As the most ardent of Legendary followers will know, we're very excited about publishing IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HARRISON DEXTROSE by Nick Griffiths (author of Dalek I Loved You) in April. It's a fantastically entertaining and brilliant book, which left me in a giggling stupour on a train journey back from Stockport, and with major support already expressed we're expecting it to be a huge success (fingers etc crossed).
Anyway, after a bit of a kerfuffle, three of the review copies (which we send out in advance to major buyers, reviewers etc) were slightly damaged so we couldn't send. They are now sitting like advance golddust on my desk and so I thought I'd offer a very special opportunity - the first three people to order advance copies from now (see link below) will receive one now, in addition to receiving their finished copy when the novel launches.
Three very important and exciting reasons:
1) You will be the only members of the general reading public who will have had a chance to read this potentially huge novel - definite bragging rights and can annoy all and sundry with the information at dinner parties, bus stops etc for numerous months to come.
2) Nick has kindly signed the copies so even more room for bragging and they will make an exclusive set of which there will be just three of its kind - a great addition to any bookshelf.
3) For the cynical/businessy people among you, these copies will be worth a small fortune once the book is a major hit (note: Harry Potter fan selling first editions today for £40,000...though if you take that route I want a cut!)
So, a unique opportunity and act fast before I order them myself to keep reading this brilliant novel:
ORDER NOW £7.99 Buy signed copy for £1 extra
Yes, you got your copy. One left - any takers? Go on, it'll be worth it...
Tom
Posted by: Tom | 20 February 2008 at 11:50 AM
Right, that cinched it. Reminiscent of Douglas Adams, one of my favourite and long lamented authors. I’ve just put my order in – am I in time for one of those collectibles? Maybe I can stick some plastic gems on the cover and pretend.
Posted by: Josie | 19 February 2008 at 04:28 PM
I will ask though believe he is out of silver-mounted gems at the moment.
As a taster of the novel here is the fist line:
'It was my 18th birthday when I chanced upon Harrison Dextrose's The Lost Incompetent: a Bible for the Inept Traveller; little knowing that it would one day lead me to kill a man with a dead penguin.'
Can't say any better than that!
Tom
Posted by: Tom Chalmers | 19 February 2008 at 03:28 PM
Is Nick going to handwrite a fairy tales book and display it leather-bound encrusted with silver-mounted gems? I’ll have one of those, please. thnx
Posted by: Josie | 19 February 2008 at 03:07 PM