone to a 2nd printing yet. I can't imagine that any of Brandon's other books have had that many copies printed. I doubt Way of Kings will have that many printed. I think Brandon once told us that the Wheel of time sold like over 1000% more than any other Tor series (Which I'm assuming included his).
I hope I'm not doing his a disservice by saying that, but I would think that all of his sales together do not equal even the sales of Eragon, to say nothing of Eldest and the other books in the series.
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I hate to be the one to say this guys, because I'm a HUGE Sanderson fan. The guys done tons to help me out with trying to get into writing and he's just awesome. He's my favorite writer currently alive and writing.
But I just don't think you guys understand how many books Paolini sells.
He'd sold 2.5 million copies of Eragon... BEFORE the movie came out. I have no idea how many he's sold now. Double? Triple? Ten times as many?
To put it into perspective The Gathering Storm started with a print run of 1 million. I don't know if its gone to a 2nd printing yet. I can't imagine that any of Brandon's other books have had that many copies printed. I doubt Way of Kings will have that many printed. I think Brandon once told us that the Wheel of time sold like over 1000% more than any other Tor series (Which I'm assuming included his).
I hope I'm not doing his a disservice by saying that, but I would think that all of his sales together do not equal even the sales of Eragon, to say nothing of Eldest and the other books in the series.
Well it wouldn't be called a challenge if it wasn't going to be challenging now, would it?
In light of this I may have to revise my latest claims - it probably will not be easy. However! If we put together our considerable [citation needed] social networking and word-of-mouth resources to work, I think its more than achievable - especially since by the end of 2010 Brandon's slated to have another couple of books out.
I guess I'm talking about literally bulldozing Mr. Sanderson out of obscurity. And if we put our minds to it, we could do that!
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I've been trying to share the love, my problem is that most of my friends that read don't read fantasy. And if they do, they only read popular fantasy (such as Harry Potter or Twipuke). I know for a fact that I have bought 3 copies of Final Empire for friends that have not read it. The combined power of my nagging and purchasing the books have yielded no results.
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Good luck with that, guys. However, I do have hope that over the long run Brandon will sell more books. He's not an overnight success—but he keeps getting more and more popular, as well as writing more and more.
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Good luck with that, guys. However, I do have hope that over the long run Brandon will sell more books. He's not an overnight success—but he keeps getting more and more popular, as well as writing more and more.
That's what I was thinking! I also think that's why all his books have better sales ratings.
I think we can do it in a year though!
Come on guys! When Yeden came to Kelsier and said "Hey, man, you know what'd be neat? Bringin' down the Final Empire!" did he say "Whah? Do you have any idea how many books the Lord Ruler sells? Its called the FINAL Empire 'cause its FINAL!"?
NO! He said "That sounds awesome, little Skaa dude! Lemme get my friends together and we'll play with some chalk, spitball a bit, eh?"
And after a year of planning, building armies, and political finageling, they pulled it off!
If Kelsier and his crew can dismantle a thousand year empire in a year, I think we can beat a measly sales record! I mean, we don't even have to worry about losing the army halfway through because once books are bought they're bought!
So join forces with my, my brothers! Let us take up our arms, in the forms of our pens, keyboards, voices and, most importantly, credit cards and other devices of monetary compensation! Let us look in the face of death and say "Wait a minute...when did death get involved? I thought we were trying to get people to buy books!" Let us topple the odds in the sort of way that only an underdog really can! WHO'S WITH ME?!
/Inspirational speechrant. For more, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6wRkzCW5qI
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I'm all for pushing Brandon's books, but can't we just get along? I like the Inheritance books!
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I am not interested in reading Paolini's books, but the kid published these things when he was like 18. For an 18 year old, they sound like they are pretty good. That being said, I am not really interested in reading anything by someone that young. I have read some SF/Fantasy blogs and it seems cool to rip on the kid.
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Honestly, I was all for Eragon when I read Eragon, although even then (I think I was 16 or so?) I noticed that it was a very derivative work. One of my friends described it quite accurately as "Star Wars, but on dragons and without lightsabers." And while most of us love Star Wars, it is also derivative.
And you know what? I think I could have gotten over that. I can read Eragon when I want "fast-food fantasy" and Mistborn when I'm looking for a filet mignon, and not be bothered by the fact that they are in two entirely separate leagues of literary skill. What bothered me was that when Eragon became a big hit, universities worldwide offered him free creative writing classes and he turned them down because he thought his style was developing just fine on its own and he didn't want other people influencing his work. That logic works just fine, when you're great. But when you're merely good or mediocre, I think you should be less pretentious and accept the help.
