Monday, August 31, 2009

Coming Soon: Finding Lost S5!

Hey all! So... the season 5 book has officially gone to the printer, and I saw the full cover the other day (front/spine/back) and it was gorgeous. Just when I thought the s4 was my fave cover ever, this one tops it. The designer put this creepy dark cloud all over the back cover, and I loved it.

Some of you will remember last year that I offered autographed copies of the S4 book if you ordered them directly from me. I had an overwhelming response that was great, and I'd like to extend that same offer. The problem this time around is the S5 is a full two-and-a-half signatures longer (eep). So where the S4 book had been 224 pages, this one is 304 ("Wait, at the same cover price?? Oh, Nikki, you spoil us!"). That also means, however, that it's going to weigh more, and until I have the books in my hand I won't know just how much more. I don't think shipping will be much more expensive this time around, but I'll have to figure out exactly how much more and then I can let everyone know.

So what we can do this time around is, if you're interested in a signed advance copy (I'll have them in my hands about 3 weeks before Amazon will), email me and give me your full address, and then I can keep a list of them so I can figure out shipping costs when I have the book in my hands. This is NOT a commitment from you to buy anything -- if the shipping is more than expected, I certainly wouldn't expect you to pay it. This is just so I have a list, and then I can email you back, let you know the shipping and send you the options on how to pay, and we can get things moving. :)

So send me an email with your address if you're interested. It's $14.95 if you live in the U.S., and $16.95 in Canada (no tax). I'll figure out shipping on top of it. Also, I still have copies of all of the other Finding Lost books, so if you're interested in more than one (a COMPLETE Finding Lost library, anyone??) let me know that, too. :) The first book is $17.95 U.S., $19.95 Cdn (it covers seasons 1 & 2) and the rest of them are the same price as the S5 book.

And in other news, my publicist told me the other day that he wants to do a launch for this book. I was surprised, and said I thought maybe a launch for the final book to sort of celebrate the series, but he thinks the S5 book would be a great one to launch because the show's still on the air, people are buzzing with excitement over the upcoming final season, the Lost rewatch is in full swing, etc. etc. The launch would be held somehwere in Toronto probably in mid-to-late October. So I'm just putting the word out there because I'm hoping some of my dear Nik at Nite readers would be able to make it, and I could meet you for the first time! And then I'll do a long academic lecture on Time Travel in the Land of the Jacobites, followed by a close analysis of Desmond's shirt-unbuttoning. (Wait... stop running away!) OK. Maybe I'll skip the time travel portion of that lecture...

When I know more details, I'll post them, but here's hoping I can finally meet some of you. We could make it a Nik at Nite meet-up!

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Toronto!?!

::calculates cost of flight and hotel::

Dang!

Any chance your publicist will agree to "launch" you south of the border? Florida is beautiful in the fall and winter. :)

Jazzygirl said...

Oh I just pre-ordered it! :( At least I have the S4 signed! :) And I WISH I could make it to Toronto in Oct!!

Fred said...

Too far for Toronto, but a signed copy of the book would be nice. Can you get Vincent's paw print in there too? Or a secret compass with only W-E-S?

Erin {pughs' news} said...

Toronto? Really? Victoria is really lovely at that time of year... You should do something Canada-wide!

celandinehaleth said...

I would like to invite you to California myself, but by October it may be bankrupt, so it might not be such a great place to visit. My email will follow imeadiately!

humanebean said...

Having just been apprised that there is a discount airline offering cheap direct flights from Boston to Toronto .... odds are looking good.

Will it be a "Come Dressed As Your Favourite Other" party? ; ]

Nikki Stafford said...

humanebean: Will it be a "Come Dressed As Your Favourite Other" party? ; ]

For you, ABSOLUTELY. Look, everyone, humanebean is going to be dressing up as Juliet!! ;)

celandinehaleth said...

I can not seem to make the email work, but I will try again when I am in a better frame of mind.

Emilia said...

Can't make it to Toronto this time, but if you decide to come down to the University of Minnesota to visit that scientist at the Monarch Lab I'd love to join you :)

humanebean said...

Aw, you went and ruined the surprise ... ; ]