A few more ways to spend money...
While I count down the hours before my keynote address at the Men of Mystery conference in Irvine, California, let me take a moment to let you know about some items that have just become available.
Otto Penzler's Mysterious Bookshop consistently produces magnificent leather-bound limited editions of new crime fiction. I was delighted this spring when A DROP OF THE HARD STUFF was so honored, and no less delighted when Otto chose THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC for similar treatment.
I've mentioned it before, but just received word that the book has been received from the printers, and "we still have a few copies that have not yet been spoken for." This is an edition for the serious collector; given the production values, and the fact that it's limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by the author, well, the $150 price tag doesn't seem out of line.
I don't know how many copies are left, but there can't be many. If you want one, you'd be well advised to call the store's toll-free number, (800) 352-2840. Tell 'em I sent you...
That's not the only book of mine just out from the Mysterious Bookshop. Earlier this year, Open Road, my backlist eBook publishers, brought out an eRiginal: AFTERTHOUGHTS, the piecemeal tell-all memoir of my early writing years, composed of afterwords I wrote for some fifty-plus novels.
You may already have read AFTERTHOUGHTS. Bargain-priced at 99¢, the book has racked up a heartening number of downloads, and continues to get a lot of attention on blogs by and for writers. When I first announced it, many of you who prefer to read books printed on paper expressed the hope that Afterthoughts might be made available as a physical book, and now it is: Mysterious Bookshop's hardcover edition is ready to ship.
Well, almost ready. I've arranged to sign all copies, and that's the first order of business Tuesday when I'm back from California. While this is not a numbered collector edition, neither does the cost run into three figures. It's priced at $35, and the very small press run may sell out rather quickly. Call the 800 number shown above, or click here.
Open Road has also made AFTERTHOUGHTS available as a print-on-demand trade paperback, and you can order it through your local bookstore, or online from Amazon or Barnes & Noble. The price is $9.99.
I should let you know, too, that THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC can actually be yours for less than $150. The eBook bears the very low price of $2.99, and given that it contains all eleven Matthew Scudder stories, two of them published here for the first time, along with an overview of the series plus an appreciation by Brian Koppelman, well, nobody's complained about the price. (Or about the book, as far as that goes; but for the modesty for which I am justly renowned, I'd tell you that at latest count the book has had 7 Amazon reviews, all of them giving it 5 stars.)
And it's also available as a handsome trade paperback. At $16.99, it's more expensive than the eBook, but rather less costly than the deluxe limited. If you're in the U.S., you can order a signed copy from LB's Bookstore. Fourteen mystery specialty stores, handily listed also have signed copies on hand, and most of them are set up to fill Canadian and overseas orders. And U.S. ones as well, natch, and if you're in the neighborhood you can walk in and buy the book from them face to face. How retro is that?)
If you want the physical book, and don't care about a signature, just click to order it from Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
And thanks for reading this. I'm a little spacey, having just finished a book. It's the fifth Keller novel, to be called HIT ME, and my good friends at Mulholland Books will be publishing it sometime in 2012. But you already knew that, right?
Otto Penzler's Mysterious Bookshop consistently produces magnificent leather-bound limited editions of new crime fiction. I was delighted this spring when A DROP OF THE HARD STUFF was so honored, and no less delighted when Otto chose THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC for similar treatment.
I've mentioned it before, but just received word that the book has been received from the printers, and "we still have a few copies that have not yet been spoken for." This is an edition for the serious collector; given the production values, and the fact that it's limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by the author, well, the $150 price tag doesn't seem out of line.
I don't know how many copies are left, but there can't be many. If you want one, you'd be well advised to call the store's toll-free number, (800) 352-2840. Tell 'em I sent you...
That's not the only book of mine just out from the Mysterious Bookshop. Earlier this year, Open Road, my backlist eBook publishers, brought out an eRiginal: AFTERTHOUGHTS, the piecemeal tell-all memoir of my early writing years, composed of afterwords I wrote for some fifty-plus novels.
You may already have read AFTERTHOUGHTS. Bargain-priced at 99¢, the book has racked up a heartening number of downloads, and continues to get a lot of attention on blogs by and for writers. When I first announced it, many of you who prefer to read books printed on paper expressed the hope that Afterthoughts might be made available as a physical book, and now it is: Mysterious Bookshop's hardcover edition is ready to ship.
Well, almost ready. I've arranged to sign all copies, and that's the first order of business Tuesday when I'm back from California. While this is not a numbered collector edition, neither does the cost run into three figures. It's priced at $35, and the very small press run may sell out rather quickly. Call the 800 number shown above, or click here.
Open Road has also made AFTERTHOUGHTS available as a print-on-demand trade paperback, and you can order it through your local bookstore, or online from Amazon or Barnes & Noble. The price is $9.99.
I should let you know, too, that THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC can actually be yours for less than $150. The eBook bears the very low price of $2.99, and given that it contains all eleven Matthew Scudder stories, two of them published here for the first time, along with an overview of the series plus an appreciation by Brian Koppelman, well, nobody's complained about the price. (Or about the book, as far as that goes; but for the modesty for which I am justly renowned, I'd tell you that at latest count the book has had 7 Amazon reviews, all of them giving it 5 stars.)
And it's also available as a handsome trade paperback. At $16.99, it's more expensive than the eBook, but rather less costly than the deluxe limited. If you're in the U.S., you can order a signed copy from LB's Bookstore. Fourteen mystery specialty stores, handily listed also have signed copies on hand, and most of them are set up to fill Canadian and overseas orders. And U.S. ones as well, natch, and if you're in the neighborhood you can walk in and buy the book from them face to face. How retro is that?)
If you want the physical book, and don't care about a signature, just click to order it from Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
And thanks for reading this. I'm a little spacey, having just finished a book. It's the fifth Keller novel, to be called HIT ME, and my good friends at Mulholland Books will be publishing it sometime in 2012. But you already knew that, right?
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