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

[loki-dip.livejournal.com]

I do freelance catering with 12 hour shifts right now. You get ten minutes to sit down which is not enough to read. :( But I will get there. Want to enjoy it. :) But you're right - she is addictive. Read Feed on the way back from SDCC last year. Good use of a 16 hour flight!

It is fun. You can start conversations with 'the time we skinned a human leg.' (And then had to put it in a bin to walk it through a hospital ;p)

That sounds potentially longwinded! What are you translating it to/from?

[baby-werewolf.livejournal.com]

It's the last of my Japanese set texts for this year's exams. So, Japanese to English. Repeatedly, with grammatical commentary :p

[loki-dip.livejournal.com]

Eek. That sounds terrifying. But then I'm not so good with languages. Give me sciences anyday. Though it does mean I'm spending three days a week battling Oxford traffic to get my project done.

Good luck with the exams though!