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Important => Calendar Event Discussion => Topic started by: Priscellie on January 26, 2009, 03:31:42 PM
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DAYTON, OH
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
BOOKS & COMPANY (http://www.booksandco.com/)
4453 Walnut St.
The Greene
Beavercreek, OH 45440
7:00 PM: Reading and signing.
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I may have hit some form of collegiate jackpot, because I am less than four hours away from this signing, and from the KY one. Hooboy. Can't wait to hit up both events!
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WOOT! I just moved about an hour or so north of Dayton. That 936 mile drive seems worth it now :D
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Does anyone know if he signs older books as well. If I drive from Baltimore I'd like to get all his books signed. Thanks.
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Does anyone know if he signs older books as well. If I drive from Baltimore I'd like to get all his books signed. Thanks.
Yup. Jim's usual rule of thumb is that he'll allow three items signed, and if time permits, you can get back in line to get more things signed. He's usually happy to sign anything that holds still long enough--the limit is only in place to ensure everyone that wants a signature gets one.
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I may have hit some form of collegiate jackpot, because I am less than four hours away from this signing
I'm fairly close as well, but I have class that night...curse PhD studies! :)
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If I can make it I will go as a wizard. Do many other folks go in costume?
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I'm fairly close as well, but I have class that night...curse PhD studies! :)
Paul, you must ask youself which is more important: that silly PhD, or meeting Jim ? ;D
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Paul, you must ask youself which is more important: that silly PhD, or meeting Jim ? ;D
You forgot a 3rd option - keeping wife happy. She'd not be amused I skipped class to go to Dayton. :)
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does anyone know how a book signing goes? I'm going to the dayton signing with a friend, but neither of us have been to one, and i couldn't find anything about a Jim Butcher signing on the bookstore's website :(
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Dang, I'd better be there since I'm in classes in Cinci.
Looking forward to this.
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I am really looking forward to this. I live in the Dayton area and was excited to learn he would be here. That is what got me to register finally on here. :)
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Just found it on their website... My wife and I were looking forward to going, but apparently you cant get in line without buying Turn Coat from that particular store and having a receipt? I guess we'll buy another copy but that just seems... uncool...
Is this the usual rule for book signings?
Wednesday Apr 15
JIM BUTCHER
Jim Butcher
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15; 7-8 PM @ The Greene
Line numbers beginning at 6 pm. Please show your books&co receipt for Turn Coat to get a line number.
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Yes. It's a rare store that will let you have the author sign anything if you don't buy at least one copy of the promoted book at their store. They aren't flying these guys in out of the goodness of their hearts, ya know? They're trying to sell some books! Nothin' wrong with that!
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Yes. It's a rare store that will let you have the author sign anything if you don't buy at least one copy of the promoted book at their store. They aren't flying these guys in out of the goodness of their hearts, ya know? They're trying to sell some books! Nothin' wrong with that!
Well then I guess in a way that it is good I did not go. I already have two copies. One Jim signed at Dog Eared books for me, and a plain one I bought at Barnes to have him sign for a friend of mine. I would have been irate to find out at the last minute after driving 5 hours that I still had to buy another book.
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See, now, it's just a difference of opinion, of course, but I would feel rude if I didn't. The owners open the store, pay their employees to work after hours, organize the festivities and run the show, and don't charge admission. Seems the least I can do is buy a book they're probably only gonna make a buck off of anyway. JMO
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See, now, it's just a difference of opinion, of course, but I would feel rude if I didn't. The owners open the store, pay their employees to work after hours, organize the festivities and run the show, and don't charge admission. Seems the least I can do is buy a book they're probably only gonna make a buck off of anyway. JMO
I probably would have ended up buying something, but the draw is Jim, and I did already buy two copies of Turn Coat. The issue for me is more one of getting blind sided about the "must buy" rule after having driven 5 hours to get there. I have never been to a book signing before and the ad I had seen about the signing didn't say anything about purchase required.
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Also take into account that if I had gone I would have already spent between $100 and $125 dollars on gas, food, and motel.
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I'm sure most stores would have been just as happy to sell you a different book if you already had a copy of Turn Coat. The point is merely from a owner's perspective, they do these things to get people in their doors and hopefully Sell More Books.
Some stores are really specific about which books you have to buy, and some are more laid back.
Also take into account that if I had gone I would have already spent between $100 and $125 dollars on gas, food, and motel.
Between you and me, Tor. I don't think they really care about that. I care. Jim would care, and of course you care, but I don't think the bookstore owner would care. ;) :D They care whether they can feed their own kids and I can't say I blame them for that. Especially in this economy. The book business is hard enough in good times without the recent hit to people's "Luxury budgets".
