No response yet from Hodder, but I have got a copy of WOLP. I told the assistant in Waterstones that I'd tried to buy it before. He seemed rather confused, thought it might have been embargoed, then said that he thought it had been on the shelves since Saturday !

They're like that in there, though. Nice, but confused.



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That which does not kill us makes us stranger.
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Sarah

Same story in Cambridge -- last week I went to Heffers, Waterstones etc looking for WOLP, and they all denied its existence. (Heffers didn't even have copies of LIAGB, but they did have TEA.)

Then I went into Borders and they had copies of WOLP stacked up to the ceiling right inside the front door, and lots of promotional displays too . . .

Hodder really need to get their act together and communicate better with shops other than Borders . . . communicating with Waterstones as a whole can be a bit of a trial, though. The individual branches seem to be extremely independent, and frankly a law unto themselves, which I guess is a good thing in many ways.



Jesus saves; Buddha does incremental backup.

I got mine in Ottakers, they had got me the hardback copy but when I went to collect they had a big stack of the softbacks to I moaned that they hadn't given me the choice and took the softback instead as thats what my others are.

What about US readers - has anyone been able to get theirs from Amazon.uk? I'm waiting to see if that pans out before I order it.

Mine (paperback) is supposedly in the mail, and due to arrive somewhere between the 11th and the 15th. I'll post when it show up (assuming it does).

Sorry to drench you all, i picked up my copy of WOLP at the offical launch and special Evening With... extravaganza on release day. Its was a brilliant evening with jasper, where he talked, made me laugh myself silly and signed all three of my books and gave me freebies too. Now thats good book buying!

Magda - will you email me when it comes?

I will if I think of it. I'll definitely post about it in this thread.

My brother is currently sitting behind me, and he says "yar boo sucks, I got it first. So tough."

Or something like that. Cheerful, eh?



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There's a hole in my creativity bucket and it's all leaked out.

I have just been informed that my copy of WOLP is on it's way to me as we speak(or type as the case may be).

It's coming from Amazon UK by way of a very nice Brit who ordered it for me in London and is having it shipped to me. I must think of something nice to do for him.

Any suggestions?

Sarah B - give him a slap...



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Tracy - send him some white chocolate and macademia cookies ... drool ...



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I am very interested in the Universe. I am specialising in the Universe and everything surrounding it. - E. L. Wisty

Is that a personal request Jon?

No, cos I've already been sent some from America, and I can't think of anything I'd rather have from there ... they were gorgeous.



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I am very interested in the Universe. I am specialising in the Universe and everything surrounding it. - E. L. Wisty

*beaming*

I just talked to my mother on the phone before heading home, and she said there's a package waiting for me from Amazon. If it contains anything other than WOLP (seeing as that's the only thing I've got on order), I will be back here screaming in agony and fury after I've opened it. Otherwise, I'll be busy reading it (as soon as I've finished eating dinner and shopping for a new bed).



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Why do you need a new bed? You won't be doing any sleeping for the next 24 hours because you'll be too busy reading WOLP.

Maybe Magda likes to read in/on her bed, and wants a more comfortable one before settling down with WOLP.

Of course Magda is shopping for a new bed - she's hardly likely to go shoping for her old one, is she? Unless there's unregulated chronogaurd activity going on again..



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