Ah, my Minions...
As some of you are aware, KOTW was released early in some parts of the UK. Mistakes were made, I am told, and by the time news got out, it was already too late to do anything. Our official release date had been breached.
I was told all about it. I shrugged. Hey. It happens.
While this tends to mean very little for the overall sales of the book- the same amount of people are going to buy it, after all- it CAN mean that a new book doesn't get to rise as high in the book charts as it otherwise would have, and so doesn't get discussed in the media, and so more people aren't made aware of it...
For example, if a thousand people intend to buy a book the first week it's out, then a thousand sales will move it to a certain spot in the chart. But if five hundred of those people manage to buy the book a week EARLIER, then those sales are spread out over two weeks, and so it doesn't reach as high.
A breached release date can mean the difference between a best-selling book and a NUMBER ONE best-selling book, which is what all publishers are looking for.
Me personally? I'm not OVERLY bothered. Death Bringer was a number one bestseller last year in the UK and Ireland, and that's enough for me. Like I said, I wasn't too fussed at the idea that a few thousand books has been sold before the release date. So what if I didn't reach number one twice in a row? Did I really care? Nope, I didn't.
Which doesn't mean I wasn't utterly delighted by the news today that DESPITE a breached release date, KOTW is now the number one book for young adults in the UK- so thank you, Minions! (I haven't been told how we're doing in Ireland yet, so I'll hold off my extra-wide grin for THAT moment...)
The reader reaction to KOTW has been wonderful. I know a lot of you were stunned by certain events- of which you are free to talk about in the Spoiler Zone post below- and I know some of you would have quite liked to throttle me upon closing the book, so I want to thank you for investing so much of your faith and emotion in these characters. All I can say is: prepare yourself. You have, I assure you, seen NOTHING yet.
And speaking of the final installments, here's a link to a short thingy I wrote for the Tesco website...
http://booksblog.tesco.com
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Bye Kestrel!
I'm not sure what you mean, Reingington. I mean dead as in "not actually living". Being Ivy, I'm not actually living.
But Ivy is alive, it's a plant.
Honestly, you people are so ridiculous.
And yet you're a talking shark.
A LIVING talking shark.
Hey, it's not MY fault I was murdered.
Obviously it was.
Im a Necromancer my necklace would be cold if you were dead
No, I was just minding my own business, and I was murdered. I won't bring out my history and such to this conversation, but that doesn't make it my fault. It was the fault of petty little people who were jealous of my awesome.
So then it was your fault.
You sound like the Golden God, thats exactly what he'd say
Maybe there's something wrong with your Necromancy necklace, Zafira.
But I'm right, so why does it even matter?
No. It's not my fault I have cooler powers than all the normal people who were in my family. Including the murderer.
It is your fault though, if you hadn't ever used them then you wouldn't have been murdered. Well, at least not by the same person.
It was accidental.
Anyway, my main point here is that you can't kill me; I'm dead already.
An accidental murder.
Right.
hi there
No, it was accidental that I used magic.
Hi Crystal!
*shrugs*
no now i realize it is cold...ah well.
Hey guys!! *jumps off bike*
Something seems fishy about that.
It might just be because I'm a shark, though.
I wonder where Flame went... Even more fun than bothering him as Valkyrie is bothering him as Ivy.
*grabs Crystal*
MINE!
WHERE HAVE YOU BEENN??
Fishy? Ew. I hate fish. Offence meant there.
Crystal!!! Long time no blog see!!!
At least I can breathe underwater, unlike some specific plants I can name.
There you are, Flame! *punches him in the face*
I dont where ive been but it hasn't been here ;)
*watches from tree*
so, you like a zombie? Like Scapegrace
*bites her hand off*
Frankenstein goes ROARRRRR!
Hi everyone whos said hi to me !
*punches Sir in the nose*
*sits on the floor*
Good thing I bought the extra-protective mustache.
*slaps Flame and takes my hand back*
Rude much?!
Ah, greetings Willow.
Rim! Hello! I meant to say it earlier, but I was slightly preoccupied. How are you, then?
*sits beside rim*
why are you sitting on the floor?
No, Zafira, I'm not a zombie. I'm more like the White Cleaver, but cooler, because I'm me.
I'm good!
I'm on the floor cus I can't sit on the sky... *tries to sit on the sky*
*rolls eyes at Val*
*watches rim fall through clouds*
I'm not Val right now, Crystal, I am Ivy! *does a victory dance*
*hits floor* ow.
