Friday before book release: what you can do to help.

[seanan_mcguire]

Thanks to everyone for your kind words and support leading up to the release of Deadline, the second book in the Newsflesh trilogy. I'm both excited and terrified about the idea of this book hitting shelves. I'm also about to go mostly offline—yes, even more than I have been since I left for New York—as I attend Wiscon, in Madison, Wisconsin. So here is the obligatory "ways you can help this be awesome, or at least non-traumatic."

Buy the book.
For bonus points, buy the book on or after Tuesday, when it is officially in stores. Any copies purchased before the release date don't count against my first week numbers, and those are the numbers that get a person onto the New York Times list. I would like to make the print list. I would have it framed, and then carry a picture of the framed list to show to anyone who says that girls don't like zombies. It would be brilliant. So please, buy the book, and if you can make yourself hold out, buy it once it's actually supposed to be on that shelf.

Write a review.
Amazon, Good Reads, your own personal blog, wherever. Word of mouth counts for a lot, especially during release week, and having reviews reminds people that a thing is worth reviewing, if that makes sense. I'm not saying "only post good reviews," because dude. But any review would be awesome.

Check your local library.
Most library systems allow you to request that they carry books. This is one of them.

Rise up while you can.
We only fail if we're afraid.

Comments

[danea.livejournal.com]

I was thinking that pre-ordering through a retailer that ships to arrive on release day would count towards those first week numbers, since they don't charge me until that week. If that's not the case, it looks like I still have time to cancel that order and buy when it's officially available.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

They do count toward first-week numbers; it's stores that put things out early that cause problems.

[flitterkit.livejournal.com]

according to my local bookstore, they don't get sales numbers from him in any way (he's tiny) and he can't see that it will "count" in any way other than when HE orders it from the publisher for me (essentially a preorder) so I am a bit confused. He agreed to run the sale (cash) tomorrow anyway, just in case.