Win *signed* copies of THE HIDDEN STARS

[Teresa Edgerton]

Thanks, littlemiss, that is good news. Now if the books will just fly off the shelves so that they'll be inspired to reorder ...

nixie, I expect it will be months (if ever) before the book turns up in stores in your part of the world. If it ever does, of course, I'd be thrilled to hear about it. (Or any other THS spottings people may have to report.)

[nixie]

I'll keep an eye out and let you know

[scalem X]

I'll watch out too . It will surely get here. I'll promote it. I have no bookshop though.

But maybe if I order a copy through a bookshop, they'll consider adding one to read for themselves and who knows .

[cornelius]

congratulations on the winnings , everyone

[Alia]

Congrats Winners!

[scalem X]

Actually the winners (huuray that's me too!!!)
should congratulate the other people who had the answer(s) correct and unfortunately didn't win. So that those people also have a congratulation.

[GOLLUM]

Congratulations one and all....

[Teresa Edgerton]

Originally Posted by scalem X

It will surely get here. I'll promote it.

Do the bookstores where you live stock many English language books?

Around here, it is very hard to get anything that wasn't published in the US -- American bookstores are very provincial that way.

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by Kelpie

Around here, it is very hard to get anything that wasn't published in the US -- American bookstores are very provincial that way.

I find that somewhat depressing somehow....

As you know I was able to pick up THS in the local Borders bookshop as an import, so it's obviously been in Australia for some time, so I'm not clear on why it wouldn't have made it to the UK, although I suppose Borders being a US franchise might have something to do with it??....

[scalem X]

We have some english books, but they are mostly the really standard "best-selling" novels. But here and there stand some new books (by not yet famous writers). (depends on it's reviews I guess). Then ofcourse we've got loads and loads of translations.
We've got some book shops that are specialized in english/american books, but most of them are the shakespeare kind of type ad don't do fantasy.

[Marky Lazer]

I always mail order my books. I only read novels written in English, and hardly any of those can be found over here, except for Dan Brown and the like.

[scalem X]

Where exactly are you? In amsterdam there is this store who sells lots of books. They have an 'english fantasy' section.
Damn that name it sounded tipically dutch: something like Huizinga, schuifsma or something.

[Teresa Edgerton]

Originally Posted by GOLLUM

I find that somewhat depressing somehow....

As you know I was able to pick up THS in the local Borders bookshop as an import, so it's obviously been in Australia for some time, so I'm not clear on why it wouldn't have made it to the UK, although I suppose Borders being a US franchise might have something to do with it??....

I think that Borders being a US franchise probably has a lot to do with it.

As for the UK, I think they are about as reluctant to sell books by American publishers as our booksellers are to sell their books. I may have done American booksellers an injustice when I put it all down to provincialism. It may have something to do with copyright laws or trade agreements, put in place to keep different English language editions from competing with each other.

That wouldn't apply to foreign language books, of course, which are few and far between. But that may be the provicialism of the American reader (and our schools) rather than the bookstores and distributors. Few of us speak or read a second language with any proficiency; even the children of immigrants often don't speak their parents' language well (or at all).

So I always find it mindblowing and impressive when I meet someone from a non-English speaking country who actually reads English language books for pleasure.

I suppose it's human nature to either despise or be in awe of abilities one doesn't have oneself. I continue to be in the awestruck category so far as languages are concerned, even though the internet has introduced me to so many multi-lingual people.

(Of course if this ability leads them to read my book, so much the better!)

[nixie]

Pretty sure Waterstones stock it but W H Smiths least where I live only really stock the better known scifi and fantasy authors....Well Brooks,Eddings, Feist,Hobb, Jordan...and lots of star war books

[Teresa Edgerton]

Originally Posted by nixie

Pretty sure Waterstones stock it but W H Smiths least where I live only really stock the better known scifi and fantasy authors....Well Brooks,Eddings, Feist,Hobb, Jordan...and lots of star war books

American authors, but wouldn't those be editions put out by UK publishers, Nixie? At least, I'm sure British publishers have been snapping up titles by all those authors.