New York-area fans, don’t forget that Jim will be signing at Midtown Comics’ downtown location today, June 30th, from 4 to 6!
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Ghost Story chapter 3
Our Ghost Story preview continues with Chapter 3! If you missed last week’s post, you can check out Chapter 1 and Chapter 2. We’ll be posting 5 chapters in all over the coming weeks.
You can pre-order Ghost Story from our store or through the Virtual Signing, which also offers signed copies of Changes, Side Jobs, and The Dresden Files RPG.
Also, don’t forget that the Virtual Signing for Codex Alera map posters ends TODAY–June 28th–at 7pm EST! If you want a map signed by Jim and Priscilla, the artist, get your pre-order in now!
AAAA News
Chapter 3 of Ghost Story will be posted here at Jim-Butcher.com in a little over three hours, but we have too much news to wait until then!
ACCOLADES!
This weekend, The Dresden Files RPG took home two prestigious Origins Awards! Volume 1: Your Story won Best Roleplaying Game, and Volume 2: Our World won Best RPG Supplement. See the conquering heroes with their spoils of war! Congrats to the DFRPG team and to all the other winners and nominees!
ARTISTRY!
Subterranean Press reports that their special-edition hardcover of Summer Knight, illustrated by Vincent Chong, is heading to the printers! Check out the gorgeous cover and pre-order a copy at SubterraneanPress.com. Fans can also pre-order SubPress’ special-edition illustrated hardcover of Side Jobs.
AUDIOBOOKS!
The bad news: due to personal reasons, James Marsters was unable to record the Ghost Story audiobook. The good news: Smallville‘s John Glover has been brought on to tackle the project! We’re very excited to hear his take on Harry’s world. You can preorder the audiobook from our store.
AUTOGRAPHS!
New Yorkers, rejoice! Jim will be signing at Midtown Comics‘ swanky new Downtown location this Thursday, June 30th, from 4 to 6pm. The store is located at 64 Fulton Street.
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Ghost Story: Chapters 1 and 2
With a little over a month remaining until Ghost Story‘s release, it’s time for some sample chapters! Read Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 today.
In all, we’ll be posting five sample chapters, plus bonus audio of Jim reading the first four chapters at the NY Comic Con Fan Dinner! (NOTE: You should definitely read the text version before listening to Jim read! He was reading from an earlier draft, and some aspects have changed.) It will be posted on the following schedule:
June 28th: Chapter 3
July 5th: Chapter 4, plus the audio for 1 and 2.
July 12th: Chapter 5, plus the audio for 3 and 4.
July 26th: Release day!
You can pre-order Ghost Story from our store or through the Virtual Signing.
Also, don’t forget that the Virtual Signing for Codex Alera map posters ends on June 28th, just over a week away! If you want a map signed by Jim and Priscilla, the artist, get your pre-order in soon.
Virtual Signing for Ghost Story and Side Jobs
For fans unable to make it to any of Jim’s signing tour stops, Dog Eared Books are running a Virtual Signing for Ghost Story, Side Jobs, and the new paperback version of Changes! Fans can pre-order signed, personalized copies of Jim’s books, and they’ll be shipped out soon after the release date.
EDIT: Fans can now also pre-order copies of the Dresden Files RPG, signed by Jim!
Get all the details at the Dog Eared Books website! Please direct any questions to Tina. Deadline for all pre-orders is Tuesday, July 19, 2011. The ship date is expected to be, but not guaranteed to be, on or before July 30, 2011.
If you’re not interested in a signed copy, you can pre-order a regular copy through the Jim-Butcher.com store.
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