Auctions from Doodled Books



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Normally I like to wait at least a day between posts here on the blog so that one post doesn’t accidentally bury another.

Fair warning, I’m breaking that rule today. That means if you’re not careful you might miss yesterday’s post that shows all the lovely books my UK publisher donated.

Okay. On to the new stuff. The time-sensitive stuff, we’ve got some auctions and they’ve only got five days left….

Last year when we ran the fundraiser, we had a few donations outside the realm of the free book.

My thought is this, everyone likes winning a free book. Even if it’s not a book you’d ordinarily read, it’s still nice to have. Maybe you try something new and expand your horizons a little. You can give it to a friend, donate it to the library, or sell it on e-bay. If nothing else, you can just put it on a prominent shelf so the world will think you look one book smarter.

But other donations aren’t as universally cool. Manuscripts, for example. If you’re a collector, or a huge fan of the author, odds are you’d love Love LOVE to have one. But if you aren’t one of those things, winning a manuscript is going to leave you with a profound “meh” feeling.

Last year I just threw everything into the lottery because I didn’t have time to figure out anything better. But this year I’ve decided to try a few auctions to see how they work out. Claire Main who runs Doodled Books over in the UK is handling the auctions for me, so I have one less thing to worry about.

This first batch of auctions will be some rare manuscripts and books. In a little while we’ll be posting up some specialized services, like getting your own manuscript read and critiqued by industry professionals.

I’m mostly going to be putting up links and some very brief descriptions here. More detailed information and more pictures are available over on e-bay.

Keep in mind that the auction prices are all in pounds
, since Doodled books is based in England.

  • An amazing signed original manuscript from Katharine Kerr. The Black Raven, a Deverry novel.



Katharine has already donated some lovely books to the fundraiser, but this is a real treat: the original editorial manuscript of The Black Raven. As you can see if you click on any of the above pages, it’s full of the original copyedits, notes and changes.

There’s only one of these in existence, folks.

To bid and see more pictures you can head over to the auction HERE.


This story has only been e-published so far, and it hasn’t been collected into a print volume yet. So a print copy, let alone a signed one, is a bit of a rarity.

A great gift for the Star Wars geek in your life, you can see more pictures and bid on it HERE.


Thanks again to John for donating another signed manuscript copy of one of his Lost Tribe of the Sith stories. Remember, these have only been e-published so far, so a signed print copy is a bit of a rarity.

A great gift for the Star Wars geek in your life, you can see more pictures and bid on it HERE.

  • A signed hardcover of the illustrated Finnish version of George RR Martin’s A Game Of Thrones. Signed by the Author.



When I was out at Worldcon this year, I ran into my Finnish publisher and we started to talk about my plans for the upcoming fundraiser. They were nice enough to donate one of their new illustrated copies of Martin’s A Game of Thrones. And even tracked him down to get him to sign it.

Just to be clear, this book is in Finnish. But on the plus side, it has some really cool pictures. So even if you can’t read it, you can still enjoy it.

For more pictures or to bid in the auction, click HERE.

  • Signed manuscript collection of four Booth stories by Sarah Monette.


These are signed manuscript copies of the four published but uncollected Booth stories by Sarah Monette, including The Replacement. If you’re a fan of her books and haven’t had a chance to get hold of these stories yet, you’ve got a rare chance here.

For more details and pictures, you can head over HERE.

(Click to Embiggen and read Kristen’s note yourself.)

Kristen describes the page thusly:

One handwritten, messy, doodled-upon page of draft from the manuscript of Green Rider #4: Blackveil, by Kristen Britain.

Will this snippet of timeless prose make it into the final book? That’s up to the Great Editor. In the meantime, enjoy a sneak preview, *if* you’re the highest bidder.

Link to the ebay auction is HERE.

The clock is ticking on all these auctions, folks. So if you know of anyone that might be interested I’d tell them soon. By next Thursday it will be too late.

If you want to head back to the main Worldbuilders page, click HERE.

As always, with special thanks to our sponsor, Subterranean Press.

(I’m proud I haven’t misspelled Subterranean yet. It’s a tricky word.)

This entry was posted in Subterranean Press, Worldbuilders 2009By Pat16 Responses

16 Comments

  1. Jamie
    Posted December 11, 2009 at 7:13 PM | Permalink

    Just donated Pat!

