In the Post: Cherie Priest

Forewarning: I'm a little excited by this week's fare. 


A few weeks back, Caitlin Kittredge was selling some of her books to, very unselfishly, raise money for a friend. And I, very selfishly, purchased the two Cherie Priest novels she was offering for a sum, I'm ashamed to say, that equaled the cost of ONE of the books. and, to boot, they were signed! Holy cow!


So, fast forward to this week, what should arrive, but these two lovely Cherie Priest novels: a signed, later printing of Boneshaker, and a signed first of her newest novel Bloodshot.   


I've been waiting to start the Clockwork Century series until I could procure a copy of Boneshaker. I've been scouring the used bookstores fairly religiously to no avail, so I am extremely happy to have stumbled upon Ms. Kittredge's Web site at just the right time. Already in my collection are Clementine (Subterranean Press), and Dreadnought (Tor). 


(The books are sitting next to me as I write this, and I keep petting them. C'mon, you should know by now what a geek I am.)

Nebula Awards & February's Indie Next List

Nominees for the 2010 Nebula Awards were announced recently by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (winners to be announced May 21). Among the nominees are: The Alchemist, Paolo Bacigalupi (Subterranean) and The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang (Subterranean) for best Novella; Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown), Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press; Scholastic UK), Behemoth, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK), and A Conspiracy of Kings, Megan Whalen Turner (Greenwillow) for best YA Sci-Fi.


Best Novel Nominees are:

• The Native Star, M.K. Hobson (Spectra)
• The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit UK; Orbit US)
• Shades of Milk and Honey, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
• Echo, Jack McDevitt (Ace)
• Who Fears Death, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)
• Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Spectra)

For a complete list of nominees in all categories visit SFWA's 2010 Nebula Awards page.

For more information on the Nebula Awards, visit www.nebulaawards.com or www.sfwa.org

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Indiebound's February Indie Next list has a lot of people buzzing. There are a number of highly anticipated debuts and award winning authors on this month's list, including:

West of Here, Jonathan Evison

Hardcover: 496 pages

Publisher: Algonquin Books (February 15, 2011)

Language: English

• Starred reviews from Publisher's Weekly, Library Journal, & Booklist.
• Evison's debut novel, All About Lulu, was highly acclaimed & won the Washington State Book Award.

You Know When the Men are Gone, Siobahn Fallon 
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam (January 20, 2011)
Language: English

• Received starred reviews from Publisher's Weekly and Library Journal, as well as positive reviews from NY Times and Kirkus.
• debut short story collection.

The Fates Will Find Their Way, Hannah Pittard
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Ecco; First Edition edition (January 25, 2011)
Language: English

• PW starred review, + "critical praise" from the Washington Post.
• author's debut novel
• has won multiple awards for her short stories.

The Weird Sisters, Eleanor Brown
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam (January 20, 2011)
Language: English

• PW starred review, + positive reviews from NY Times & Booklist.
• author's debut novel

A Discovery of Witches, Deborah Harkness
Hardcover: 592 pages
Publisher: Viking Adult (February 8, 2011)
Language: English

• Booklist and Library Journal starred reviews.
• author's debut novel

Swamplandia!, Karen Russell 
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Knopf; First Edition edition (February 1, 2011)
Language: English

• Booklist starred review.
• author's debut novel.
• her collection of short stories,  St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, published in 2006 was very well received.

Borders Liquidation - A Sad Business

We made a trip across town to our Borders this morning, not quite sure what we'd find. Ours is one of the 200 stores slated to close by April (if not earlier).  As we drove up, there was little indication that anything was different. There were no big red or yellow Store Closing / Clearance signs in the windows, only two small notices printed out on an inkjet. One stating that the Cafe was now closed & apologized for the inconvenience, the other stating that no checks, refunds, or returns would be accepted. 


Sure enough, when we walked in, the cafe was taped off, the chairs and tables all stacked and shoved against the wall. The counters and cases cleared out & the lights turned off. No lingering about, & no more abstract notions of closing - Reality sunk in, the store is actually closing. These people, few of whom did I actually recognize, will actually be out of jobs. It seems, perhaps, many already are. And soon enough the store itself will be an empty shell, like the remainder of the the storefronts in this little shopping center.  


There were lots of people shopping, taking advantage of 20% off sales (admittedly, it's a little hard to enjoy the savings when you're still getting 30-50% off coupons in your email).  Still, a lot of people were spending a lot of money and leaving with bags full of books.


