Starting the new year off right

[annathepiper]

I have been buying a BOATLOAD of ebooks lately, so I decided today that since the redoutable Third Place Books is having a sale (20 percent off EVERYTHING), I should go show the print books some love. And here’s what I walked out of the store with!

• Heart of Veridon, by Tim Akers; fantasy
• Acacia, by David Anthony Durham; fantasy
• The First, Third, Fourth, and Sixth Books of Outremer, by none other than desperance (somewhere I’ll have to find books Two and Five); fantasy
• An Autumn War, by Daniel Abraham; fantasy
• Dragon in Chains, by Daniel Fox; fantasy (which should also please desperance!)

So fear not, print-side authors, I’ll still love you too even if I get a lot of ebooks these days!

Books thus far purchased in 2010: 8

Mirrored from annathepiper.org.

Comments

[maellenkleth]

Okay, you have me way beat: all I have bought thus far today has been airline tickets (aargh) and hotel bookings (sorta okay). Not much point in buying anything while in-transit: hardcopy books are being confiscated and chucked out; official paranoia is (I hope) a temporary state of affairs. Mind'ee, it's kind of hard to confiscate an e-book, ne?

What can I say? Keep on e-publishing -- Kendis will be my seatmate on the next flight over to Wachusetts......

[flashfire.livejournal.com]

Assuming nothing else today, you're on pace to buy 2,920 books this year.

[annathepiper]

Hrmm! I'm going to need more shelves. Or a bigger hard drive. ;)

[wildshadowstar.livejournal.com]

Have you read Darkling by Yasmine Galenorn? She has several in this series of Sister Moon. I've read this one and like it okay but was wondering if I should continue.

[annathepiper]

I have indeed read that. It didn't work for me, which I found a bit of a shame since she's a local-to-Seattle author. It's the flavor of urban fantasy that leans very heavily towards paranormal romance, with a lot of emphasis on how sexy the male love interests are, and... meh. I'm not the target audience for that, I fear. :)

[wildshadowstar.livejournal.com]

Like I said, it was okay, but I was just wondering if my lack of complete interest was due to this book being third in the series; wasn't sure if missing out on the first two books was taking away from diving into the series like other series I've read.

[annathepiper]

Oh wait, you read the third--I'm sorry, I misunderstood, I read the first one, Witchling. Still, though, all of my previous comments apply!

[daviddurham.livejournal.com]

Hi Anna,

Thanks for that purchase! Much appreciated. Happy New Year to you!

[annathepiper]

You're very welcome and I'm quite looking forward to it; I've heard many good things about your work. Happy New Year to you and your family!

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Heh. If you have trouble locating the missing titles, let me know: copies can be sent. Yea, even across oceans.

Also, Daniel is chuffed, and thanks you. (Daniel Fox, that is; I'm sure Daniel Abraham is also chuffed, but I dursen't speak for him. Speaking for myself, I thought his was a fabulous book...)

[annathepiper]

Looks like Powell's has books Two and Five, so I shall order them forthwith!

However, I do still actually want Dispossession and they don't have that, so at your convenience I'd love to acquire a copy of that from you. :) And Daniel is most welcome!

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Easy done. Formally through the website here (http://www.chazbrenchley.co.uk/buying.php), or just drop me an e-mail...

[annathepiper]

Excellent, I've given the Paypal a shot. It wasn't clear to me before whether your page allowed for shipping to US customers. Thanks!