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pameladean ([personal profile] pameladean) wrote2015-05-12 12:48 pm

It's here, it's here! (Points of Departure)

Points of Departure, Pat Wrede's and my Liavek collection, comprising all of our original Liavek stories plus a new one from Pat and a new collaboration from both of us, is officially out! Or, as the kids apparently say these days, Live for Sale! If you have already pre-ordered, you should be seeing your book soon. If you haven't but want the book, here's the link to the Diversion Books page, which in turn contains links to other retailers:

https://ganxy.com/i/102292

If you want a paper book rather than an e-book, both Barnes and Noble and Amazon can oblige you with one.

I am seriously impressed and deeply pleased with Diversion Books, which did a stupendous job at every stage.

ETA: In comments, Brooks says that his local independent bookstore is able to order it for him, so if you prefer to support local independent stores, ask them about it.

This is my first publication since 2008, which should give me pause for serious reflection; but, on beginning to reflect, I think I'll go clean the bathroom instead.

Pamela

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2015-05-12 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Many congratulations!

(And it's the threat of reflection that gets me doing things like bathroom cleaning, too)

[identity profile] inlaterdays.livejournal.com 2015-05-12 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Hooray hooray hooray! And congratulations!
brooksmoses: (Main)

[personal profile] brooksmoses 2015-05-12 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! And it looks like my local indie bookstore can order it for me, too, so I've asked them to do so.
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[identity profile] oursin.livejournal.com 2015-05-12 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Mine arrived this morning!

[identity profile] mrissa.livejournal.com 2015-05-12 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
So very pleased.

[identity profile] lblanchard.livejournal.com 2015-05-12 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I find some of my best reflections occur while cleaning bathrooms, folding laundry, etc.

[identity profile] lblanchard.livejournal.com 2015-05-12 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Also, congratulations!

[identity profile] evelyn-b.livejournal.com 2015-05-12 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations and yay!

[identity profile] alecaustin.livejournal.com 2015-05-12 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm told my copy should show up tomorrow. Looking forward to it!
thinkum: (woot!)

[personal profile] thinkum 2015-05-12 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
YAY! I've had it on order from Amazon for a bit; they're currently promising to deliver it tomorrow. J and I are both looking forward to it! :-)

[identity profile] davidgoldfarb.livejournal.com 2015-05-12 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Bought.

(I love e-books: instant gratification, and they don't take up shelf space.)

[identity profile] sartorias.livejournal.com 2015-05-13 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, wow! Going to order right now!

[identity profile] sartorias.livejournal.com 2015-05-13 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I am very sure it will! :-)

[identity profile] biblio-tech.livejournal.com 2015-05-13 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
I got mine! Looking forward to spending time with it!

[identity profile] seekerval.livejournal.com 2015-05-13 12:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Congrats, Pamela! Getting the bathroom cleaned is always an important accomplishment.

Yes, of course I really mean Congrats on the publication of your latest book. But you knew that... ;-}

[identity profile] seekerval.livejournal.com 2015-05-13 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
;~)

[identity profile] papersky.livejournal.com 2015-05-13 01:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Mine popped up yesterday morning. When I was in school there was a mobile library that used to show up in the car park on Tuesdays, with all the things I'd Interlibrary loaned that had come, and if not then at least books. (People who think books are infinite and have never read all of a library sometimes ask me why I have read Ivy Compton Burnett, or Miss Read, or David Lodge.) Anyway, until I had an e-reader I'd never been aware of the way new books are released, for no reason, on Tuesdays. I'd know there was a release date, but when I'd be able to get it was another thing. But now Tuesdays are magic book day again, and in thr same random promise way, because I order things and totally forget when they're due, and I wake up on Tuesday mornings and have emails from Amazon telling me I should connect and download exciting things today.

Yay, Points of Departure! Yay, you and Pat!

When I get the paper book, should I shelve it with Casting Fortune?

[identity profile] bunsen-h.livejournal.com 2015-05-15 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Other people find my shelving "system" somewhat opaque. Most don't really understand the "Minneapolis authors" section.

A large part of my library was seriously randomized a couple of years ago, when a couple of teenagers moved a bunch of books around to make room for my girlfriend's stuff. I had expected that they would move shelves of books, retaining their order. I still find it extremely stressful to have to search for books from those areas. They didn't even keep together the groups of books by single authors; things were just shoved in wherever they would fit. And though the intention was to make room for more books, they took sections that had been double-shelved and single-shelved everything. <*gritting teeth*> I will never again allow anyone to reorganize my library without some very clear instructions.

[identity profile] bunsen-h.livejournal.com 2015-05-14 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
I just got a note from amazon.ca that they now have an expected delivery date: between June 1st and 5th.

My experience is that such notifications have very little relationship to items' actual arrival.

[identity profile] bunsen-h.livejournal.com 2015-05-15 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
... And I just got another note that it has shipped. :-)

[identity profile] desayunoencama.livejournal.com 2015-05-15 10:04 am (UTC)(link)
Yay! At last!

[identity profile] chaoticgoodnik.livejournal.com 2015-08-07 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooooh.

I was reminded that I hadn't looked at your LiveJournal—I am out of the habit of logging in, really, so I haven't looked at anyone's, but I try to remember to cruise by the journals of authors who AFAIK have no other online presence—by a post on tumblr (http://muspec.tumblr.com/post/126026500578). (I instinctively thought "But Lattimore is a terrible plodder!" despite never having actually read his translation.)

Anyway I read this post and started gasping with delight. Congratulations and also, I am so pleased to hear that Going North is in a position to move forward.