First sighting of MC in the wild!

This comes from Jennifer Laughran at Books Inc in San Franciso who reports:
It’s on the register! And we’ve already sold two in the five mins its been out of the box!!!!!!!!
Woo hoo!!!!
Now since Jennifer works at a book shop I thinks it’s only fair that I keep the prize open. So if you don’t work in a book shop and you’re the first to send me a piccie of my book out in the wild there’s a signed Magic’s Child and matching book marks just for you.
But you’ll still get your prize, Jennifer. You were first first.
Posted by Justine at 16:18, 23 March 2007 under Fans & readers, Magic or Madness trilogy | 12 Comments »

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jennifer, aka literaticat Says:
woohoo!
omg, i should probably stop messing around and get to work so i can sell the rest of your books. cheers, and congrats, it looks beeyoutiful.
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:54 pm
2. Justine Says:
What do the little cards (booktalkers) say?
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:56 pm
jennifer, aka literaticat Says:
teehee –
one says
“the choice: use magic, have anything you like, but die young – or – don’t use magic, but go insane. is there another way? amazing! wowza! yay!”
the other one says:
“a totally unique story about a girl who finds out she has magic… that just might kill her. excellent!!!”
March 23rd, 2007 at 5:09 pm
4. Justine Says:
I blush! Now if I could just find a way to get those booktalkers into every book shop in the US of A and Canada . . .
March 23rd, 2007 at 5:10 pm
rebecca Says:
oooh!! fantastic! i really love the magic’s child cover.
March 23rd, 2007 at 5:33 pm
Emily Says:
I am so annoyed! I went to four book stores yesterday and none of them had Magic’s Child. I nearly hit one of the innocent customer service people at the last one.
March 23rd, 2007 at 6:09 pm
Maggie Says:
Whee!!!
March 24th, 2007 at 8:08 am
Ariel Cooke Says:
YAY! I can’t WAIT to get my paws on Magic’s Child. I’m so glad you have finished the Elvis/cricket/monkeyfighting etc. novel so I will have more Justine Larbalestier to read soon!
March 24th, 2007 at 8:24 am
Faith Says:
I was at Barnes and Noble right after they opened on Friday morning. I read half of Magic’s Child before I had to leave the house for my 6 p.m. call, and somehow managed to find enough energy to finish reading it after the cast party. You rock! You totally, completely rock!
March 26th, 2007 at 10:37 am
10. Justine Says:
Thanks everyone. I’m very bummed by the stupid book shops that did not have copies. Damn their eyes!
Faith: Thank you! So pleased you like it. That book almost killed me, but all the positive response I’ve been getting is making me start to think it was worth it.
March 26th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
Amy Says:
One thing I’ve always been curious about, is what determines whether a book is published in electronic form also (e.g. see ereader.com). It looks like yours are not– do you know why?
I’m completely convinced now that I want to read your books, but as I am just about to make a big move (from Melbourne to Texas) (!) I’ve forbidden myself the purchase of any new non-electronic books in the interim, so I think they will have to wait.
April 2nd, 2007 at 12:53 am
Ronnie Says:
Not that I’m cheap or anything, but I am a poor college student with a lousy part time job. Anyway the point is when is the paperback copy of MC coming out in America?
April 8th, 2007 at 11:33 pm