Jim Butcher

Great news! Publisher’s Weekly is reporting that Jim has done it again: Ghost Story is the third Dresden book in a row to hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list! Squee on the forum here!

Missed the signing tour? You still have a chance to ask Jim a question! BittenByBooks.com is hosting a special online Q&A event Monday, August 8th! Come by between noon and 6pm Central and ask Jim questions on the Bitten By Books blog, and he’ll do his best to answer them. They’ll also be giving away copies of Ghost Story to three lucky fans!

From BittenByBooks.com:

Join us on 8/8 with author Jim Butcher for a Guest Appearance, chat and contest. Jim will start answering questions around 12:00 pm Central Daylight Time until 6:00 pm. For those visiting from outside of the US, here is the time conversion link. We are in the Chicago time zone: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

Jim will be talking about his newest book in the Dresden Files series Ghost Story. I expect there will be some spoilers so be prepared.

“When we last left the mighty wizard detective Harry Dresden, he wasn’t doing well. In fact, he had been murdered by an unknown assassin.

But being dead doesn’t stop him when his friends are in danger. Except now he has nobody, and no magic to help him. And there are also several dark spirits roaming the Chicago shadows who owe Harry some payback of their own.

To save his friends-and his own soul-Harry will have to pull off the ultimate trick without any magic…”

Get all the contest details and RSVP for the event at BittenByBooks.com. Spread the word and the link on Twitter, Facebook, and G+ so your friends can RSVP too!

Discuss this event on the forum here!

Patrick Rothfuss interviews Jim Butcher (there are some Changes spoilers at least):

Jim Butcher interviews Patrick Rothfuss:

Join Jim this afternoon for a discussion on writing craft at MagicalWords.net!

Read Jim’s post on How to Build a Villain, then join the discussion! He’ll be responding to questions and comments all this afternoon, until he has to mosey over to McLean, VA, for his signing at Tyson’s Corner at 7pm.

Of course, please note that as this is intended to be a discussion of writing craft, those are the only comments/questions he’ll respond to. This is not a general Q&A, so please don’t ask non-writing-related questions.

We got our information about the Tyson’s Corner signing third-hand, and unfortunately the info suffered from a bit of a “game of telephone” effect. What we posted earlier was not accurate. Here’s a direct quote from Barnes & Noble as to the rules for the Tyson’s Corner, VA signing today:

All customers must have a receipt for Ghost Story from any Barnes & Noble or bn.com and they are welcome to have any of Jim’s other titles autographed.  As the guidelines have been communicated for almost two months now to many, many customers, our team will continue to relay the original message to callers (we are only a three days out from the event now), but we will most certainly take care any of those attendees who bring additional backlist. 

The main change here is that your receipt must be for Ghost Story from any B&N store (online or physical). You’re welcome to bring your back-list Jim Butcher titles (including the Dresden Files RPG — Fred Hicks will be there as well) to be signed alongside.

There’s been some confusion about the rules as laid down by Barnes & Noble for Jim’s signing tour. Turns out the confusion is because there are different rules for each location! We just got the update from Jim’s publicity team, who are fresh to this discovery as well (too late to give the word about the Atlanta signing — our apologies).

Here’s what we know about this coming week:

8/1, McLean, VA at Tyson’s Corner: A recent B&N receipt for any of Jim Butcher’s books is required to join the signing line. Passes handed out at 5pm.

8/2, NYC, NY at Tribeca: The first 200 customers to buy GHOST STORY at the store get guaranteed seating, all others are standing room. Passes handed out at 10am.