Okay. I’ve got some important news about the upcoming signing tour for The Wise Man’s Fear. (Especially the San Francisco event.)
But first I need to you take a look at this:
That’s a screenshot of the product details on the Amazon page for The Wise Man’s Fear.
It doesn’t look like a lot at first, but there’s a cool piece of info there.
No, I’m not referring to the mammoth listing of 1008 pages. (Which isn’t true, anyway. The book is actually a mere 992 pages.)
Neither am I attempting to draw your attention to the fact that it’s coming out on March 1st. (Which is pretty cool in its own right.)
No. I’m referring to that bit at the bottom. Where it points out that right now, the sales rank of The Wise Man’s Fear is #8.
That means out of all the books on Amazon right now, only seven other books are doing better than mine.
Here’s a picture of Amazon’s top 10 list:
Yeah! Suck it, Rumsfeld! And you up there! Yeah you, arty-looking book with the parasol! I’m coming for you next!
Okay. Enough of that. Now some serious business.
Today I was hoping to post up the FAQ that would answer (most) everyone’s questions about the upcoming tour.
Unfortunately, on Monday I was brought low by a bout of food poisoning. I won’t trouble you with the details. But suffice to say that I was brought very low. Very. VENI VIDI VOMI.
So today, I’m just going to give one urgent update and one strong piece of advice.
The Urgent Update:
If you’re planning on attending my reading in San Francisco on March 3rd, you’ll want to e-mail them right away and reserve your seat.
You need to drop an e-mail to [email protected] telling them you’d like to attend. Give your full name. They’ll bounce you back an e-mail confirming that you’ll be able to get inside, and that e-mail will effectively serve as your ticket to get in the door.
Now if you don’t really care about the reading and all you really want is to get your book signed, you don’t need to drop them an e-mail. In that case, you can just show up the address around 9:00 instead of 7:00. Borderlands bookstore will be there at the theater, selling books, and I’ll be there, signing them. No ticket required.
The Strong Piece of Advice:
A lot of people have e-mailed me, asking if there are any particular rules for attending my signings. They wonder if they need tickets to attend, or if they need to call ahead to the bookstores to make sure there will be X copies available for them when they show up.
Here’s the simple answer. I honestly don’t know. Each bookstore does things a little differently.
I do know three things though.
1. Generally speaking, it’s considered polite to buy a book at the place that’s hosting the event.
2. Generally speaking, bookstores love it when people pre-order books.
3. It’s probably safer to call the store and see what their plans are for the signing, rather than be caught by surprise the day of the event.
So here’s my advice.
If you go over here to the Tour Page, you’ll see I’ve added phone numbers for all the bookstores on the tour.
So, if you’re planning on driving three hours to come to my signing in City X, you might want to give them a ring and make sure you don’t need to reserve a seat first. Even if you know you’ll be able to get a seat, it might not hurt to call and see if they’ll reserve you a book.
That way, not only will you have a better idea what to expect when you show up to the bookstore. But depending on how many call to ask about the event, the bookstore will have a better idea of what to expect in terms of attendance.
You see? Everyone wins.
Just in case you missed it, here’s the link to the tour page with the phone numbers again.
Share and Enjoy,
pat
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