The store still seemed to have plenty of stock, although the overflow shelves (above the normal shelves) were all emptied.  There were lots of copies of pre-Oprah-stickered Freedom by Jonathan Franzen - so many, that I think I'll wait for the next round of price cuts before I attempt to purchase a copy. Of course there were few to no books on the shelves that had been released in the last month (possibly two). So no Mr. Chartwell or Swamplandia!


For the most part, it looked like a lot of paperbacks, games, and CDs were leaving the store today. I didn't see anyone bogged down with an abundance of hardbacks. Certainly no one carrying out tables or chairs.


All of the fixtures, tables, chairs, shelves, etc. remained in tact, and the only empty area of the store was the cafe, which is somewhat ironic, since it was always the cafe that was crowded, and the stacks that were empty.

Borders Starts Liquidation Sales Saturday

PR Newswire reported this morning that the liquidation sales at the 200 Borders bookstores set to close begins tomorrow.  The article states that "[d]iscounts from 20% to 40% with limited exceptions [will be] offered on all merchandise at every closing location."


They were also kind enough to organize the list of stores closing by state.

A list of liquidating Borders Locations [from PRNewswire]:
Anchorage	1100 E Dimond Blvd	Anchorage	AK	99515
Rogers	2203 South 45th St Ste 12100	Rogers	AR	72758
Avondale	10100 W. McDowell Road	Avondale	AZ	85323
Chandler	870 N. 54th Street	Chandler	AZ	85226
Mesa	1361 S Alma School Road	Mesa	AZ	85210
Phoenix	4555 East Cactus Rd	Phoenix	AZ	85032
Phoenix	2402 E Camelback Road, Suite 200	Phoenix	AZ	85016
Scottsdale	7135 East Camelback Rd, Space 140	Scottsdale	AZ	85251
Scottsdale	7000 E. Mayo Blvd. Suite 1050	Scottsdale	AZ	85054
Tucson	4235 N Oracle Rd	Tucson	AZ	85705
Alameda	Alameda Towne Centre 2245 South Shore Center	Alameda	CA	94501
Cerritos	12741 Towne Center Drive	Cerritos	CA	90703
Chino	3833 Grand Avenue	Chino	CA	91710
El Cajon	159 Fletcher Parkway	El Cajon	CA	92020
Fremont	39210 Fremont Hub, Suite 211	Fremont	CA	94538
Glendale	100 S Brand Blvd	Glendale	CA	91204
La Habra	1310 S. Beach Blvd.	La Habra	CA	90631
Long Beach	101 South Pine Avenue	Long Beach	CA	90802
Long Beach	2110 Bellflower Blvd	Long Beach	CA	90815
Los Angeles	6081 Center Dr, Suite 118	Los Angeles	CA	90045
Los Angeles	10250 Santa Monica Blvd.	Los Angeles	CA	90067
Los Gatos	50 University Avenue, Ste 280	Los Gatos	CA	95030
Mira Loma	12423 Limonite Ave.	Mira Loma	CA	91752
Modesto	3900 Sisk Rd	Modesto	CA	95356
Montclair	5055 S Plaza Lane	Montclair	CA	91763
Orange	20 City Boulevard, W.	Orange	CA	92868
Oxnard	241 W. Esplanade Drive	Oxnard	CA	93030
Pasadena	475 S. Lake Avenue	Pasadena	CA	91101
Pico Rivera	8852 Washington Blvd.	Pico Rivera	CA	90660
Pleasanton	4575 Rosewood Drive	Pleasanton	CA	94588
Rolling Hills Estates	550 Deep Valley Drive, Suite 261	Rolling Hills Estates	CA	90274
San Diego	668 6th Avenue	San Diego	CA	92101
San Francisco	845 Market St.	San Francisco	CA	94103
San Francisco	400 Post Street	San Francisco	CA	94102
San Jose	356 Santana Row, Suite 1030	San Jose	CA	95128
San Jose	925 Blossom Hill Road, Suite 1741	San Jose	CA	95123
