P.C. Hodgell News
Oct. 21st, 2008 03:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chomijiOther people may know all this already ... but I discovered PCH's newish web site today, and on it she says (emphasis mine):
"... Baen has picked up the series in e-edition and now in print. I’ve just received contracts for the sequel to Rathorn, the manuscript being due early in 2009, and for the reissue of the earlier novels."
Also, she has her own LJ!
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Date: 2008-10-21 08:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-23 02:03 am (UTC)I'm waiting for a reader that rivals a magazine - heck, it can even be a heavy, slightly chunky rag like National Geographic - in size, weight, and the ability to withstand being thrown carelessly into my going-to-work tote bag and having a lunchbox shoved in on top.
(e-books)
Date: 2008-10-26 03:17 am (UTC)I have a feeling that this is an area into which I will be carried only kicking and screaming. I take too much pleasure in the physical reality of a book - even though I'm terrible about dog-earing paperbacks. My hardback copy of DWJ's Fire and Hemlock, for example, is one of my favorite things in this world, even though its dustjacket is growing ragged. The publisher (Greenwillow - part of Harper Collins) spent time and effort on it - the typography and layout are gorgeous, and perfectly matched with DWJ's story structure.
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Date: 2008-10-23 02:00 am (UTC)I've been filling out my collection so that I have 2 full sets - one for me, one to lend - from the used book sites like www.abebooks.com. All you need to decide is whether you want to stalk such sites for used hardbacks in decent shape under $20 or wait for the 2-in-1 paperbacks to come out new.
I don't think the delivery devices for e-books are ready for prime time yet, actually.
(obtaining out-of-print books)
Date: 2008-10-26 03:19 am (UTC)B-but if I was on BookMooch, I'd have to remember to wrap things up and mail them!!! People would care! With the Friends of the Library store, I just back a bunch of stuff in boxes once a year and run them over to Wheaton ... . (Also, do kids' picture books and such go on BookMooch much?)
Re: (obtaining out-of-print books)
Date: 2008-10-28 01:49 am (UTC)Ummm ... >sigh<
The trouble is ... on average I have maybe 2 hours per day to do exactly as I wish. In that 2 hours, I write fic, reviews, LJ replies, and e-mails. It often takes just about all of those hours to do that much. If I have to do something else I would like to do (like packing up a care package for someone or searching for the perfect present online), it comes out of that time.
I just don't think I have time right now to take Bookmooching on, despite the obvious benefits.
I mean, K's husband tried to rope me into helping with the high school web site. I haven't been able to make myself do squat about it.
There are times when some of these added activities, which are mean to be pleasurable, take on the flavor of added responsibilities ... and at the risk of whining, I have to say that I feel I've got too many of those right now.
Maybe when TYL goes off to college ... .
Re: (obtaining out-of-print books)
Date: 2008-10-29 02:13 am (UTC)I guess I could just try getting my ass out of work earlier, more consistently! But you're welcome to take a look next time you're over, and see what you think.
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Date: 2008-10-22 06:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-23 02:08 am (UTC)Are you calling my books "heavy"? The nerve!
(So we need to talk about these books! Jame, Kindrie, Bane, Grimly, Kirien, Tori ... weirding! Bonefires! The Senetha!)
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Date: 2008-10-26 06:25 am (UTC)(Hodgell)
Date: 2008-10-28 01:41 am (UTC)Indeed!