#copy anywhere. and THEN i thought i'd go to the barnes and noble because it was on my way home anyhow but it turned out that it wasn't open

[el-im]

bought a copy of ‘behaving as if the god in all things mattered’ from the secondhand bookshop today and the old man checking me out patted the cover--saying he loved this book. he asked me if i wanted a bag, or if i was going to start practicing what the book preached right now. i said i didn’t need one, and thanked him. 

#captain's log #i... love. that store. i love it. #my second day in a row there. i was hoping they'd have copies of oliver sacks' 'awakenings' and 'the man who mistook his wife for a hat' #there because i wanted to send them to my younger brother--who is interested in majoring in medicine when he goes to college--and i had #looked at the sacks books they had there yesterday but i didn't remember if i'd seen them or not #they didn't have either #though they had two copies of uncle tungsten and one of gratitude #i had also gone to a bookshop (pricier--all new books) before but they only had one sacks book--everything in its place--which i got just #cause i haven't read it #but. shit! #i have a copy of awakenings i can send him and it's really the better one to send because i think its more relevant to his interests but #the man who mistook his wife for a hat was the book that made me fall in love w sacks/his writing so i was disappointed that i didnt find a #copy anywhere. and THEN i thought i'd go to the barnes and noble because it was on my way home anyhow but it turned out that it wasn't open #anymore! and the building is being turned into a thrift store. and that was my last resort. i figured they'd be very well stocked and that #it would be my best bet bc the other new bookstore is small and the secondhand bookstore--well you just never know what they have until ya #look there! #so. anyway. i can send him my copy of awakenings but i was hoping to find another one bc it might be nicer #and that way i could still have a copy for myself #but! trying to read it very quickly and get it out to him monday when the post office is open again

[skittidyne]

Hey Skitty! I'm sorry if you already addressed this somewhere, but I was taking a look at bookdepository to see if they had updated their listing to show your book (so excited to read it!!), and I noticed that it's already there, but it's also offering the paperback preorder option! Not that it would make much of a difference now that it's one more day until release, but I thought I'd mention it anyway. I thought physical preorders could only be accessed through your shop? (I'm not based in the US or Canada btw, that's why I planned on ordering it through a middle man.) So I was wondering if you managed to tweak the preorder option to include physical copies or if I should play it safe and wait those 24 more hrs :')

Either way here's a token of my love and support 💕 I can't believe I'll finally be able to hold this book in my hands omg

i haven't addressed this! but WOW GO LOOK AT MY BOOK AT THIS SITE. (it's also technically on sale there - i have no control over it since that's the seller's ballgame but have at it, people!)

sites like barnes & noble and bookdepository CAN offer preorders because they also have access to the same printer i do! it's their prerogative to offer preorders or not. (i also had not heard of this site before, which is why i never mentioned it.) so go ahead and order from there or anywhere you can! it's legit, i promise.

but no, physical preorders were not JUST through my shop - it's just the way i get the most money per copy, haha. and i could technically ship it prior to release date myself because as the author i have a handy dandy button that says "override release date" on my order page. :> moot point one day before release, but that's how i was doing it! (bookstores probably could preorder it to get the shipping time trimmed, but they could not ship it prior to release date. whereas i could!)

thank you for your love & support! <3 it means a lot, and i'm also excited for people to hold this brick!!

#i haven't ordered a copy for myself #and my mother is judging me for it #but like i've already READ it and i also am facing an international move early next year #so why would i want a giant book #but also yes i want to own a copy to annotate and mark up with Official Runes(tm) #because i made a copy of the rook and the ram with special annotations and sent them to a friend #i put .2 thoughts into offering that as an option for people to order but the pricing would be OBSCENE #because i would do it all by hand and the time would be incredible #so that stays to my personal preference only #ask