Jim Butcher

Jim and Shannon are still expected to arrive at the Romantic Times Booklovers’ Convention in Columbus, OH, from April 28 to March 2, 2010 — but they’re going to show up later than expected, and will miss their panel appearances today. As reported on Jim’s and Shannon’s twitters, American Airlines goofed up their flight scheduling and failed to make the connecting flight (in Chicago — is that irony?) a possibility. Jim and Shannon are absolutely crushed, but as we understand it will still be trying to make it out for most of the Convention — somehow!

The Dresden Files RPG preorder is entering its fourth week, and continues to go strong — over a thousand copies of the first volume, Your Story, have already been preordered with the second volume, Our World, not far behind. Things are looking great for the game! You can preorder the books at the Evil Hat Webstore, and learn more about the game at the game’s website.
And thanks to a “preview edition” PDF of each book going out right away to the people who preorder, people are already starting to play and discuss the game. You can find a lively discussion of the RPG over on the Dresden Files RPG boards on the Jim Butcher Online forum. Drop on by!

Last week, the Books for Boobs project made its debut, launching a series of auctions of autographed books to raise money for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. The first wave ends tonight, and the second ends tomorrow! You only have four more hours to bid on autographed copies of Changes, a number of Shannon’s books, and books from a host of other great sci-fi, fantasy, and TV-related authors! Also ending tonight is the auction for a 13″x19″ poster of the Codex Alera map, signed by Jim and artist Priscilla Spencer. You can check out the full list of participating authors here.
Support your favourite authors and help fight breast cancer! Bid here. You can talk about it on the forum here.

Hey, everyone! It’s me, Priscilla, your friendly, neighborhood site moderator.
Looking for an opportunity to help fight breast cancer and support your favourite writers at the same time? I’ve started a project called Books for Boobs, in which I’m auctioning off books signed by some of your favourite authors, with the proceeds going to the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. Genres range from sci-fi and fantasy to romance to humor, so there’s a good chance you’ll see an author you like or discover someone new you’ll love!
Jim donated a signed copy of Changes and his wife Shannon generously contributed five of her novels. Together, Jim and I conspired to bring you a 13″x17″ poster of the map of Alera that appeared in First Lord’s Fury, signed by both of us! (I’m also the map’s illustrator, for those unaware.)
Browse the full list and bid here!
Laura Bennett, Didn’t I Feed You Yesterday?
Amber Benson, Cat’s Claw
Jim Butcher, Changes
Jim Butcher and Priscilla Spencer, Codex Alera Map poster (13″x19″) — currently the only one of its kind!
Shannon Butcher, Delta Force duo
Shannon Butcher, Sentinel Wars duo
Shannon Butcher, Love You To Death
Eoin Colfer, And Another Thing…
Ellen Datlow, Lovecraft Unbound
Ellen Datlow, The Dark of the Woods
David Anthony Durham, Acacia
Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey
Lev Grossman, The Magicians
Tim Gunn, A Guide to Quality, Taste, and Style
Tim Gunn, Models, Inc. (Graphic novel)
John Hodgman, More Information Than You Require
N.K. Jemisin, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
Ellen Kushner, The Privilege of the Sword
Ellen Kushner, Thomas the Rhymer
Chris March, I Heart Chris March
Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jordan, The Gathering Storm
Michael Shea, The Extra
Thomas Sniegoski, A Kiss Before the Apocalypse
Anton Strout, Dead Matter
Support your favourite authors and help fight breast cancer! Bid here. You can talk about it on the forum here.
Thanks for helping us save the boobs!

Congratulations, Jim! Changes is #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List and #3 on the USA Today Bestseller List (which is a list of all books–fiction, nonfiction, children’s, etc–not separated by category).
May it stay in the top ten for many weeks to come!
If you haven’t read it yet, you can buy it through the Jim-Butcher.com store in hardcover and audio formats, read by James Marsters. If you’ve already read it, come on down to the forum and share your thoughts.