Then I tried to read Eldest and determined that based on what I had seen, he really was a one trick pony, and I had to quit.
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I really do not know who Paolini is, never read any of his books. And never heard of about any of them until I saw “Eragorn” mentioned. And that was only because I heard of the movie (never saw it).
I can’t say I have any plans of reading him, not with my backlog, and especially the not so nice comments I have heard. However, that being said, I don’t wish anything bad against the guy. If he truly published his first novel at 18 years old, I say all the more power to him.
Good luck with that, guys. However, I do have hope that over the long run Brandon will sell more books. He's not an overnight success—but he keeps getting more and more popular, as well as writing more and more.
As long as he doesn’t publish ‘too’ much at once. Not that I don’t want to see more of Brandon writing, of course I do. But the last thing I want to see is Brandon burn himself out and/or start putting works that is not his usual quality stuff. Quality over quantity.
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But both is definitely best. ;D
EDIT- I wish we could, but I don't have much hope for it in a year, Especially considering that Paolini's sold 20 million books according to this site.
http://www.theauthorhour.com/christopher-paolini/
And the difference between us and Kelsier is that he was an awesome Mistborn with experience. We are but puny mortals (well, I guess except for those claiming to be Shards).
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Eragon, great book, hated the movie. My main gripe about this movie was how 3 separate races (dwarfs, humans, and elves) all became humans in the movie. I read the book before the movie ever came out and the movie was just so blatantly wrong.
I like the way that Brandon is publishing his books currently. He has at least one book a year, normally more, but he doesn't tie himself down to one series. I think that would keep your mind more agile and less likely to burn out. Granted the work and deadlines he has set due to WoT have to be stressing on him some.
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Good luck with that, guys. However, I do have hope that over the long run Brandon will sell more books. He's not an overnight success—but he keeps getting more and more popular, as well as writing more and more.
That's what I was thinking! I also think that's why all his books have better sales ratings.
I think we can do it in a year though!
Come on guys! When Yeden came to Kelsier and said "Hey, man, you know what'd be neat? Bringin' down the Final Empire!" did he say "Whah? Do you have any idea how many books the Lord Ruler sells? Its called the FINAL Empire 'cause its FINAL!"?
NO! He said "That sounds awesome, little Skaa dude! Lemme get my friends together and we'll play with some chalk, spitball a bit, eh?"
And after a year of planning, building armies, and political finageling, they pulled it off!
If Kelsier and his crew can dismantle a thousand year empire in a year, I think we can beat a measly sales record! I mean, we don't even have to worry about losing the army halfway through because once books are bought they're bought!
So join forces with my, my brothers! Let us take up our arms, in the forms of our pens, keyboards, voices and, most importantly, credit cards and other devices of monetary compensation! Let us look in the face of death and say "Wait a minute...when did death get involved? I thought we were trying to get people to buy books!" Let us topple the odds in the sort of way that only an underdog really can! WHO'S WITH ME?!
/Inspirational speechrant. For more, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6wRkzCW5qI
Now for wrath, now for ruin, and the red dawn! DEATH! DEATH! DEEAATH!!
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I have done my part. I have only purchased 3 Paolini books and. . . uhm.
EL - 4 copies
FE - 3 copies
WoA - 5 copies
HoA - 3 copies
WB - 2 copies
Al 1 - 1 copy
Al 2 - 1 copy
Al 3 - 1 copy
EL Vol 1 Jap - 1 copy
EL vol 2 Jap - 1 copy
FE vol 1 Jap - 1 copy
FE vol 2 Jap - 1 copy
TGS - 1 copy
I've done 3 Paolini books and at least 100 of Brandon's. I'm sure I'll have another 30 of Brandon's done by that deadline with Way of Kings and ToM. :)
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I enjoyed Eragon and Eldest, but I don't remember a thing about the third one...and even though I liked the books, and I was impressed that he published at 15, I saw elements torn directly out of just about every single fantasy book I've ever read. He's not particularly creative, he just mixes everything at his local library together and makes a story out of it.