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I'm sure most stores would have been just as happy to sell you a different book if you already had a copy of Turn Coat. The point is merely from a owner's perspective, they do these things to get people in their doors and hopefully Sell More Books.
Some stores are really specific about which books you have to buy, and some are more laid back.
Between you and me, Tor. I don't think they really care about that. I care. Jim would care, and of course you care, but I don't think the bookstore owner would care. ;) :D They care whether they can feed their own kids and I can't say I blame them for that. Especially in this economy. The book business is hard enough in good times without the recent hit to people's "Luxury budgets".
Oh no, I don't expect them to care. That is just looking at it from my perspective. Not knowing about the must buy, and then spending all that money to get there, then being told buy something or no seeing Jim. I would have certainly looked around, and probably would have bought something while I was there. It just would have been the shock factor after making that long drive.
It is a moot point since I didn't go, I just wish I had known or seen that information before.
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Just got back from the signing. What a great time. Jim seems like a really nice and gracious person. The store would let you bring anything or any book for Jim to sign. Just not Turn Coat. you had to buy it there. One guy brought his whole library. Jim signed them all. Lol. There was well over 100 peeps that showed up for it. So there was quite a few questions and alot of laughter. :)
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It was awesome :) And I feel like a total dork because I said "This Is So Awesome!" as soon as I got to the table with my books to sign. lol ;D ;D ;D My friend and I had an awesome time :) It was well worth the 2 hour drive...in the rain...and the stupid traffic. I cannot use the word 'awesome' enough to describe it. it truley did leave me in Awe and Wonder ;D
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My husband and I went. We drove two hours from Indianapolis, it was well worth it. Jim was great. Very funny, personable, and down to earth. We had a fantastic time. He even answered two of my questions. I can't wait until we get the opportunity to do something like this again. Next time I want to ask him if he watches BSG in addition to Buffy and Babylon Five. :)
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Hey, Indianapolis here as well, My buddy and I had one heck of a time! Looking forward to his next book signing. Next time us Indy people need to car pool! ;D
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We drove up and showed our weasiliness by buying the 5th Codex Alera and a copy of Mean Streets for Jim to sign and had him sign our copy of Turn Coat that we bought elsewhere also (Way to stick it to the man! wait.... hmmm... )
It was a really great event and really good to see a nice guy like Jim doing something that he obviously loves.
And yes.. we got our glow in the dark Bob signed.
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I probably would have ended up buying something, but the draw is Jim, and I did already buy two copies of Turn Coat. The issue for me is more one of getting blind sided about the "must buy" rule after having driven 5 hours to get there. I have never been to a book signing before and the ad I had seen about the signing didn't say anything about purchase required.
Agreed. I went to last night's signing and ran into the same problem. I brought with me three copies of TC, bought at my local BN (I had store credits and gift cards that I wanted to use, one copy to go to my sister, the other to my dad, both fans). Before I did that, I had PMed a person on this board and had asked if it would be a problem and was told that people did that all the time.
I was rather upset when I was told I would not be allowed to have books signed that had not purchased there. I then spoke to the events coordinator and explained that I had come in good faith, I had asked if was a permissible course of action on this site and had been told it was, that I understood the rationale behind the new policy, having been in bookstore retail at one time. I told her I had not gone to the store's website and that I was willing to make good faith purchase of one copy of TC, if I would be allowed to have two of the copies I brought signed.
She decided that I could have the books I brought signed, under the circumstances. I promised to buy my signing event books from there on future trips. While I did not buy any books there last night I did make a substantial purchase at the coffee shop inside the store.
I had a wonderful time at the signing, Jim answered my question (shooting down a pet theory in the process) and answered a spoiler question I had, when I went up to get the book signed.
I surely will go to more signings when I can.
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So I looked up the breed that Jim said Mouse is. It seems pretty much the way I imagined him. By the way......I frakking love Mouse!
(http://www.vbocaucasian.com/Caucasian/dzhabo1081.jpg)
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I went last night as well and I was like a kid in a candy shop! He was just as witty and wonderful as I thought he was. My friend and I got there a little late and I was #91 in line but it was definitely worth the wait to actually meet him. After he had signed my books and such I walked away and my hand was shaking I was so nervous and excited. He really is wonderful and I can't wait untli he comes back in the area!
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I'm Seri's husband and I agree with every one. This was a lot of fun and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. It was worth every one of the 30 minutes of vacation time I had to use. :)
Jim was awesome. He was very kind and gracious. He even gave a really cool answer to my complaint about how the books make my family think I hate them while signing our stuff. (They always seem to come out around holidays and then I've got my nose buried in a book at family events).
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Welcome Tim!
