I have my copy of Gothic Charm School! It's beautiful. Now to hatch an evil plan to see Jilli again and have her sign it.
You were very nearly devoured by a giant demon snake. The words 'let that be a lesson' are a tad redundant at this juncture.
Giles ,'Selfless'
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."
sj - Jun 23, 2009 2:51:46 pm PDT #9337 of 28404
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Atropa - Jun 23, 2009 3:10:15 pm PDT #9338 of 28404
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Sightings of the book, in stores! Eeeee!
sumi - Jun 23, 2009 4:42:37 pm PDT #9339 of 28404
Art Crawl!!!
Man. I can't get my book 'til next week. (Broke 'til payday.)
I'm disappointed I don't have it RIGHT now.
BTW, I was telling a friend of mine about it and she was really interested. I'm going to send her a link to your website, Jilli.
dcp - Jun 23, 2009 6:00:03 pm PDT #9340 of 28404
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I too have the book.
In the Country Club Plaza B&N, there were no copies in the "Cultural Studies" section, but there were four copies on the cart next to the "New In Paperback" table up front, waiting to be placed.
In the Independence B&N, there were no copies on display yet, but after I inquired, the clerk brought me one from the stockroom. I said "Thank you," wandered around the store a bit longer, then left it on the "New In Paperback" table on my way out.
In the Zona Rosa B&N (far north end of Kansas City), I only found one copy, in the "Cultural Studies" section. Since that is my "local" B&N, that's the one I bought.
The only thing I saw that looked like competition was one copy of The Goth Bible on the shelf in Independence.
Jessica - Jun 24, 2009 3:53:31 am PDT #9341 of 28404
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Cultural Studies, huh. I would have guessed etiquette books in Self-Help.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jun 24, 2009 7:41:07 am PDT #9342 of 28404
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Hmm, intriguing how few copies each B&N store has.
Our store - not surprisingly - ordered far more. 89 to be exact. We sold 84 of them.
The event coordinator was going to contact Corporate to tell them how successful the event, and presumably sales, was. With any luck that'll translate into more copies in each store.
Tom Scola - Jun 24, 2009 7:43:21 am PDT #9343 of 28404
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I'm waiting until the signing to get my copy for that very reason.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jun 24, 2009 7:49:43 am PDT #9344 of 28404
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
And it's always a nice way to thank whatever store chose to host us.
Jessica - Jun 24, 2009 9:10:10 am PDT #9345 of 28404
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I am STILL waiting on my "same-day" delivery from BN.com (placed yesterday morning).
HMPH.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jun 24, 2009 9:31:49 am PDT #9346 of 28404
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
BTW, it turns out that the few unsold copies at B&N weren't actually readily available to the public. It turns out we had people looking for copies. We actually sold out.