Re the quotations issue - the text has not changed significantly from the proofs, guys, so feel free to quote.  One caveat - please keep the quotes to a minimum length because I think there will be one or two blogs round about publication day that will want exclusive extracts.  Longer quotations are best avoided for the moment.

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Reviews of the type Olaf dicusses - I reckon, probably start posting on sites 2 weeks to 10 days before publication...

I am also wondering if I can say to peeps in the social media world, please if you're going to buy, do so for pub day and give us a numbers bump...

?

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I guess it is too late for me, as well, then, although it sure would have been nice to read alongside Ylvs and Cyan and the rest. Still, it's cool you all will get a chance, and I'll peek over your shoulders from time to time.

Westeros.org is a good and lively place with lots and lots of discussion, I also have an account there, but they are very ruthless when it comes to promoting stuff for the sake of promoting. When we start discussions there they  have to be genuine..

The mb on terrybrooks.net is also very busy and also very Tad-friendly. That might be worth a look too.

I read the Prologue and thought, "Okay, this is okay. Not sure what's going on, but it's only a couple of pages so I can just go with the flow."

Started the first half of Chapter 1 and thought, "More names I don't know, but I get the jist - a new guy joined the team."

Read the interlude in Chapter 1 and thought, "Okay. They're on their first case... but after reading the back of the book, I feel I know where it's going so I'm not quite as excited as I want to be."

Read the rest of Chapter 1 and though, "Oh. My God. YES! This is exactly what I was waiting for."

Then I was hooked and the rest is history.

Olaf wrote:

Westeros.org is a good and lively place with lots and lots of discussion, I also have an account there, but they are very ruthless when it comes to promoting stuff for the sake of promoting. When we start discussions there they  have to be genuine..

The mb on terrybrooks.net is also very busy and also very Tad-friendly. That might be worth a look too.

I don't think we have to worry about westeros.org, Olaf. We're the DA and not some mindless promoters for the sake of promotion, aren't we?

@ylvs Just saying...they can be a ruthless bunch over there:-)

@deborah

Christopher Paolini has no personal website. However, he has a publishers sponsored website at http://www.alagaesia.com/ and a fan site at http://shurtugal.com/ . He uses both sites to communicate with fans. And he is pretty active on twitter!

I never read Brooks I think and did not manage to finish Eragon as it bored me too much but what about Gaiman's MB? Weirdly enough I'm not registered there (I love his books as much as Tad's and he is the only writer to have that honour :-)) but that is easily to be changed ...

That is nice insider information, good to know.

How about Jim Butcher's MB?  I must admit, I couldn't help making the comparison to The Dresden Files (both BD and Harry got wise-cracking skillz!).  I don't know what the members are like but I think our Renfield still hangs out over there.

Also, maybe send a Big Idea piece to John Scalzi?  His blog has a sizable readership.

ylvs wrote:

*refuses to be called sniffy & prickly*

Yeah, that was my reaction too.  I'm a big Gaiman fan, as well as a big Rothfuss fan, as well as a big fan of a bunch of other writers...  yet, Tad is my No. 1!  I've got lots of love to spread around but I know where my heart resides.  I'm a Smarcher :-)

From British publlisher Hodder via facebook

We've just had a stupendously good quote from the brilliant Patrick Rothfuss for THE DIRTY STREETS OF HEAVEN by Tad Williams:

“When I heard that Tad Williams was writing an urban fantasy novel, I got all tingly. Now I’ve read it, and it’s even better than I’d dared to hope. It’s snarky, fast-paced, and above all, original. You should be tingly, too.”

Hope you are all getting tingly! Now, roll on September.