That said, I don't think he'll be writing past the Inheritance Cycle, and it'll die off pretty quickly after book 4. Not to mention he only publishes a book every four to five years, which irks me to no end. Brandon is a newer writer, but I don't think it would take much to make him hugely popular--his is the best stuff I've ever read. I have the same problem as Wolfstar--my friends don't read. At all. I've gotten one friend to read Sanderson--and she loved it to pieces--but no one else will even try. So those of you who have book groups or make friendships because of your reading styles will probably have a lot better luck with this than I will.
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I have done my part. I have only purchased 3 Paolini books and. . . uhm.
EL - 4 copies
FE - 3 copies
WoA - 5 copies
HoA - 3 copies
WB - 2 copies
Al 1 - 1 copy
Al 2 - 1 copy
Al 3 - 1 copy
EL Vol 1 Jap - 1 copy
EL vol 2 Jap - 1 copy
FE vol 1 Jap - 1 copy
FE vol 2 Jap - 1 copy
TGS - 1 copy
Lets see. I have 1 copy of each of Christopher Paolini's books,
1 Elantris
2 Warbreaker
2 Final Empire
2 Well of Ascension
2 Hero of Ages
1 Evil Librarians
1 Scriveners Bones
1 Knights of Chrystalia
1 The Gathering Storm
and preordered- 1 Way of Kings, 1 Shattered Lens, 1 Towers of Midnight.
bought and given away: 1 FE, 1 WoA, 1 HoA
If I can ever find a hardback copy of Elantris, it's mine.
I'll eventually get another copy of Way of Kings ,I'm sure.
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To ye naysayers, I say...Is there any harm in trying?
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I finished the trilogy (the cycle thing is never gunna happen, it's a trilogy of ultimate lack of ending) and I felt Brisingr was better then Eldest but still wasn't all that great. Kid really shoulda taken those classes.
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There better be a fourth book. There is no real ending to the third. Just a lead in to another book. If there is not another book then all three books are a complete failure.
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Since we're making lists, and I have this love of making lists.. it's an issue, a list issue.
I have...
2 Final Empire (1pb, 1hc)
2 Well of Ascension (1pb, 1hc)
2 Hero of Ages (1pb, 1hc)
2 Warbreaker (1pb, 1hc)
1 Elantris (hc)
I have given as gifts...
6 Final Empire (4pb, 2hc)
4 Elantris (3pb, 1hc)
4 Warbreaker (hc)
So I think I've done my part.
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I like Eldest better than the other two. Roran's side story is great. It's one thing I've never really seen done in any other book.
To ye naysayers, I say...Is there any harm in trying?
Maybe, instead of simply pushing Brandon's work in general, your challenge should be to get people you know you've read Eragon to read Brandon!
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The problem is that I don't know anyone that reads fantasy. I have one friend that reads history books, other then that I they don't read at all. I got my wife to read a book, but it was twilight. I tried to get her to read Harry Potter to get her started on Fantasy but she never finished the first book.
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Similar problem here. Most of the people I know who read fantasy have already read him, either by request of me or my dad. Only exception is my sister, who I'm not sure why she's ignored our suggestions... Perhaps that can be my challenge. To convince her to read him. Won't have any affect on the over-all challenge, but then again, I have never bought a Paolini book in my life, and neither has anyone in my family, so...yeah.
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ye party poopers doth rain on my parade too much!
I like the idea of attempting to convert Eragon readers.
And to my good friend Phaz...Hoooow the hell do you have that many copies of these books?!
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The problem is that I don't know anyone that reads fantasy. I have one friend that reads history books, other then that I they don't read at all. I got my wife to read a book, but it was twilight. I tried to get her to read Harry Potter to get her started on Fantasy but she never finished the first book.
You're life is depressing.
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I'm with Fireborn on that one...
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:nod: If my girl wasn't an avid reader like me i'd go insane. It's the only way I can get her to shut up sometimes. (meant in the nicest way possible, she talks a lot)
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I still get at least an hour of reading in a day. Its just that my book collection only gets read by me. At least I read my books multiple times so it is not like I buy them, read them, and store them. There are only few books in my collection that have not been read multiple times. I think there is 1 that I never finished because it sucked that much.
Granted my wife is from the Philippines so reading is probably not as easy for her as it is for most of us. English is not her primary language and I don't think Brandon's books come in tagalog.
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And to my good friend Phaz...Hoooow the hell do you have that many copies of these books?!
