Comments on: BEA, ARCs, and Some Thoughts on Writing

By: Marie

Marie — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:55:13 +0000

Hi Nico,

BEA is a lot of fun, though I don’t quite believe you when you say that you want to write a book just so you can go!

It is a trade event, but anybody can go as long as they pay. There are different rates, depending on how many days you want to attend and on what your profession is (I think librarians get the lowest rate). The next few BEAs will be in NYC, so you could always go if you wanted to. Kind of pricey, though.

By: Nico Pérez

Nico Pérez — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:09:50 +0000

So, I was going to ask you, What is BEA? But instead decided to employ my incredibly advanced research skills(READ: I googled BEA). And it sounds spectacular! Like Disneyworld or something! And then I realized it is “a trade-only” event, which is a bummer.

Is it bad that I want to write a book just so I can get into this?

By: Marie

Marie — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:14:59 +0000

Dear Barbara,

I completely agree with you (about getting kids hooked on books early)! This is why I’m delighted by nearly one-year-old son loves flipping through board books (usually just to find images of cats).

I’m also part of an international marriage—my husband’s French and I’m American.

Cabinet is going to come out in Italy, published by Il Castoro, but I’m not sure when…

Sorry about the delay with The Celestial Globe. I’m eager for it to come out, too, and I hope Vicky likes it.

By: Barbara Mariotti

Barbara Mariotti — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:03:38 +0000

Thanks so much for this Marie. I’ll pass it on to Vicky so she can read the bad news that she will have to wait until March but, if it is anything like The Cabinet, she will find it is worth the wait.
Re location, we live in Italy – my husband is Italian and I Irish. By co-incidence, Vicky lives in Ireland and is an avid reader.
Thank you again for your input. I’ll pick up a copy of The Cabinet for a friend’s eldest daughter here in Piedmont – her parents are Engish/Irish and while she is fluent in Italian she tends to read only English books. I am a firm believer in getting kids hooked on books at an early age.
Kind regards

By: Marie

Marie — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:57:14 +0000

Dear Barbara,

I’m so delighted to hear that your grand daughter likes The Cabinet of Wonders! Reading the book to pieces is a huge compliment.

As for The Celestial Globe, it’s actually not going to be out until March 2010. Somewhere out there are ARCs (advance reader copies) of Celestial, but they are paperback and not the final version of the book, so it sounds like that wouldn’t help you. I don’t even have a hardback copy of Celestial, so I think that the answer is that you might just have to wait until March…the book won’t cost a fortune, promise. It’ll probably be just the usual cover price of a hardback book (16.99$, I think) with the usual discounts on various sites (usually it ends up being about 12$)

The paperback version of Cabinet will be out in February.

Does this help? Where are you writing from in Europe? Is your granddaughter reading in English, or another language?

By: Barbara Mariotti

Barbara Mariotti — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:16:21 +0000

I am serching for a hard copy of The Celestial Globe which was originally published I believe) in August/September 2009. I have promised one of my grand children who has re-read The Cabinet of Womders numerous times that I would try to find the sequel for her for Christmas 2009 (her hard copy is falling apart). I realise the paperback is due out in the US in 2009 (and I trust in Europe shortly afterwords), but based on Vicky’e response to the first book in the trilogy a soft copy will not stand the number of readings and thus I would really like to source a hard copy! Is there any way to source a clean copy that does not cost an absolute fortune!?

kind regards

By: Marie

Marie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:32:16 +0000

Thanks, Momo! I love Neel, too.

The next book will be out in March 2010, and it’s called The Celestial Globe.

By: momo

momo — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:52:17 +0000

i like the post, i just read “the cabnet of wonders” and i loved it im in love with neel! i just want to know what the name of your next book is going to be.

By: Moonstone

Moonstone — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:23:29 +0000

My pleasure! The Alison Jay covers were beautiful. I wonder what the cover would look like if it was an Alison Jay. Hmmm…..

By: Marie

Marie — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:48:48 +0000

Yes, I did get ARCs of “Forest Born” and “Fire.” “Fire” is awesome. Haven’t read “Forest Born” yet, though I’m looking forward to it…I’m a bit sad, though, that the covers of the Bayern Books are no longer done by Alison Jay. I loved those covers!

Eliot is, by the way, a big fan of Alison Jay. He really enjoys Picture This.

Thanks for posting, Moonstone!