I'll buy at least one in a bookstore, so I can babble at the clerk. But not the last copy on the shelf, because I'm a guaranteed purchaser and that's still a potential new audience from that store.

That made sense in my head, ok?

Relatedly, Allyson, insent.

sara, if you buy the last copy, they'll almost certainly restock right away, and can do so within 24-48 hours -- if you leave one, at least in a small store without tons and tons of turnover, they're much more likely to think they're doing okay on stock for now. (Note that this only applies to indies; the big box guys aren't directly in control of whether they restock things or not at the store level.)

You guys are being so amazing to me. I'm wickedly grateful.

Allyson, I'm going to be running a contest onmy website in June, for my release, so I'll pimp it then. I have a few romance-y connections on the web, but lots and lots of them are Buffy fans, and Internet users, so it might help.

So happy for you! You better be ready to give some interviews, miss.

I'm going to the library and request the book and call around to the various bookstores and see if they are going to carry it.

Oh! I can pimp it at the comic book store too. It's not something they'd carry but anything to get the name out.

Allyson, this is so exciting, I can't stand it. Can you breathe?

No! I cant breathe! And I'm going to have to stay late at work because I havent been able to focus all day, and I need to make sure some important things get done.

But my god, it's hard to think about anything else.

Okay! I've got some links up to Allyson's book. And now I'm wondering how many more places I can think of to pimp it.

Dragon*Con seems like the perfect audience for it, although I have no pull with the organizers and would prefer to avoid the woman who runs the Buffy track.

I can only imagine.

Askye, the comic shop is an excellent idea. I'm going to pimp it to my guys when the buffy season 8 comes out. They carry everything there, and Allyson's book is a natural fit.