Mostly to give away or lend out. At any given time I probably have ~30ish copies on my bookshelf. That includes what I consider to be my own copies, those that are signed/numbered/ARCs/etc. Some of those have been read, many haven't. Then I have a stockpile of at least 1-2 of each of his books (in hardcover and paperback) that are just normal copies I can lend out. I tend to have a lot of dinner parties and things where people are over and we start talking about books. It's pretty common for someone to leave with one. Ideally I have a couple free copies of everything but have been getting short on some (like MB1). I don't keep any kind of list (other than mentally) of who has what book or exactly how many copies are out there, but that doesn't bother me. I just tell people to keep them if they want or better yet pass them on to a friend, then I pick up more as needed.
For instance about a year before TGS came out (but everyone knew Brandon was finishing the series) I was traveling and picked up a copy of MB1 for my trip (was doing another reread). I read most it on my trip, and after I got back I was going up the escalator after the tram (At DIA) and a guy noticed my book and said he heard Sanderson was going to finish WoT and was asking how good he was. I told him I loved Sanderson and MB was a great place to start. I ended up just giving him that copy because of how interested he was and knowing I have more at home.
Too me the cost of a book is often much much less than the amount of enjoyment I get from it (especially compared to movies and other forms of entertainment). I'll often just be in a book store and pick up a copy of a book I already have just to have one.
Like for Way of Kings my plan is to preorder one from Sam Wellers (to be sure I get a signed/numbered copy) and make the trip out to Utah for the BYU release (should be possible but there's always a chance I can't make it, hence the other copy). Then I'll probably grab 3 copies off amazon, one to read plus two to lend out, if those two go quick I'll grab one or two more.
A good portion of those books are also from something I did on the site Reddit. I love the community there and wanted to do something nice so I did this (http://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/bq393/hey_bookit_do_any_of_you_like_to_just_relax_and/). From my calculations based on the books I sent out, the people of those that said they had a friend/family member/etc who would read them and the people from the threads or who sent me a message saying they were picking up one of the books because of that, I converted over 100 people to Brandon, and that's just the ones I know about. I got lots of messages from people after they read the books who I'm sure will pass the joy on to their friends. That alone was over 60 copies of his books.
Brandon once compared me to being a drug pusher for his books. I'd say that's pretty accurate. When I find something I love, I share it with as many people as I can (both those I know and those I don't). Books are a big part of that but certainly not the only thing.
I plan on doing a similar thing for WoK when it comes out, and then another for The Name of the Wind a couple months before the sequel for that comes out.
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You all could learn a lesson from Phaz here! Really, in an ideal world, we could all be Phazes (Phazi?) and drug-push Brandon straight to fortune and fame!
I think I'm going to adopt your philosophy. Hope you don't mind.
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In term of the polini debate, c.p. did write decent cliche fantasy. I have read and greatly enjoyed his books. Sanderson is my favorite author and he is much more talented than polini but that does not detract from polini's young accomplishments. I think people should not bash his desire to finish his breakout series without others influence. No one on this forum has made an accomplishment like his and therefor do not have the situational knowledge polini did when deciding to turn down classes.
The fourth book will be released. Polini has stated that he will make the dragon seeries into 4 books. He takes too long to publish but not all can be sandersons.
Also phaz, what is the name of wind
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In term of the polini debate, c.p. did write decent cliche fantasy. I have read and greatly enjoyed his books. Sanderson is my favorite author and he is much more talented than polini but that does not detract from polini's young accomplishments. I think people should not bash his desire to finish his breakout series without others influence. No one on this forum has made an accomplishment like his and therefor do not have the situational knowledge polini did when deciding to turn down classes.
The fourth book will be released. Polini has stated that he will make the dragon seeries into 4 books. He takes too long to publish but not all can be sandersons.
Also phaz, what is the name of wind
I don't think the debate is whether he's a good author or not, but rather whether Brandon's fanbase has enough of the same mentality as the Marines (You know, 'The Few, The Proud?' ) to surpass him.
on another note I'm pretty sure the wind is named Georgiana
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No, they called the wind Moria!
j/k
The Name of the Wind is a fantastic book written by Patrick Rothfuss. Read it. It's like... ...what Harry Potter could have been if he was 300 times more awesome.
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You all could learn a lesson from Phaz here! Really, in an ideal world, we could all be Phazes (Phazi?) and drug-push Brandon straight to fortune and fame!
I think I'm going to adopt your philosophy. Hope you don't mind.
I don't mind, it's all about sharing.
The Name of the Wind is, as someone said, a book by Patrick Rothfuss. It's great. People I recommend books to always finish the ones I recommend and ask for more, that's one I very commonly recommend. People love it, for good reason.
