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seanan_mcguire ([personal profile] seanan_mcguire) wrote2011-08-01 07:40 am

When will you rise? COUNTDOWN available now.

Some of you may remember that I did a series of blog posts "counting down" to the release of Deadline, chronicling the days leading up to the Rising of 2014. Some of you may remember asking me whether there would ever be a collected edition. And, well. Some of you may remember getting my standard "I can't say anything right now" reply of "LOOK! A BUNNY!"

Well, look. A bunny. Or more specifically, look, Countdown: A Newsflesh Novella now available for your e-reading pleasure! Countdown retails for $2.99, and is an awesome opportunity to have more Kellis-Amberlee goodness for your very own.

Click here to go to the official Orbit Short Fiction page for Countdown.
Click here to go to Amazon, and the Kindle store.
Click here to go to Barnes and Noble, and the Nook store.
Click here to go to the iBook store.

Now, some people will doubtless ask why they should pay for this when they can (and possibly have) read it for free on my blog. They may not ask me directly, 'cause we're normally more civil than that around here, but I'm going to answer anyway. There are four really good reasons.

1. This is a professionally formatted file, with all thirty days in the same place. No clicking, scrolling, or getting lost in my occasionally quixotic tag system. Basically, it's three dollars for total convenience.

2. I said a few times while writing the original series of posts that errors would creep in because writing live left me no time to go back and revise. Well, the luxury of Countdown becoming something I was paid for allowed me to go back, edit, adjust, and correct a lot of things, some little, some big. It also got a pass through the Machete Squad, making it a much higher-quality work.

3. The novella I want to do next year for Blackout is much larger and more ambitious, and it's really going to need those editorial revisions to be as good as I want it to be. The sales of Countdown will encourage Orbit to buy The Rising 2014: The Last Stand and Final Fall of the California Browncoats.

4. My cats like to eat. My cats like to eat a lot. My cats will, eventually, if unfed, eat me. If the cats eat me, I stop writing. If I stop writing, everyone will be sad. Except for me, as I will have been eaten. Buying Countdown helps me shove gooshy food into the fluffy monsters, and allows me to remain uneaten.

Countdown!

(If you have links to other ebook stores, please kick them over, and I'll add them.)

[identity profile] ladymurmur.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks to the wonder of pre-orders, I found Countdown magically on my kindle this morning! :-)

Because Seanan remaining uneaten is a good thing, and gooshy food costs $$. I do not want to be sad!

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Hooray!

[identity profile] sparrowpunk.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not available to the UK, otherwise I would be all over it with high pitched cries of glee, never mind the next novella, which would also make me squeak :P I would like to feed your cats but I will have to wait until the next Toby book, when I get sick of waiting for my pre-order and go hunting for a paper copy, sorry :/

[identity profile] aliciaaudrey.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Nook link!

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/countdown-mira-grant/1102789686

[identity profile] aliciaaudrey.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I have done my part to ensure Thomas grows big enough to be used as a mode of transportation.
deakat: (bunny)

[personal profile] deakat 2011-08-01 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Not available in Canada yet, but I'm sure it will get here eventually.

Novella? Novella! You are the best Seanan ever!

[identity profile] bzarcher.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
It's up on iBooks now, too!

[identity profile] fleetfootmike.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Not available on iBooks store for ipad yet, though Feed and Deadline are.

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
The Orbit short fiction program isn't available in the UK yet, which makes me sad. But the audio edition will be available in the UK, which makes me happy.

There's no need to be sorry over regional issues.

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you have a link?

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Noted.

[identity profile] tereshkova2001.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Dear Orbit, please pretty please with cherries and chocolate syrup on top publish the Browncoat story. I have wanted to read that since I first heard that the Rising went down at SDCC.

I downloaded Countdown and your other short story they have as well. Mmm, apocalyptic.

[identity profile] sparrowpunk.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Audio also makes me excited :) I can get my zombie fix while knitting.

Cats don't understand regional differences though (judging by mine anyway) and I would like them to not eat you :P

[identity profile] guinwhyte.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I had pre-ordered it, and then totally blanked on the date it was coming out, so I had a moment of "wait, what is Amazon charging me for now?" this morning until I saw the story title in the email. :D Always happy to contribute to the gooshy food fund and (crossing fingers) encouraging the publisher to purchase more Newsflesh goodness.

[identity profile] bzarcher.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Finally figured out how to get it - they make it a real pain.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/countdown/id449734449?mt=11

[identity profile] keristor.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! Ah, I was going to ask about it being Kindle only, but I see it is now edited to include the B&N Nook (ePub), so I can get that. Thanks...

[identity profile] jennygriffee.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome! And thanks to having a little store credit left at Amazon, I just snagged it over there....

[identity profile] geojlc.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)

And what a fine, fine bunny it is! Congrats and thanks again!

[identity profile] katiebabs.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
New cat food on the market: Gooshy Seanan McGuire. It's nomtastic.

[identity profile] janetmiles.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, yay! ePub version! I shall buy it for my Sony tonight!

[identity profile] trektone.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! Although I'm not an e-book kinda guy I'm very happy this compilation exists.

[identity profile] spectralbovine.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Niftykeen!! Also, if I recall, I think the ebook version has some material that wasn't posted online. I definitely remember reading things I hadn't seen before, even for days I'd already read. So that's five reasons!

I told someone at Comic-Con about the "Rising at Comic-Con" story. He was all fed-up with zombies, but I still pushed Feed on him.

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