On the shelves
While it's great to have your book just one click from new readers, I discovered the old-fashioned thrill of seeing your name shelved alphabetically.
Barnes and Noble recently stocked select Month9Books titles, including Dead Jed 2: Dawn of the Jed. I visited my local branch in Chandler, AZ and there it was. I mentioned it to the clerk, who said she could slap an "Autographed copy" sticker on it if I cared to sign it, which I already had even before she finished her sentence.
The single copy was filed under Teen Romance, though my tale of a middle-school zombie has few teens and even less romance (Jed still sticks his foot in his mouth -- even without detaching it -- when he talks to his girlfriend Anna). My half-full side told me the other 40 copies had already sold. And I told my half-empty side to shut up and enjoy it.
So I did. And I am. According to the BN website, the book also can be found at the Union Square store in NY. I imagine an end-cap with 50 copies.
Like the planet's other two billion books, Dead Jed 1-2 (with 3 coming in October) are available online. But it's nothing like seeing it in alphabetical order on a shelf.
Thank you, Barnes and Noble (and also to my local independent bookstore, Changing Hands in Tempe, a truly awesome retailer).
And my thanks to bookstores everywhere, independent and chain, that keep the bricks-and-mortar-and-shelves dream alive.
Dead Jed: Adventures of A Middle School Zombie
Dead Jed 2: Dawn of the Jed
Barnes and Noble recently stocked select Month9Books titles, including Dead Jed 2: Dawn of the Jed. I visited my local branch in Chandler, AZ and there it was. I mentioned it to the clerk, who said she could slap an "Autographed copy" sticker on it if I cared to sign it, which I already had even before she finished her sentence.
The single copy was filed under Teen Romance, though my tale of a middle-school zombie has few teens and even less romance (Jed still sticks his foot in his mouth -- even without detaching it -- when he talks to his girlfriend Anna). My half-full side told me the other 40 copies had already sold. And I told my half-empty side to shut up and enjoy it.
So I did. And I am. According to the BN website, the book also can be found at the Union Square store in NY. I imagine an end-cap with 50 copies.
Like the planet's other two billion books, Dead Jed 1-2 (with 3 coming in October) are available online. But it's nothing like seeing it in alphabetical order on a shelf.
Thank you, Barnes and Noble (and also to my local independent bookstore, Changing Hands in Tempe, a truly awesome retailer).
And my thanks to bookstores everywhere, independent and chain, that keep the bricks-and-mortar-and-shelves dream alive.
Dead Jed: Adventures of A Middle School Zombie
Dead Jed 2: Dawn of the Jed
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