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The Name of the Wind is a great book but he has taken so long to churn out the sequel that I honestly can't recall most of it. Time for a reread before the second books release in March. One of the few books in the 1st person perspective that works for me. Very cool.
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And to my good friend Phaz...Hoooow the hell do you have that many copies of these books?!
Mostly to give away or lend out. At any given time I probably have ~30ish copies on my bookshelf. That includes what I consider to be my own copies, those that are signed/numbered/ARCs/etc. Some of those have been read, many haven't. Then I have a stockpile of at least 1-2 of each of his books (in hardcover and paperback) that are just normal copies I can lend out. I tend to have a lot of dinner parties and things where people are over and we start talking about books. It's pretty common for someone to leave with one. Ideally I have a couple free copies of everything but have been getting short on some (like MB1). I don't keep any kind of list (other than mentally) of who has what book or exactly how many copies are out there, but that doesn't bother me. I just tell people to keep them if they want or better yet pass them on to a friend, then I pick up more as needed.
For instance about a year before TGS came out (but everyone knew Brandon was finishing the series) I was traveling and picked up a copy of MB1 for my trip (was doing another reread). I read most it on my trip, and after I got back I was going up the escalator after the tram (At DIA) and a guy noticed my book and said he heard Sanderson was going to finish WoT and was asking how good he was. I told him I loved Sanderson and MB was a great place to start. I ended up just giving him that copy because of how interested he was and knowing I have more at home.
Too me the cost of a book is often much much less than the amount of enjoyment I get from it (especially compared to movies and other forms of entertainment). I'll often just be in a book store and pick up a copy of a book I already have just to have one.
Like for Way of Kings my plan is to preorder one from Sam Wellers (to be sure I get a signed/numbered copy) and make the trip out to Utah for the BYU release (should be possible but there's always a chance I can't make it, hence the other copy). Then I'll probably grab 3 copies off amazon, one to read plus two to lend out, if those two go quick I'll grab one or two more.
A good portion of those books are also from something I did on the site Reddit. I love the community there and wanted to do something nice so I did this (http://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/bq393/hey_bookit_do_any_of_you_like_to_just_relax_and/). From my calculations based on the books I sent out, the people of those that said they had a friend/family member/etc who would read them and the people from the threads or who sent me a message saying they were picking up one of the books because of that, I converted over 100 people to Brandon, and that's just the ones I know about. I got lots of messages from people after they read the books who I'm sure will pass the joy on to their friends. That alone was over 60 copies of his books.
Brandon once compared me to being a drug pusher for his books. I'd say that's pretty accurate. When I find something I love, I share it with as many people as I can (both those I know and those I don't). Books are a big part of that but certainly not the only thing.
I plan on doing a similar thing for WoK when it comes out, and then another for The Name of the Wind a couple months before the sequel for that comes out.
And thus we see that Phaz has a buttload of expendable income.
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And thus we see that Phaz has a buttload of expendable income.
Books are cheap :)
Lunch costs me more than a paperback. I think of giving a paperback to a friend as not much more than buying them lunch, except the book is typically more filling.
A good number of those are hardcovers as well (the one in the airport was, I almost exclusively read hardcovers, I just like the feel more, it adds to the experience), but with amazon and other online sites those aren't all that expensive.
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Yeah I only buy new hardcover books as well if I have a choice. I started doing that after my first few paperback WoT books fell apart on me :D.
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Yeah I only buy new hardcover books as well if I have a choice. I started doing that after my first few paperback WoT books fell apart on me :D.
Yeah, I'm going to have to rebuy the entire series, mine are falling apart.
I buy paperbacks to lend, and Hardcovers for my personal collection.
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So I've taken my first step down phaz lane - I found out the other night that one of my friends in Maryland is an aspiring science fiction writer, and happened to have a copy of Elantris on me...which I was about 7 chapters in on...so I gave it to him and said I'd pick up another copy of it. Now I just need to, you know, do that.
When I get back I'm gonna build up an arsenal. True story.
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Seeing Brandon reference Dragonball Z on Twitter by calling Paolini Goku due to his incredible ability to eat while being skinny as heck made my day.
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I thought the same thing. Furthermore, seeing Brandon refer to him as charming and articulate both on twitter and in an interview is making it very very difficult for me to cast him in the gloomy light of a rival/antagonist.
...which isn't to say I'm not trying. At least 2 more people are checking out Mistborn on my reccomendation. muahaha