tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post7554236766361464549..comments2023-09-20T03:40:25.128-07:00Comments on Leigh Russell: PUBLICATION 10th JUNELeigh Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-8393285698575211002009-05-10T14:23:00.000-07:002009-05-10T14:23:00.000-07:00Thank you Chris. Lovely to hear from you. I'm hopi...Thank you Chris. Lovely to hear from you. I'm hoping to persuade some mega huge book distributor in the US to alter their schedules and stock my book in June... back in the real world, the US virtual book launch may be held in October... Either way, it <I>will</I> happen, if I have to paddle across the Atlantic in a coracle. It's only a pond, after all, and I know I'll have a warm welcome.Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-54570664490432040562009-05-10T14:20:00.000-07:002009-05-10T14:20:00.000-07:00susan, stranger in a strange land - I hope you fee...susan, stranger in a strange land - I hope you feel at home on my blog. If I was clever enough to insert pictures on my comments I'd send you a virtual cup of tea, as you're really English.Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-35665887183261223622009-05-10T14:17:00.000-07:002009-05-10T14:17:00.000-07:00I LOVE your idea for a virtual book signing!!!
I...I LOVE your idea for a virtual book signing!!! <br />I'm making my Amazon list as we speak, and can't wait to get your book!!!!<br />:-)<br />You're such a sweetie---savor all these moments!!<br />:-)Chris Eldinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732006129353079344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-87428164762115397382009-05-10T11:31:00.000-07:002009-05-10T11:31:00.000-07:00Yes, I always have to keep the time difference in ...Yes, I always have to keep the time difference in mind when I call my Auntie Nancy who lives in Stanhope. I don't have too many aunts and uncles left now but I am still English (moved to Canada when I was 6) and a stranger in a strange land here :-)susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-1470562090313922692009-05-10T09:34:00.000-07:002009-05-10T09:34:00.000-07:00Thanks, Susan. You're right, I'll be busy enough w...Thanks, Susan. You're right, I'll be busy enough when the book comes out and will be busy again reminding all my US blog friends about Cut Short when October comes around. Thank you for your support and I agree, amazon.com do seem efficient and polite in their dealings with customers. <br /><br />I think you're about 8 hours behind us. It's 5.30pm here so it's around 9.30am with you, I think. Strange that our day's beginning to wind down for the evening and yours is just beginning.Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-65081538394299197092009-05-10T09:12:00.000-07:002009-05-10T09:12:00.000-07:00Good morning Leigh,
It's still pretty early he...Good morning Leigh,<br />It's still pretty early here on the west coast of the US but I did get a reply from Amazon.com to my inquiry. I'd say that was pretty quick for a Sunday morning. Anyway, the essence of the message was this:<br /><br />Greetings from Amazon.com.<br /><br />I've checked the availability for "Cut Short" and see that it's listed on our website as "not yet released." According to the latest information we've received, this item is scheduled for release on October 1, 2009.<br /><br />Many manufacturers, publishers, and record labels restrict retailers from selling or shipping their products until the official release date.<br /><br />Hence, I kindly suggest you to contact publisher for more information regarding this item.<br /><br />**<br /><br />My experiences with Amazon.com have always been very positive insofar as receiving goods ordered and pre-ordered. With the latter I get immediate updates as to current availability. For example I really wanted to read the last novel by RD Wingfield, A Killing Frost, paperback published by Corgi in 2008. I could have bought it from WH Smith but the S&H would have been nearly double the book price so ordered it in May of last year and waited. It arrived here from Amazon.com in March when they got it and had had regular updates about delays.<br /><br />Apologies for the long explication but I wasn't surprised at their response considering my previous experience. Don't worry about your international sales at least until it's been released. Relax and do what you do best - write. Your readers will respond.<br /><br />Please email me directly at milasu7@fastmail.fm if you want to talk further or here is fine. I'll be back to check. All is well and I'm very chuffed to be a friend and fan.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-72553123876854998982009-05-10T02:04:00.000-07:002009-05-10T02:04:00.000-07:00Update on the USA crisis!!! Apparently the Mystery...<I>Update on the USA crisis</I>!!! Apparently the Mystery Lovers Bookshop dispatch date in June is a red herring. The villain seems to be the US distributor IPG who aren't making the book available until October. <br /><br />Nothing deterred, your intrepid author emailed IPG requesting the October date be brought forward. (I promise you Cut Short isn't written in this tongue-in-cheek style!) I then checked the IPG website and found the book listed as available in August... I'm getting <I>so</I> confused! Is this another red herring? Should we bring them in for questionning? <br /><br />I hope all my 'friends and fans' in the US will email amazon - surely amazon have some sway with IPG? It's time for the little people to unite against the power of faceless corporations once more. To arms, comrades! (sorry - I seem to have switched genre here).