Thanks for catching me guys
*kicks Ivy*
Rude much?!
*slaps Ivy*
You're welcome, Rim.
I always wanted to see the White Cleaver but im not allowed near Ireland in case I decide to go off on Pleasant
no problem rim.
I thought you hated being Ivy ? o.o
Oi, no slapping me! I get to slap YOU!
*slaps Flame so hard he flies into a wall, and slaps Rim so that she falls over*
Our whole universe was in a hot dense state,
Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started. Wait...
The Earth began to cool,
The autotrophs began to drool,
Neanderthals developed tools,
We built a wall (we built the pyramids),
Math, science, history, unraveling the mysteries,
That all started with the big bang!
"Since the dawn of man" is really not that long,
As every galaxy was formed in less time than it takes to sing this song.
A fraction of a second and the elements were made.
The bipeds stood up straight,
The dinosaurs all met their fate,
They tried to leap but they were late
And they all died (they froze their asses off)
The oceans and pangea
See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya
Set in motion by the same big bang!
It all started with the big BANG!
It's expanding ever outward but one day
It will cause the stars to go the other way,
Collapsing ever inward, we won't be here, it wont be hurt
Our best and brightest figure that it'll make an even bigger bang!
Australopithecus would really have been sick of us
Debating out while here they're catching deer (we're catching viruses)
Religion or astronomy, Encarta, Deuteronomy
It all started with the big bang!
Music and mythology, Einstein and astrology
It all started with the big bang!
It all started with the big BANG!
<3
Why are we hitting each other ?
*gets up* I deserved that.
*picks flame up*
BAZINGA
Part of that's the Big Bang Theory theme <3
I'm metrosexual. It means I like girls and their skin products
I know.
Love it!
I know.
Love it!
O.o
*climbs to tree house in my tree*
mine!!!
*manages to sit on sky* Yes!!! Ive done it!!!
*falls off* damn it!
Catches rim*
I'm not actually metrosexual. Its a Raj Koothrapoli quote.
Are you falling up or down?
Thanks Crystal! *Checks sits on sky and get caught by Crystal off of buck list*
i love raj.
*bucket
I think I fell down.
:D
Im ALIIIIIIVE!!!
I have returned!
*queue Star Trek theme*
yay ! :)
HI Crystal!
WHo here like Star Trek?
*raises hand*
*starts giggling*
I haven't watched enough of it to have formed an opinion.
*giggles with Zaf* Wait. Why am I giggling?
I asked someone to tell Derek something xD i cant wait to find out what he says.
It is quite a good thing that I am immune to laughter.
I'm going bye!
BYE RIM!
wbd
Byez
HELLOOOO
Greetings, Adrasdos. You just missed Willow.
ADRA!!!!
KES!!!!
SIR REIN!!!!!!
ZAF!!!!
*WHOEVER ELSE IS HERE!!!!*
*hugs*
Hello.
Im going too bye guys!!
Goodbye Crystal.
Bye CRSTAL!
*hugs Adra then throws her in lake*
Throws knives at everyone's shoulders
Reads pathfinder, cuz he has to.
HELLO AGAIN.
I'm really annoyed at myself, cuz the only time I feel like I can write is when it's not possible for me to.
*deflects knives*
HELLO IVY!
Bye Crystal!!!
HI THRUST! *hugs*
LLLUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCEEEEEEEE*tackles*
*is thrown into the lake*
*throws skulcakes, MARRshmallows, Thrapples,Scapegrapes, Bespococa-cola, Bliss-cream, Chinken Nuggets, Solomuffaletta, Gourd-ons, Nye-kebabs, Tesser-cookies, and Kenny Dun-nuts at everyone*
VALLLLlLL *tackles*
OMFG DINOSAURS ON A SPACESHIP!
Hello, friends!
Just kidding. I have no friends, because I am Ivy and I killed them all. :/
Those are all clever except for Nye-kebabs and Tesser-cookies. They just don't work.
Sorry I've been distant, writing..
Haha...l scapegrapes
LOL xD
I'm breaking the blog, FYI
*jumps on dinosaur spaceship*
You're fine, Flame!!!
And yeah, that's the point. They're bad guys so they get stupid names.
I HAVE TO GO FOR A SHOWER.
I'LL BE BACK SOON! *hugs everyone*
Bye Luce!!!!
I am SOOO breaking the blog....
And uh, sorry for this spam...
MINE
MINE
MINE
MINE
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