Did you discover the books because of the TV Show?

[Sebastian]

Signed even!

I really haven't understood the point of signed copies.

[IEatChibi]

I've always thought of a signed books as a kind of memento and proof of getting to meet the author in the flesh. I don't think that the virtually signed books would carry the same kind of oomph as a signed book that you had handed to the author, watch him sign, and then had handed back to you.  At least, its that way for me; the signed book is all about the attached memory, not the literal signature

[Darkling]

I've always thought of a signed books as a kind of memento and proof of getting to meet the author in the flesh. I don't think that the virtually signed books would carry the same kind of oomph as a signed book that you had handed to the author, watch him sign, and then had handed back to you.  At least, its that way for me; the signed book is all about the attached memory, not the literal signature

There is a very cold reason to want a signed book without having gotten it signed in front of you.  Money.  Simple fact that I have Anne Rice's The vampire Lestat in graphic novel form.  Now if it was signed by her (Me there or not) I know it's worth would leap about fifty dollars.

And to pull the thread back on it's old topic, I love the show and books.   I view them as separate entities but I love them both and there are certain factors that exist in both and it's a wonderful union.  A very recent example of this is Welcome to the Jungle, which was inspired by a quote from the TV show yet it's set in the bookverse.



 

[Hagbard Celine]

All of my signed books are personalized, I would never sell them, has nothing to do with money for me.  My two favorite personalizations are from Bruce Campbell, who wrote "Thanks for the Gay Scene!" (I had asked him about a love scene he did on the TV show Beggars and Choosers), and China Mieville who wrote "Read M John Harrison NOW, stop what you're doing and read him NOW!" 

Great stuff.

[CountieLt]

I watched and loved the show, but I never realized that it was based on a book series until I was searching for books to download to my e-reader.  At first I ass*u*me*d that the books were based on the show...imagine my delight when I finally figured out the truth!  I downloaded Blood Rites on January 29th, read it, loved it and promptly downloaded (and, metaphorically, devoured) all of the rest (including two of the anthologies containing short stories).  I'm now anxiously awaiting the release of Turn Coat!  My only complaint is with Mr. Butcher is his ignorance of firearms...but he appears to be learning (though he still insists on calling a magazine a clip...but many people make that mistake ).

[SmilingFellow]

 I saw the series on Scifi, saw it advertised and thought it was cool.
 I caught it the week it aired and got hooked, every Friday I was there, until I had work.
 Then, once work picked up I started missing episodes and more or less forgot about it.
 
 After it was canceled, I was at Walls smart and saw Grave Peril, didn't know at that point the series was based on a book series. The differences between the books and series sat fine with me, I enjoyed the series, but books were better.

 Need a "Watched series, then got insanely addicted to the books." option.

[uncanny]

In my case.. I kinda avoided the books because of the show.
Now, now don't be like that .  I totally enjoyed the show, still irks me somewhat that it wasn't brought into a second season (no surprises I don't bother with SciFi channel anymore, after Firefly and Dresden got cut down for no logical reason). 
I just don't like reading the books after seeing the movie/shows.  Dumb thinking, but there it is 

I think it was just a co-incidence really.  I knew there were roughly the same amount of shows as there were books - and looking over some titles, it looked from the surface that the show was the book, or at the very least heavily based on it.

'Till my brother loaned me one of his (Fool Moon) a few weeks back.  Couldn't put it down, went over to the bookstore and bought all the others the next day.  Now I'm waiting for Turn Coat to be available here.

[TwistedWillow1912]

actually, My boyfriend got me totally into them, but I have no clue where he found them.

[eshadow]

I was bummed when the show ended, so decided to check out the books.
Now, I'm completely addicted, but rewatching the show throws me a bit
because of the differences

[zengal]

Welcome. I'm just curious as to the numbers of board members who "found Jim" because of the TV show.

OK! I found out about Jim Butcher a while back, but didn't pick him up, as I was obsessed with Terry Goodkind. After I finished that series, I was desperate and thirsting for some more fantasy. I picked up the Furies of Calderon, right before The Dresden Files came on TV. I put the book down (sorry!). I bought ALL the Dresden books available to me. When I finished those, I went back to the calderon series, and ate those up. I read Turn Coat in 3 days! DANGIT! WRITE FASTER! I'm all out! I NEEEED more! does anyone know any other authors I can read to satiate and placate my addiction? and FYI I own every book Jim Butcher has published except for the short stories. (I'll be buying those soon)

[Apocrypha]

I found about him by the television show.  And I am quite happy to find that there are books and they are great.

[Derek Ruiz]

I saw the Ads for the TV series on things all over NYC before the series premiered ....then I met Jim at NY Comic Con....then we got Welcome to the Jungle going.

I didn't see the show until after I met Jim.


So kinda!

[MBH]

I read about the tv show coming to Sci-Fi.
It sounded interesting.
In the article it said that there were a bunch of books and an underground fan base of sorts who may not like the changes.
At that point I decided to watch the show and see what I thought.
I loved the show right away and decided to check out the books.
I looked on-line saw there were a bunch of books and decided to put it on my list of books I want.
It wasn't until a month ago, I was able ot get them.

[xerephim]

I found JB in 2008 and didnt even know there was a show. Im not into Sci Fi network, they went kinda downhill to me. Im just into urban fantasy and found him when white knight came out on paperback. Now his my favorite writer and Im glad I read the series b4 I saw the show.

[haroos]

because I would never have picked them up if I had seen the tv show first.