<br /><br />Mystery Lovers Bookshop are far more pleasant to deal with than amazon, by the way. A friendly person - with a <I>name</I>! replied to my email and was extremely helpful. No automated response from <I>them</I>. <br /><br />Chuffed with Mystery Lovers, miffed with amazon. But still not available in the US until October - or will it be August? <br />???????????????????????????????????Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-21025814957440937172009-05-10T01:48:00.000-07:002009-05-10T01:48:00.000-07:00susan - that's fantastic. Thank you so much. Let u...susan - that's fantastic. Thank you so much. Let us know the response... we can compare how they reply with amazon.co.uk's rather unimpressive track record. I could write a book about amazon's public relations... subtitled The Individual Versus the Faceless Corporation. <br /><br />I'm very chuffed to have an American 'friend and fan' before my book's even published. That's amazing and has given me a real lift. Thank you! <br /><br />ps isn't chuffed a good word? The opposite of miffed. Perhaps I could call my book 'The Amazon Experience - Miffed or Chuffed?' Then again, perhaps I should just go away quietly now, before I bore all my friends and fans (!) beyond endurance.Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-45958572973631927052009-05-09T21:53:00.000-07:002009-05-09T21:53:00.000-07:00Hi Leigh,
Here's a copy of the email sent to Amazo...Hi Leigh,<br />Here's a copy of the email sent to Amazon.com this evening. Let's hope it brings good results.<br /><br />I'm an American friend and fan of a new British author, Leigh Russell. Her book Cut Short is scheduled for publication in the UK on June 1st but when I checked here on Amazon.com I see it won't be available to American readers until Oct. 1st. Is there a particular reason for the long delay? I'm looking forward to reading the novel along with a number of other people and would prefer to order it from you rather than having it shipped from overseas.<br /><br />Many thanks for all the good service I've received and your help in this regard.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-67371798681975263692009-05-09T16:11:00.000-07:002009-05-09T16:11:00.000-07:00Thanks, Mary. You have contacts in so many differe...Thanks, Mary. You have contacts in so many different countries, you are forthwith appointed International Sales Supremo Extraordinaire. This is a highly sought after position. Although it's unpaid, you can have hours of fun pleading with and threatening potential buyers. You may resort to a little gentle blackmail, but no wrist slapping please. We have to maintain standards... I'll take your stunned silence as grateful acceptance. Your initial target is to sell 1,000 copies of Cut Short by tomorrow. You will then be given a higher even less realistic target. Every time you reach your target, you will be given a higher one until your target becomes completely unattainable at which point you may retire with a pension of millions. (Millions of droplets of water, that is, condensed from the hot air I've been spouting). <br /><br />Seriously, Mary (if you're still reading this) thank you for your good wishes and support.Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-66432167362445841252009-05-09T08:52:00.000-07:002009-05-09T08:52:00.000-07:00Ooh -- good luck with this, and congratulations! ...Ooh -- good luck with this, and congratulations! I'll look out for your book and pass the word around!Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-50350060800026513752009-05-09T07:41:00.000-07:002009-05-09T07:41:00.000-07:00Almost forgot - that's how excited I am - thank yo...Almost forgot - that's how excited I am - thank you for your comment, Lauren, and for your support. Blog soon.Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-60498564440573554222009-05-09T07:39:00.000-07:002009-05-09T07:39:00.000-07:00Forget petrified (for a moment) and picture the sc...Forget petrified (for a moment) and picture the scene - Leigh is sitting at her keyboard, a pile of books by her elbow waiting to be marked as she blogs. Time passes. The books wait. Leigh blogs. Suddenly the door opens and a man enters carrying... a parcel! Is he father Christmas? No. Is it Leigh's birthday? No. It's far more exciting than either of those annual events. Trembling, Leigh opens the large, flat A3 parcel. Slowly she peels back the brown paper to reveal... (mere words cannot convey the thrilling sight) POSTERS, A3 posters of Cut Short - (<I>a voice calls from the wings</I>) Bother, got to go out. More later.Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-520276241887490752009-05-09T07:32:00.000-07:002009-05-09T07:32:00.000-07:00That is so weird that they aren't going to have it...That is so weird that they aren't going to have it available until October! I will email them!