Oh, no, publication delay for Karen Chance's Cassie Palmer #5

This morning, I checked an email link to Allreaders.com. Turns out that a Lorna Freeman fan was able to buy a copy of Shadows Past at Books-A-Million today. Oh, did I mention that the book is not scheduled for release until FEBRUARY 2?? And today is JANUARY 25?? So what's that all about? Can't help but wonder if the bookstores around here are hoarding copies of the book in their back rooms. When I called one of the bigger local stores to find out if the book was on display yet, I found out that the store had only ordered three copies. THREE. Incredible.

Link to Allreaders:

Then I pulled up my Word list of the books for whose publication I'm most eagerly waiting. (Did that sentence parse? Doesn't sound right.) My mood immediately improved. Readers, February 2010 promises to be a glorious month. But, after I chortled over the number of upcoming releases, I went online to see if Karen Chance had posted any new excerpts.

Imagine my shock and dismay upon reading her January 5 post and learning that publication of Book 5 of the Cassandra Palmer series has been postponed from Spring/Summer 2010 to Summer 2011. Dang! Dang! Dang! Even Karen's promise of three free short stories from the points of view (POV) of John Pritkin, Mircea, and Francoise cannot completely assuage my dismay, shock, and so forth. Although I admit that March 31, the date the first story will be posted, is already on my list. Sigh.

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Quote du jour: "Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it." Buddha, http://thinkexist.com/
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Shadows Past by Lorna Freeman

Tick, tock, tick tock. Just read on Lorna Freeman's blog that some lucky reader in Pensacola was able to buy a copy of Shadows Past before its official release date of February 2. Of course, I immediately checked my local B&Ns and Borders stores, but the book isn't available yet. Dang!

I did check Ebay. Ebay has an ARC for sale. The photo clearly shows the cover page, including the heading, "Uncorrected Proofs for Limited Distribution. NOT FOR SALE"

On general principles, I disapprove of ARC owners selling their copies because the authors don't benefit financially from their own work. (Although I cherish the two ARCs of Ilona Andrews' work I was fortunate enough to review, I also bought the final versions as soon as they hit the shelves.)

Link to Lorna's blog:

Quote du jour: "No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft." H.G. Wells, (1866-1946). I searched online briefly, but couldn't find a specific reference.

"There is no urge so great as for one man to edit another man's work."
Mark Twain. (1835–1910). (This quote is attributed to Samuel Langhorne Clemens, but I checked http://www.online-literature.com/authorsearch.php and http://www.twainquotes.com/, but couldn't find a specific reference.)

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Lorna Freeman has a blog

Lorna Freeman, who wrote Covenants, The King's Own, and the forthcoming Shadows Past (2/2/10), recently began to blog.

Visit her blog at http://www.lornafreeman.com/

:) Ask her to please post a snippet from Shadows Past :)



Quote du jour: "The best way to get a good idea is to get a lot of ideas." - Linus Pauling