Timewaster's Guide Archive

I got mine yesterday...yay!  Like Inkthinker said, it's not the highest quality of book, although it's clean and sharp looking, it's not as solid as a hardback.  But the whole idea of getting it early is way cool and it is a collector's item.  Proof that you got the early batch.  I found some of the cover markings interesting, such as "Uncorrected Advance Reading Copy - Not For Sale"  as well as the Marking Plans information on the back cover, as well as future ordering info that book stores will be able to use to get displays, etc.  Just another side of the industry that you never get to see up front. 

I've always liked "backlot tours" almost as much as the actual production (what I wouldn't give to be on the set of Survivor without having to actually be on the show!)  To me, this is a small "backlot tour" into the book marketing industry.  And now I have my souvenir for the trip!

Currently devouring...will bring my copy to the book signing. 

Hopefully the store won't have too long of a line.

Are you kidding?  It's BYU...nobody goes to sleep early there...(I remember grocery shopping at 1:00 a.m.).   Odds are, if there's a light on, there'll be plenty of people there.  Once they realize they can't buy candy in the store, though, they'll go home.

I saw somewhere else that the last signing only ran until 3:00, though, and that was WoT, so you're probably okay.

I'm one of those that definitely reads the reviews...even for the authors that I love to death.  I use them to help get me in the mood to plow through the book, and to get excited about what's coming.  If it's an author that I've never read before, the reviews (and sometimes who wrote them) are critical to my buying the book.

With Brandon Sanderson, my brother was the first review that I got, and I bought everything he had published after that (there's no fail in buying a Brandon Sanderson book).  Now I'm waiting for the first moment that each new book comes out, and gnawing on the short stories and blogs on his website in the meantime.  I can't wait until he's done with the WOT books so that he can go full time on his own series.  I've even gotten to read an advance copy of one of his books that won't be published for some time, probably...not sure if that was a good idea, since I LOVE the story and it's gonna kill me waiting for it to get published.  I read Warbreaker on line twice and then bought it immediately when it came out.

Now, I'm the happy winner of an ARC...to the dismay of my brother who is a die-hard Brandon Sanderson fan.  He flipped out that I "scooped" him on this one.  He was already planning on being at the midnight signing for the release.

Okay, now the suspense is killing me waiting for that ARC to show up...Mr. Postman, WHERE ARE YOU?