<br /><br />It is so exciting that your big day is drawing near. :):):) I'd imagine that you feel a jumble of all four. As soon as you feel that one of them is a stronger feeling the jumble wiggles and it is another one. I'd imagine that this happens several times a second. Or at least I imagine that is how I would feel. :)Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11795668965659926769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-48436032523750069572009-05-09T06:59:00.000-07:002009-05-09T06:59:00.000-07:00I hope lots of people will be emailing amazon.com ...I hope lots of people will be emailing amazon.com to ask them to review their ridiculous October dispatch date. <I>(What is it with me and amazon?!)</I> <br /><br />In the meantime, Mystery Lovers Bookshop (www.mysterylovers.com) in the USA have a dispatch date in June. That's more like it!Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-69179027515054007852009-05-09T02:15:00.000-07:002009-05-09T02:15:00.000-07:00um... amazon.ca say the book's available on May 1s...um... amazon.ca say the book's available on May 1st... even more confusing. <br /><br />Presumably they'll dispatch in June when the book's published. <br /><br />If you order a copy from amazon.ca, Laughing Wolf, you'll have to give it to a friend as I'll be sending you one (unless you want a really signed <I>and</I> a virtually signed copy - ) Let me know which one reaches you first, the one I send out or the one from amazon.ca. I suspect anything Canadian will be more efficient - I'm so impressed with Canada. (come on USA, get with it!)Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-73727448646495383792009-05-08T20:28:00.000-07:002009-05-08T20:28:00.000-07:00what about amazon.ca?what about amazon.ca?laughingwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873675614347328116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-28600839671381219412009-05-08T16:41:00.001-07:002009-05-08T16:41:00.001-07:00Hi Guillaume, it would be great to see you in Henl...Hi Guillaume, it would be great to see you in Henley. I hope you can make it.Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-27293015369716286482009-05-08T16:41:00.000-07:002009-05-08T16:41:00.000-07:00Thank you very much for the suggestion, Kim. It so...Thank you very much for the suggestion, Kim. It sounds a bit hi-tech for me, but I'll certainly look at it and try to work out how to do it. Like you say, any publicity is useful.Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-51029838348292832422009-05-08T11:46:00.000-07:002009-05-08T11:46:00.000-07:00Hey there, I might be able to see you in Henley.Hey there, I might be able to see you in Henley.Guillaumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376749604845793465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-59006158907813415002009-05-08T09:48:00.000-07:002009-05-08T09:48:00.000-07:00If you'd like to do a short reading for the Storyt...If you'd like to do a short reading for the Storyteller's Blog, do let me know. Alternatively, check the pages which tell you how to embed audio files on your own blog and stick one up here - it all helps with the publicity :)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-54072269653712499652009-05-08T09:03:00.000-07:002009-05-08T09:03:00.000-07:00I'll have a look around and let you know if I find...I'll have a look around and let you know if I find anything, Susan. I agree, October is a disappointing dispatch date. I wonder if they'll bring that forward when the book's published? <br /><br />Has anyone found an online publisher dispatching in the USA before October? Please let us know. <br /><br />You might also email amazon.com and point out that the book is published in JUNE...Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-18539071117918664392009-05-08T08:45:00.000-07:002009-05-08T08:45:00.000-07:00Has anyone told you yet your name and the title of...Has anyone told you yet your name and the title of your book are already up on Amazon US? Cut Short will be released in paperback by them on Oct. 1st but I won't be able to wait that long. I don't order many books from overseas anymore because of the shipping costs. The last time was when I decided to reread all the Reginald Hill Dalziel and Pascoe novels from Amazon UK and ended up paying double the cost of the books for shipping. In your case I'll be happy to make an exception but if you know of anyone with less expensive S&H it might be good if you can let your American readers know. I'm excited and very happy for you.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-350777462388018722009-05-08T08:01:00.000-07:002009-05-08T08:01:00.000-07:00fizzycat - it is reminiscent of being five and dec...fizzycat - it <I>is</I> reminiscent of being five and deciding who I'm going to invite to my party. There are one or two people I really should invite to my launch but I'm not going to because they've pissed me off. Ha! (I said I was acting like a five-year-old, didn't I?)Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-40530951911856447452009-05-08T07:59:00.000-07:002009-05-08T07:59:00.000-07:00Woops - I just entered a comment twice. (My husban...Woops - I just entered a comment twice. (My husband complains I repeat myself...)Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.com