Welll.......???? what was his answer??!
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Welcome Tim!
Welll.......???? what was his answer??!
Tim said "Could you stop releasing books around the holidays? My family is starting to think I hate them." Jim said, "Have you told them the truth?"
He was also great and added even more personalization to the book we asked him to sign for our friend that first recommend the "other wizard named Harry" to us. With all he was signing, the fact that he added even more than we asked him to was just awesome. He seems like the kind of person that we could just hang out with. Can't wait to make it to another signing.
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I like it here. I'm thinking I may change my forum of choice from the Rottentomatoes forums to Jim Butchers. You folks here seem considerably nicer than the People at RT. :)
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Tim said "Could you stop releasing books around the holidays? My family is starting to think I hate them." Jim said, "Have you told them the truth?"
He was also great and added even more personalization to the book we asked him to sign for our friend that first recommend the "other wizard named Harry" to us. With all he was signing, the fact that he added even more than we asked him to was just awesome. He seems like the kind of person that we could just hang out with. Can't wait to make it to another signing.
He also said I'd have to take it up with his publisher, who's one of the sweetest people in the world and he has no idea how she survives NYC being so sweet, but that ultimately, my cause was probably lost.
On the bright side, I think I may try and introduce my oldest niece to Harry this year. If she'll ever return my copy of Furies of Caldaron.
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Tim said "Could you stop releasing books around the holidays? My family is starting to think I hate them." Jim said, "Have you told them the truth?"
Jim is probably the awesomest living author alive. *redundancy for emphasis :D Take that Shecky!*
I think we're gonna like the two of you too!
If you haven't already, pop in to the Introduction Thread in McAnally's. There's baked goods and beverages and a ton of cool people waiting to greet you!
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yeah the baked goods and beverages are awesome in there. Just stay away from the brownies. I had one and woke up in downtown dayton with no shoes or pants. I live like 10 miles away from there so it was rather disconcerting. :D
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;D ;D
Glad to hear you got home safe Smitty. We were worried about you! :D
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Thanxs Wondered where the cab came from :D
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We have them on retainer. ;)
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I like it here already. :)
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;D
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I have to say that as a first timer at a book signing, I'm glad I went to this one. My daughter, who's 8yrs old, has read all the books and begged me to take her. Needless to say, she was the youngest one there having her book signed. I think he didn't believe she was the one reading them. She had Turn coat read by 5pm Friday. Now it's finally my turn to read it. LOL If Jim reads this I hope he realizes how hard it is to read a book after an 8yr old tells you half of it before they are done! Next time I get to read it first! LOL Maybe I'll get her started on the Alera series next....
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Welcome, Shaliscarai! I think it's awesome your daughter reads these books!
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I have to say that as a first timer at a book signing, I'm glad I went to this one. My daughter, who's 8yrs old, has read all the books and begged me to take her. Needless to say, she was the youngest one there having her book signed. I think he didn't believe she was the one reading them. She had Turn coat read by 5pm Friday. Now it's finally my turn to read it. LOL If Jim reads this I hope he realizes how hard it is to read a book after an 8yr old tells you half of it before they are done! Next time I get to read it first! LOL Maybe I'll get her started on the Alera series next....
That is so awesome!
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Thanks! I'm afraid she will read almost anything I throw at her. She devours books in no time flat. The only thing I've had to stop her from reading so far is Laurel K. Hamilton (I think I got the name right) and that's for obvious reasons if you've read her work. She's still a bit too young to go that far past rated "R" writing. LOL
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Thanks! I'm afraid she will read almost anything I throw at her. She devours books in no time flat. The only thing I've had to stop her from reading so far is Laurel K. Hamilton (I think I got the name right) and that's for obvious reasons if you've read her work. She's still a bit too young to go that far past rated "R" writing. LOL
Yeah, if she's 8 years old, you need to keep her far far FAR away from Laurel K. Hamilton. Personally I love her books. But I'm 31 years old. I think 15 is the earliest that I would recommend she start reading them.
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Thanks! I'm afraid she will read almost anything I throw at her. She devours books in no time flat. The only thing I've had to stop her from reading so far is Laurel K. Hamilton (I think I got the name right) and that's for obvious reasons if you've read her work. She's still a bit too young to go that far past rated "R" writing. LOL
The 1st couple books might not be to bad (I read the entire series (currently written) in January, so everything's a bit of a blur), but most of that series is definitely in the NC-17 category.
