7 things you can do to help.: seanan

7 things you can do to help.

Well, here we are. Late Eclipses [Amazon]|[Mysterious Galaxy] comes out in one week, exactly. If past trends hold true*, people will begin reporting sightings in the wild any day now. This will either cause me to clap my hands, cry, hyperventilate, or all of the above. Safe money is, as always, on "all of the above." And so here are seven things you can do to help with this book release!

7. Talk about the book. Are you excited that it's coming? Awesome. Are you excited about the series as a whole? Awesome. Do you plan to use Late Eclipses to fuel your world-buster canon? Rock on. Word-of-mouth is the best advertising there is.

6. Review the book. Do it on your blog, on Amazon, on Goodreads, wherever you feel comfortable. Reviews help more than almost anything else. (But please, please, do not send me copies of your Amazon reviews. I try to avoid that particular pitcher plant of pain.)

5. Loan copies of Rosemary and Rue to people you think might be interested. The first hit's free!

4. Do not poke at me with sharp, sharp sticks. I am a very thinly-stretched blonde right now, on account of book release and all, and I am neither fast to respond nor particularly well-suited to being jabbed at. Please, be gentle, and understand that right now, you're looking at a longer than normal response time.

3. I love fan mail, and I respond to everything I get, although it can sometimes take a while. Please don't get upset if I don't answer right away.

2. Also? Please don't ask for kitten pictures. Seriously.

1. And the number-one thing you can do to help Late Eclipses have a successful launch is...buy the book. Please, please, buy the book. During the first on-sale week if you possibly can, because that's the week that counts against all the bestseller lists. Making those lists is a long shot, but a girl's gotta dream, right? So if you're planning to buy the book, please, go out and do it. Let's see if we can hit the NYT.

If we do, I promise to faint.

(*Past trends may not hold true. Traditionally, early copies have been spotted at Borders, and I don't know whether Borders will be receiving any shipments of Late Eclipses. I actually dare to hope that my on-sale date may be accurate this time.)

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seanan_mcguire

February 23 2011, 16:21:47 UTC 6 years ago

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As I've noted before, I have no control or information where it comes to the audio books. You would need to contact Brilliance Audio.

mrs_norris_mous

February 23 2011, 16:31:57 UTC 6 years ago

Sorry I hadn't seen an earlier comment on the audio books. Do you get additional revenue if they do make audio books or is it bundled ?

I sent this to consumerhelp@brillianceaudio.com

"I was wondering when Late Eclipses by Sean McGuire will be available. I have to say that the narrator on the previous 3 stories has been excellent."

February 23 2011, 16:32:42 UTC 6 years ago

I get additional revenue, which is probably part of the delay. If the first three haven't sold sufficient copies to justify production costs, Brilliance isn't going to rush to buy the next ones.

February 23 2011, 21:35:47 UTC 6 years ago

I received a reply "

Thank you for contacting AudiobookStand regarding Late Eclipses, currently we do not have that title in our database. I see that the release date is March 1, 2011. I am not sure if/when the audio version will be available. You can periodically check our website www.audiobookstand.com or another good reference is www.amazon.com. "

February 24 2011, 22:01:24 UTC 6 years ago

There you are, then. Best thing to do is express interest, and encourage friends to buy the backlist, to show them there's a demand.

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