    Read The Name of the Wind for the first time this fall and absolutely loved it. My wife picked it up this month and is about 3/4 through and can’t wait for the next.

    Beyond that, it is awesome to see others contributing to something like this. Keep it up!

  2. Darb07
    Posted December 11, 2009 at 7:23 PM | Permalink

    Call me obssesed or call me bored at work but I jump to your blog about 4 times a day. Finally payed off today!! :)

  3. Anonymous
    Posted December 11, 2009 at 7:25 PM | Permalink

    I WANT THAT KRISTEN BRITIAN PAGE!!… and that came just when I was asking about the auction too XP

  4. franti
    Posted December 11, 2009 at 8:29 PM | Permalink

    OMG I MUST have the Finnish version of Game of Thrones. I will pull Littlefinger level shit to get my hands on that.

  5. Emily
    Posted December 11, 2009 at 8:39 PM | Permalink

    I have been waiting, what seems like FOREVER, for Kristen Britain to put out another book. She makes your reticence in publishing look minimal. I started reading her books around ten to eleven years ago I think? And I have dutifully bought each new one every four to five years. So honestly, please do not copy her! They are wonderful when I read them, but waiting that long for each book is heart wrenching. I am almost willing to bid to read probably less than one page typed of the book. I mean its for charity so it would be worth it, but something in my soul says that buying that one sheet of paper would drive me crazy for the next two years before the book comes out. In essence:

    Dear Kristen,
    Please finish the series. :)
    A Devoted Fan.

    Patrick take all the time you need (WITHING REASON) I have learned how to wait.

  6. educatedpony
    Posted December 12, 2009 at 3:50 AM | Permalink

    how come the finns get to have a cool game of thrones cover with a wolf and red leaves that looks like those new penguin classics they’re putting out? when for so long all we had was that horrible jon snow cover…AND it’s illustrated? LOOKIT those maps!

    c’mon.

    that’s worth some $$$

  7. Jack
    Posted December 12, 2009 at 12:00 PM | Permalink

    Sorry for going off topic here, but I have just finished The Name of the wind, great story mate, I haven’t read such a good fantasy book in ages. Somewhere in the middle I realised that it’s just impossible to finish Kvothe’s story in one book. I looked through the Internet and found your blog, I know that You are bothered with that question more than once an hour, but I just wanted to know when is the rest of Kingkillers chronicle coming out and what is the name of it? All the best, and godspeed in Your journeys, warm regards from Northern Ireland, Jack

  8. kristenbritain
    Posted December 12, 2009 at 4:12 PM | Permalink

    Emily: I’m working on it, I’m working on it! I hate that it’s all so slow, too, but thank you for sticking with my books. Thanks also to anyone who donates to the fundraiser. It’s pretty cool!!

  9. Matt Lyons
    Posted December 12, 2009 at 7:47 PM | Permalink

    Wows. Kristen Britain posted in this talkback. That’s kind of crazy.

    Love your work Kristen!

  10. kristenbritain
    Posted December 12, 2009 at 10:57 PM | Permalink

    Thanks, Matt. :)

  11. Vae
    Posted December 13, 2009 at 12:42 AM | Permalink

    very cool stuff, Pat. All those manuscripts – awesome! And that illustrated version in Finnish of Game of Thrones, that’s just wonderful! Are any of your books going to be fully illustrated? (I mean of the Kingkiller Chronicles, not the new one)

  12. Vae
    Posted December 13, 2009 at 12:45 AM | Permalink

    also: So, Kristen, would it be safe to say that you will be a regular poster here along with the rest of us now? :) Cause, really, that’d be so cool.

  13. Anonymous
    Posted December 13, 2009 at 5:48 PM | Permalink

    Just the other day I went and looked at the auctions. there was a signed author’s copy of The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson up there.

    Where did that disappear to? Is it no longer being Auctioned?

  14. kristenbritain
    Posted December 14, 2009 at 1:29 AM | Permalink

    Vae: Sorry to say I’m generally a hermit online and off, but it’s been nice to say hi!

  15. Jarred
    Posted December 14, 2009 at 5:27 PM | Permalink

    So, why did the auction for the copy of Stardust end early? I was really hoping to give a really kick-but xmas gift to my best friend?

  16. Posted April 15, 2010 at 8:55 AM | Permalink

    nice post. thanks.

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