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yeah I'm 35 and there are times I go "Wow! I need a cigarette!" after reading some of her stuff. Papaw let her get one from the library and I had to snag it the second I saw it so she wouldn't read it. Once I explained it to her she was fine with it. She's read the Twilight series 5 times already and she just skipped the parts she didn't want to read in the last book. She's read all dresden files books twice and is on her second time through Turn Coat. I'm gonna have to hit the lottery just to keep her in books! LOL Hope Mr. Butcher writes faster! LOL
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Perhaps get her started on the Codex Alera series Jim writes?
IDK, let me know if she's too young, peeps, I haven't read CA yet myself.
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Perhaps get her started on the Codex Alera series Jim writes?
IDK, let me know if she's too young, peeps, I haven't read CA yet myself.
Codex is considerably more appropriate than Anita. Though it has it's more adult issues as well. Where in Anita they are mostly sexual issues. In Codex................well............they are pretty violent. Lots of blood and guts, and heads exploding and such. But if she is okay with Dresden, Codex is more violent, but not a LOT more.
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Thanks, Seraphina!
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Thanks, SerIphina!
No problem. :)
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oops, sorry :D
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oops, sorry :D
No worries. Happens all the time. :)
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Hello! I was at the signing as well, and Jim was warm, hilarious and relaxed in front of the crowd of eager readers. I agree with him on the whole 'author reading' bit. He stated that he appreciates them not asking him to do a reading because "well, I assume all my readers know how to read."
I live an hour away from Dayton, and was told by the event coordinator that I could not get my copy of Turn Coat signed, but luckily I brought my copy of Princep's Fury. He ended up signing them both, though. I did in good faith look for a copy of Mean Streets or Welcome to the Jungle, which they had already sold out of. Oh well
One question for you longtime followers of Mr. Butcher's work: he mentioned the classes he took with a well published author and how that author's influence and suggestions made Jim write his first successful book, (Stormfront) despite his worst intentions. Who was this mentor? I am curious to see if they have a 'How To' book alongside their evident 40 or so published books..
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Ugh, this is downright embarrassing. I just recently joined the boards and haven't surfed the whole forum yet. Jim was here 10 days ago, I LIVE in Dayton and knew nothing about it. I should be shot.
Sam
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*Offers Bookwormsam a blindfold and cigarette*
Welcome to the boards. Hehe... guess you shoulda been here sooner, eh? ;) :D
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Ugh, this is downright embarrassing. I just recently joined the boards and haven't surfed the whole forum yet. Jim was here 10 days ago, I LIVE in Dayton and knew nothing about it. I should be shot.
Sam
bang.
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Welcome to the forum. Try the pizza.
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I was at the Dayton signing, and I must say that Jim Butcher is an exceptionally humorus and articulate speaker. He was great to listen to, and answered all the questions to the best of his ability without giving too much away. I really enjoyed his answer concerning his "awareness" of fan fiction, and his answer to my question about how he got started as an author. I knew some of the story, but he went into great detail and told more than I was aware of. Seeing as it is his life he was talking about, that would seem appropriate. ;)
I had a great time and will definitely watch for him to be in the area again.
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He was so kind to answer two of my questions. The first about collaborating with his wife. "No, because we want to stay married." :)
The second about the bet that started the Codex Alera series. It's such a great story, and he really went into detail about it. He could have just gave a simple answer. But instead he made sure that everyone there knew the story behind it.
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He was so kind to answer two of my questions. The first about collaborating with his wife. "No, because we want to stay married." :)
The second about the bet that started the Codex Alera series. It's such a great story, and he really went into detail about it. He could have just gave a simple answer. But instead he made sure that everyone there knew the story behind it.
I was sitting in the second row of seats on the same side of the room as you were sitting on. I really enjoyed his answer to your question about the bet that started the Alera series. I had not heard about that before and was very amused by it.
Pokemon and a Lost Legion... naw, that will never work. oops :D
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I was sitting in the second row of seats on the same side of the room as you were sitting on. I really enjoyed his answer to your question about the bet that started the Alera series. I had not heard about that before and was very amused by it.
Pokemon and a Lost Legion... naw, that will never work. oops :D
I was hoping that he would give the whole story, because I figured that there were quite a few people that weren't familiar with the story.
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I was hoping that he would give the whole story, because I figured that there were quite a few people that weren't familiar with the story.
I was one of them.. thank you for asking the question :)
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I was hoping that he would give the whole story, because I figured that there were quite a few people that weren't familiar with the story.
I didn't know about that. I was wondering about the pokemon references though in the beginning. I was sitting in the 2nd row on the other side I believe. :) It was a cool story
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Question: Is anyone that live in the Ohio/Kentucky/Indianna area going to the Independance, MO signing?
I am considering going and wondered if anyone would like to carpool and split the costs.
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I was on the left side. I kinda asked a bunch of stupid questions, lolz, but it's hard formulating good questions on the spot...