worriedBuy 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.
May 28 2011, 16:12:44 UTC 6 years ago
I bought Feed for my kindle. I have not even finished it yet (my kindle tells me I am 73% of the way through) but I like it so much that I had to find out if Mira Grant had written any other books because I knew I wanted to read more of her stuff. I was surprised to find that Feed appeared to be a first novel -- a quick google told me you were really Seanan McGuire and you write urban fantasy under that name. This is wonderful news for me; I've found a new writer with several books available and more in the pipeline.
But as I said, I had thought that pre-ordering was helpful. I have pre-ordered at least four novels that will be coming out this summer. I suppose it makes not a bit of difference to George R.R. Martin, but the other authors I have pre-ordered are not yet at his level of sales volume. So is it better to order on the first day or better to pre-order. (Note that there are other benefits to pre-ordering -- one important one is that if I have already ordered the book, I need not worry that it will slip my mind.)
I certainly can see the value of best-seller list rankings, so instead of pre-ordering Deadline I'll wait until Tuesday and I'll order hard copy instead of kindle. (I would have ordered hard copy anyway -- I have been telling my wife how much I have been enjoying Feed and she wants to read it, which means she will need to borrow my kindle, so it will be more convenient to have Deadline in hard copy, especially if she enjoys Feed as much as I think she will and thus will also want to read Deadline.)
May 29 2011, 20:08:39 UTC 6 years ago
The best is to get a physical copy. In the store is better in some ways, since that means the store orders more, but any physical copy will do.