Amy, I was totally bragging on you in a twitter chat tonight. Question was being asked about upcoming zombie YA and I was like "OOH OOOH, I know one and it's AWESOME!"
I've got two words that are going to make all the pain go away. Miniature Golf.
Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Barb - Dec 29, 2010 4:59:21 pm PST #13344 of 28282
“Not dead yet!”
Amy - Dec 29, 2010 5:03:36 pm PST #13345 of 28282
Because books.
Aw, thank you! I'm a little worried readers will be disappointed, since he's not really *that* kind of zombie, but we'll see, I guess!
I've never heard of her either, how sad. It looks like her book is out of print and I can't find a copy for less than $190.
Wow. I'm not quite that interested. A library somewhere must have one, though, right? I wonder what the second book was about.
sarameg - Dec 29, 2010 5:10:43 pm PST #13346 of 28282
I HAVE SAM!
Finally went through my vacation mail... and it works out since I still have to send my parents their Xmas package since they couldn't make it with mom's pneumonia and likely cracked/sprained/pulled rib and dad's later plague.
sj - Dec 29, 2010 6:05:05 pm PST #13347 of 28282
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Wow. I'm not quite that interested. A library somewhere must have one, though, right? I wonder what the second book was about.
Hopefully, because now I am curious but not that curious. Plus, that works well with my plan to buy less books in 2011. Notice how I didn't say stop buying books.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 30, 2010 3:44:35 am PST #13348 of 28282
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Notice how I didn't say stop buying books.
Well, that WOULD be crazy talk.
erin_obscure - Dec 30, 2010 7:58:42 am PST #13349 of 28282
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Author-istas: do you get any benefit (or even notification) if your book is popular like whoa at libraries? Like if my wee little local library buys one copy of your book, is that it for you even if if there are 100+ holds where different readers are waiting for it? Or just if the library buys more copies?
Amy - Dec 30, 2010 8:00:48 am PST #13350 of 28282
Because books.
There are ways to find out which libraries are buying your book, but no one lets you know about holds or anything, no.
Barb - Dec 30, 2010 8:07:19 am PST #13351 of 28282
“Not dead yet!”
Nope, the best you can do is get on World Cat and check which libraries have the book. I can't remember if they tell you how many copies they have-- don't think so, but at least you know who has them.
ETA: If you get on World Cat and check the individual libraries, you can, depending on how the library lists their catalog, see how many copies are at any given branch and whether there's a hold or they're checked out. However, I haven't seen anything yet referring to actual number of holds.
flea - Dec 30, 2010 8:33:36 am PST #13352 of 28282
information libertarian
Libraries will tend to buy another copy, though, if they have a zillion holds on stuff. (Within reason - the tiny town public library I volunteered at bought 6 copies of new Harry Potters, and still had a zillion holds.)
megan walker - Dec 30, 2010 9:11:33 am PST #13353 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Amy, the challenge has begun: The Great Unread.