Mistborn Signing

[Bookstore Guy]

Well EUOL, should we mention details for the signing that you will be doing in July at my Waldens in Provo?

[Spriggan]

Hey wow, look at that another thread about this only a half a page down!  Way to Read!

http://www.timewastersguide.com/boards/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=brandon;action=display;num=1147930462

[stacer]

Usually best not to treat people who want to promote your (relative's) books in such a way.

[Bookstore Guy]

my apologies - i thought that a new thread that would have actual dates, times, and real info would be good.  I figured some people would want to know the info.  Excuse my ignorance.

[EUOL]

Yeah, Sprig, back off.  

[Spriggan]

my apologies - i thought that a new thread that would have actual dates, times, and real info would be good.  I figured some people would want to know the info.  Excuse my ignorance.

Your excused, next time if there's already a thread about the topic on page one post there, I don't like clutter threads.  People are smart enough to scroll to the bottom of a thread to read your comments.

[Bookstore Guy]

no worries, i understand.  I was in a hurry to get to work to get people to reserve copies of Mistborn, so I should have looked better.

Anyways, here are some fun facts:

As of close today we have sold nearly 50 Elantris MM (mass market paper-back).

In one week we have have 51 reservations for Mistborn: The Final Empire...only 25 copies less than we sold of the Elantris HB on Black Friday.

Imagine how many we will reserve over the next 3 weeks before we have to turn in the order to Tor for the July 22nd signing.

Signing info:

Mistborn National Release July 22nd @ 5pm-Brandon's hand cramping up.  Brandon will be doing a reading, a Q&A, a special numbering of the signed books for this release.  A discout will be offered on the book.  We also have a ton of other stuff that we are finalizing.  To get the book it is recommended you pre-order it so that we can give accurate numbers to Tor and so the Brandon can salivate on the fun he will have with the mobs of people.  Reservation list closes July 8th.

Any q's?

[fuzzyoctopus]

For those of us out of state - Should I just buy a copy at my local BN here, and then post it out to you to be signed, or did anyone have different ideas?  I must make sure I keep up on my first edition signed hardbacks.

(I'm voting for the first option only because I have $16 or so in store credit from BN, which will help me justify this purchase on my "oh, mercy how will we afford gas" budget)

[stacer]

That's a good question, and I'm interested in the answer, too. I won't be at WorldCon get one like last year, but if you're going to WFC and I end up going, I could get one there, or we could do the mail thing.

Also, I have vacation coming up and I'll try to read Mistborn 3 sometime during then, but we'll see what else I've got going on. It's still on the radar, though.

[Bookstore Guy]

I'll leave that up to Brandon to decide on that topic.  It may be tricky to to that with our signing since its before the nation-wide release and no one else can legally sell it before the 25th of July except the Provo, UT Waldenbooks.

Maybe others have some suggestions...

[EUOL]

Fuzzy,

I'd be happy to sign a book for you.  You could:

A)  Send money to someone out here (preferably not me--it would be better to not have to worry about another thing that day) and have them buy you one at the pre-release.  That way, you might be able to get one of the numbered copies.

2) Buy it from Amazon and have it shipped directly to me.  Then, send me a check for postage, and I'll send the book back.

III) Just send a copy whenever, along with postage, and I'll send it back.  

[Peter Ahlstrom]

Brandon, you still have a numbered copy of Elantris for me, right? You didn't bring it with you when you came down to Torrance.

So for Mistborn you're not numbering any before this signing?

[Spriggan]

EUOL told me last night he would number before the signing but it would be hard to find a copy of mistborn before the 25th.  He also said he wouldn't be holding numbers for people like he did with Elantris, so pretty much unless you goto the stupid book signing you don't get a numbered copy.

[EUOL]

Sprig, I think I need to stick to what I've said.  Last time, I held books for people, and it became a real pain.  EVERYBODY wanted me to hold numbers for them, which meant I either had to:

A) Skip numbers, then remember which ones I skipped and get them later.  
B) Sign my own books, then trade them for unsigned versions when I finally managed to meet up with the people I was holding them for.  (This is what I did.  Yes, Ookla, I've still got yours here somewhere!  And one for Izzy too.)

This was far too complicated.  Right now, I'm simply going to number books as they come to me.  That's the only way I can think to do this.  That means numbering the first fifty people who put books in my hands, no matter who they are.  

Maybe some bookstores will put them on the shelves before the 22nd.  Or, maybe my copies will come early.  If they do, I'll go ahead and sell them for the price that they'll be sold at the Waldenbooks signing (then sign and number them) then replace them when I go to Waldenbooks.  

However, if you want a numbered copy, chances are pretty good that you'll have to get one at the signing.

[Peter Ahlstrom]

You have to start being practical sometime, and your second book might as well be that time.