Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: ecstatic
  • Music: Alleluia!, "Shovel and Bone."

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a...teddy bear?!

It is with absolute joy and no small amount of confusion that I make the following announcement:

Velveteen vs. The Seasons is under discussion to be released this coming Memorial Day weekend at Marcon in Columbus, Ohio. Like the first two volumes, it will be a hardcover from ISFiC Press. It will include all the stories released after the end of volume two (and possibly a few that I haven't had the chance to post yet, depending on how my schedule shakes out).

Action! Adventure! Punching things! Vel having a really, really lousy time! Honestly, I can't wait.

This does, however, bring us to a point of administrative order: my contract terms with ISFiC are for two year periods. This means that at the end of this month, the first two Velveteen volumes will no longer be available for purchase in eBook form. The physical books will remain available until they sell out, and the stories will remain available for free on this blog, but the collected eBooks? Gone. So get 'em now or get 'em never.

I am so thrilled to know that Vel's next big adventure is going to be a book, and I think you're really going to like where things go. My bunny-girl sure did make it a lot farther than I ever thought she would.

For justice!

FOR CAKE!
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greyduck

December 22 2015, 18:52:44 UTC 1 year ago

Thank you! Great news! Fukkinawesome times eleventy!

Also, thanks for the reminder. Somehow I didn't go get the 2nd volume eBook like I thought I had, for some reason. It's been re-added to my Wunderlist reminder thingy.

seanan_mcguire

December 22 2015, 18:53:42 UTC 1 year ago

I know I'm going to get hammered with people who didn't buy the eBooks and can't understand why they've gone away, so I'm hoping this can leaven that a little.

hsb

1 year ago

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jenfullmoon

1 year ago

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bogo_lode

December 22 2015, 19:11:55 UTC 1 year ago

does this mean the third book will be solely in hardcover/hardcopy as well?

seanan_mcguire

December 22 2015, 19:59:46 UTC 1 year ago

There will be an eBook, following the exact same terms (two years on-sale) as the first two.

marziek

1 year ago

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reedrover

December 22 2015, 19:41:16 UTC 1 year ago

Congratulations! Just more proof of your awesomeness.

Also, just for myself, I'm glad that yet another of your stories/series will continue to be out in dead tree! Dead trees are easier to loan out and give away.

seanan_mcguire

December 26 2015, 17:16:09 UTC 1 year ago

Yes!

notalwaysweak

December 22 2015, 19:43:34 UTC 1 year ago

Awesome! I'm so happy for you/about this; the hardcovers are really lovely editions.

seanan_mcguire

December 26 2015, 17:16:21 UTC 1 year ago

I adore them.

anne_d

December 22 2015, 19:59:07 UTC 1 year ago

Congratulations! Yay!

seanan_mcguire

December 26 2015, 17:16:30 UTC 1 year ago

Glee.

linenoise

December 22 2015, 20:25:37 UTC 1 year ago

Oh, look! A birthday present for my birthday!! Wheeeee, more Vel! (It's actually a couple of weeks early for my birthday, but close enough.)

seanan_mcguire

December 26 2015, 17:16:53 UTC 1 year ago

Unless you're going to be at Marcon, you'll probably get the book around your birthday...

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martianmooncrab

December 22 2015, 20:50:34 UTC 1 year ago

definately for the CAKE!

and it will look sooooo pretty next to the first two volumes too..

seanan_mcguire

December 26 2015, 17:17:16 UTC 1 year ago

Yesssss.

bookblather

December 22 2015, 21:04:10 UTC 1 year ago

That is fantastic! Congratulations!

seanan_mcguire

December 26 2015, 17:17:29 UTC 1 year ago

I am thrilled.

taylweaver

December 22 2015, 21:15:37 UTC 1 year ago Edited:  December 22 2015, 21:16:45 UTC

Hooray! As someone who's not so into reading stories on websites, I've been hoping that the next batch of Velveteen would make it into print. So glad to hear that it looks like that will be happening.

seanan_mcguire

December 26 2015, 17:17:39 UTC 1 year ago

Yes!

