Good god, where did January go? We are now, officially, only 6 weeks from the publication of the Minority Council. For lo! The cover has appeared on the blog, and you can read more about the book in the books section… and yes, it’s all getting a bit imminent really. I would celebrate on the day itself, but exasperatingly I’ll be in a technical rehearsal, struggling, sweating and cursing my way through a lighting plot. I might indulge in a bit of extra cake, however…
For those who are wondering, my warning remains – do not read this book on the kindle. For my full rant on the theme of why, I suggest you look back through the blog, where you will discover a bitter tirade about the inability of kindles to cope with columns. I know it may seem odd, it may seem petty, but honestly, when you get to the bit where suddenly it’s important, you’ll find it’s really very, very important. I have no idea if there’s a hardcover version – my instinct is no, but I really dunno – but for everyone who’s just looking for a simple tale of fairy dust, monsters, sorcerers, Aldermen and things not to do while high in Canary Wharf, the paperback is getting pretty damn imminent!
2 comments
AdrianH says:
January 22, 2012 at 1:33 am (UTC 1 )
I think I’ve pre-ordered the iBook version, because I often have more occasions to read books on my phone than otherwise.
However, I do buy the hard copy as well, because I like to have an actual book, and I’m hoping you’ll do a signing at Forbidden Planet again. I have spent a lot of time searching the ‘net for hardcover versions, but it looks like your American publisher has dropped them this year in favour of a softcover, which I’m *very* cross about.
Are you going to have a signing? It’s just that I need to know for booking a train ticket well in advance to get maximum price advantage.
Arnold says:
January 27, 2012 at 11:12 pm (UTC 1 )
Me too on the hardback of ” The Minority Council ” AdrianH. I’ve no luck as of today and so I’ve given up and ordered the paperback from Amazon.co. They will be booking return trips to Hell before I read this book – or any other – on the kindle
I am very far from being anti technology but I just can’t read fiction on a screen; leastways not on any screen presently available, and any screen in future that would satisfy my expectations would be so similar to a Real Paper hardback book that it would actually have to be a hardback book with extras.