Pinpricks for deflating the ego

Continuum was fun, and a lot of people came up to me to say they'd enjoyed my books. Neat-o. But I've just contacted a Perth bookstore to tell them I'm coming for Swancon and suggested they might get a couple of my books in for the dealers room as I'll be talking it up and... they've never heard of me. And they want a review copy to check it out before ordering it in from Peribo, as they don't normally deal with that distributor.

So. Fame? Not so much.