San Mateo	2925 El Camino Real	San Mateo	CA	94403
San Ramon	120 Sunset Dr	San Ramon	CA	94583
Santa Cruz	1200 Pacific Ave, Suite 100	Santa Cruz	CA	95060
Sherman Oaks	14651 Ventura Blvd.	Sherman Oaks	CA	91403
Stockton	10776 Trinity Parkway	Stockton	CA	95219
Tustin	2493 Park Ave	Tustin	CA	92782
Union City	32111 Union Landing Blvd	Union City	CA	94587
Valencia	24445 Town Center Dr.	Valencia	CA	91355
Yorba Linda	22401 Old Canal Rd	Yorba Linda	CA	92887
Aurora	6606 South Parker Road	Aurora	CO	80016
Boulder	1750 Twenty Ninth Street Suite 1052	Boulder	CO	80301
Dillon	264 Dillion Ridge Way	Dillon	CO	80435
Grand Junction	2464 U.S. Highway 6 & 50 , Suite 132	Grand Junction	CO	81505
Greeley	2863 35th Ave	Greeley	CO	80634
Littleton	8501 West Bowles Ave	Littleton	CO	80123
Danbury	110 Federal Road	Danbury	CT	06811
Manchester	59 Pavilions Drive	Manchester	CT	06040
Milford	1201 Boston Post Rd.	Milford	CT	06460
Simsbury	500 Bushy Hill Road	Simsbury	CT	06070
Southbury	Southbury Plaza 100 Main Street North, Spc 17	Southbury	CT	06488
Wilton	14 Danbury Road (Gateway Center)	Wilton	CT	06897
Washington	1801 K Street NW	Washington	DC	20006
Washington DC	5333 Wisconsin Avenue, NW	Washington DC	DC	20015
Altamonte Springs	880 W. State Road 436	Altamonte Springs	FL	32714
Brandon	2020 Town Center Blvd.	Brandon	FL	33511
Clearwater	2683 Gulf to Bay Blvd.	Clearwater	FL	33759
Fort Myers	Gulf Coast Town Center 10037 Gulf Center Drive	Fort Myers	FL	33913
Ft Lauderdale	2240 E Sunrise Blvd	Ft Lauderdale	FL	33304
Gainesville	6837 Newberry Road	Gainesville	FL	32605
Jacksonville	8801 Southside Blvd., Ste. 10	Jacksonville	FL	32256
Jensen Beach	3066 NW Federal Hwy	Jensen Beach	FL	34957
Naples	10600 Tamiami Trail North, Suite 600	Naples	FL	34108
Ocoee	9441 W. Colonial Drive	Ocoee	FL	34761
Orlando	1051 W. Sand Lake Road	Orlando	FL	32809
Oviedo	8285 Red Bug Lake Road	Oviedo	FL	32765
Plantation	12171 W. Sunrise Blvd.	Plantation	FL	33323
Sarasota	3800 S. Tamiami Trail	Sarasota	FL	34239
Tampa	909 Dale Mabry	Tampa	FL	33609
Tampa	12500 N Dale Mabry	Tampa	FL	33618
Atlanta	3101 Cobb Parkway	Atlanta	GA	30339
Austell	1605 East-West Connector Road	Austell	GA	30106
Buford	1705 Mall of Georgia Blvd - Suite 200	Buford	GA	30519
Kennesaw	605 Ernest W Barrett Parkway, Bldg 400	Kennesaw	GA	30144
Suwanee	3630 Peachtree Parkway, Suite 100	Suwanee	GA	30024
Kailua-Kona	75-1000 Henry Street	Kailua-Kona	HI	96740
Lihue	4303 Nawiliwili	Lihue	HI	96766
Bolingbrook	161 N. Webber	Bolingbrook	IL	60490
Chicago	6103 N. Lincoln Avenue	Chicago	IL	60659
Chicago	4718 N. Broadway Ave	Chicago	IL	60640
Chicago	755 W. North Avenue	Chicago	IL	60610
Chicago	2210 W. 95th Street	Chicago	IL	60643
Chicago	2817 North Clark Street	Chicago	IL	60657
Crystal Lake	6000 Northwestern Highway	Crystal Lake	IL	60014
Deerfield	49 S Waukegan Road	Deerfield	IL	60015
DeKalb	2520 Sycamore Road	DeKalb	IL	60115
Evanston	1700 Maple Avenue	Evanston	IL	60201
Matteson	4824 West 211th Street	Matteson	IL	60443
McHenry	2221 Richmond Road	McHenry	IL	60050
Mt. Prospect	909 North Elmhurst Rd	Mt. Prospect	IL	60056
Normal	200 A North Greenbriar Drive	Normal	IL	61761
Norridge	7100 W. Forest Preserve Drive	Norridge	IL	60706
St. Charles	3539 E Main	St. Charles	IL	60174
Carmel	2381 Pointe Parkway	Carmel	IN	46032