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seanan_mcguire

December 26 2015, 17:17:50 UTC 1 year ago

Glee!

filkferengi

December 22 2015, 22:34:40 UTC 1 year ago

Woo-hoo! Colossal kudzu congratulations!

seanan_mcguire

December 26 2015, 17:18:00 UTC 1 year ago

It gets EVERYWHERE.

filkferengi

1 year ago

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rono_60103

December 22 2015, 23:18:39 UTC 1 year ago

Great. I'm so behind in my reading of online (and offline) fiction, a hard-cover would be welcome.

And, as a former Chicago area fan, I cannot complain about more good books from ISFiC Press.

seanan_mcguire

December 26 2015, 17:18:13 UTC 1 year ago

I know, right?

liddle_oldman

December 22 2015, 23:54:00 UTC 1 year ago

*excited man squee*

seanan_mcguire

December 26 2015, 17:18:21 UTC 1 year ago

Hee.

anna_en_route

December 23 2015, 00:53:33 UTC 1 year ago

Congratulations!

Fingers crossed for an audiobook (the first 2 Velveteen audiobooks are constant relistens of mine)

seanan_mcguire

December 26 2015, 17:18:53 UTC 1 year ago

I don't know if there will be; the original audiobook release was a surprise (they offered, I accepted, but whoa, not something I expected).

umadoshi

December 23 2015, 02:30:37 UTC 1 year ago

Velveteen!!!!! *^^* So exciting!

seanan_mcguire

December 26 2015, 17:19:10 UTC 1 year ago

Yes!

acf151

December 23 2015, 03:17:08 UTC 1 year ago

Thank you for the heads up! I've got them, thankfully. What about the audiobooks?

Awesome, well rounded characters

acf151

December 23 2015, 03:30:01 UTC 1 year ago

Ma'am, You write well-rounded, thought out, flawed, strong, irritable, powerful, kind, weak, interesting, multi-note female and male characters. You are known for this. You are a talented enough writer, that it really doesn't matter which universe you're writing in or under what name; your readers know that they will find an interesting story chock full of imagination and human (sometimes literally) characters that can be understood and empathized with.

You don't need to be surprised how well they do, how far they go, or how many people they relate to. That happens because of how good at communicating and explaining these people you are. They all go far.

Anyway. Thank you for your stories and characters. Merry Christmas and Happy Yule.

seanan_mcguire

1 year ago

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Claus Hetzer

December 23 2015, 03:43:54 UTC 1 year ago

Ooo, time to add to the set :-). Will the hardcover be available through Borderlands?

seanan_mcguire

December 26 2015, 17:19:45 UTC 1 year ago

It will!

offcntr

December 23 2015, 07:06:35 UTC 1 year ago

Hooray! Saving space on my Kindle for volume 3...

seanan_mcguire

December 26 2015, 17:19:55 UTC 1 year ago

Glee.

kitan

December 23 2015, 09:34:48 UTC 1 year ago

Yeep! Should have refreshed this before I spent my gift card. Scampering!

seanan_mcguire

December 26 2015, 17:20:13 UTC 1 year ago

Woot!

James B Franks

December 23 2015, 13:37:07 UTC 1 year ago

But won't you still be able to get the books directly from http://www.isficpress.com/ ?

seanan_mcguire

December 26 2015, 17:20:49 UTC 1 year ago

You will be able to get the physical books from ISFiC. You will not be able to purchase eBooks.

hawkwolf

December 23 2015, 19:01:56 UTC 1 year ago

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Do you know if there'll be an audio book version yet? I mean, I'll get the hardcover (and have to find a way to get to another appearance of yours to get it signed) but I have the other two on audio and I enjoy having sets.

seanan_mcguire

December 26 2015, 17:21:12 UTC 1 year ago

It will be a long time before I know whether there might be an audio book.

grenacia

December 24 2015, 01:28:56 UTC 1 year ago

I'm so glad Velveteen continues to get properly published in book form! I have the first 2 ebooks, and will get the third when available.

seanan_mcguire

December 26 2015, 17:21:22 UTC 1 year ago

Yay!