Evansville	6401 E. Lloyds Expressway, Suite 1	Evansville	IN	47715
Indianapolis	11 S. Meridian Street, Suite 110	Indianapolis	IN	46204
Merrillville	2074 Southlake Mall	Merrillville	IN	46410
Mishawaka	4230 Grape Road	Mishawaka	IN	46545
West Lafayette	348 E. State Street	West Lafayette	IN	47906
Lawrence	700 New Hampshire Street	Lawrence	KS	66044
Wichita	1715 Rock Rd & 13th Street	Wichita	KS	67206
Louisville	400 S. 4th Street	Louisville	KY	40202
Louisville	2520 S. Hurstborne Gem Lane	Louisville	KY	40220
Metarie	3131 Veterans Memorial Blvd.	Metairie	LA	70002-6047
New Orleans	3338 St. Charles Ave	New Orleans	LA	70115
Boston	511 Boylston Street	Boston	MA	02116
Burlington	Wayside Commons 6 Wayside Road, Space U	Burlington	MA	01803
Holyoke	Holyoke Mall 50 Holyoke St., Space J312	Holyoke	MA	01041
Hyannis	990 Iyannough Road	Hyannis	MA	02601
Peabody	151 Andover Street	Peabody	MA	01960
Wareham	Wareham Crossing 2421 Cranberry Highway, Ste 460	Wareham	MA	02571
Bowie	4420 Mitchellville Rd.	Bowie	MD	20716
Kensington	11301 Rockville Pike	Kensington	MD	20895
Largo	931 Capital Centre Blvd.	Largo	MD	20774
Ann Arbor	3527 Washtenaw Ave.	Ann Arbor	MI	48104
Dearborn	5601 Mercury Drive	Dearborn	MI	48126
Grosse Pointe	17141 Kercheval Avenue	Grosse Pointe	MI	48230
Utica	45290 Utica Park Boulevard	Utica	MI	48315
Maple Grove	12059 Elm Creek Blvd.	Maple Grove	MN	55369
Minnetonka	1501 Plymouth Road	Minnetonka	MN	55305
Richfield	800 W. 78th Street	Richfield	MN	55423
St. Paul	1390 W. University Avenue	St. Paul	MN	55104
Ballwin	15355-A Manchester Road	Ballwin	MO	63011
Chesterfield	2040 Chesterfield Mall	Chesterfield	MO	63017
Kansas City	8628 North Boardwalk Avenue	Kansas City	MO	64154
Springfield	3300 S. Glenstone Avenue	Springfield	MO	65804
St. Joseph	5201 North Belt Highway, Suite 127	St. Joseph	MO	64506
St. Peters	1320 Mid Rivers Mall	St. Peters	MO	63376
Bozeman	2855 North 19th Avenue, Suite C	Bozeman	MT	59718
Apex	1541 Beaver Creek Commons Dr. Ste 220	Apex	NC	27502
Cary	1751 Walnut Street	Cary	NC	27511
Chapel Hill	1807 Fordham Blvd.	Chapel Hill	NC	27514
Greensboro	3605 High Point Rd	Greensboro	NC	27407
Raleigh	404-101 East Six Forks Rd	Raleigh	NC	27609
Nashua	281 Daniel Webster Hwy.	Nashua	NH	03060
Freehold	Raceway Mall 3710 Route 9, Ste 2318	Freehold	NJ	07728
Ft. Lee	1642 Schlosser Street	Ft. Lee	NJ	07024
Paramus	Garden State Plaza Suite 2200	Paramus	NJ	07652
Watchung	1515 Route 22 West, Suite 02	Watchung	NJ	07069
Albuquerque	10420 Coors Bypass NW, Suite B	Albuquerque	NM	87114
Santa Fe	500 Montezuma, Suite 108	Santa Fe	NM	87501
Las Vegas	2323 S Decatur Boulevard	Las Vegas	NV	89102
Commack	68 Veterans Memorial Highway	Commack	NY	11725
Ithaca	40 Catherwood Road	Ithaca	NY	14850
Manhattan	576 Second Avenue	Manhattan	NY	10016
New York	100 Broadway	New York	NY	10005
New York	461 Park Ave.	New York	NY	10022
Saratoga Springs	395 Broadway	Saratoga Springs	NY	12866
Scarsdale	680 White Plains Road	Scarsdale	NY	10583
Wappingers Falls	1820 South Road, Suite 110	Wappingers Falls	NY	12590
Westbury	1260 Old Country Road	Westbury	NY	11590
Cincinnati	9459 Colerain Avenue	Cincinnati	OH	45251
Columbus	4545 Kenny Road	Columbus	OH	43220
Columbus	6670 Sawmill Road	Columbus	OH	43235
Dayton	2700 Miamisburg Centerville Rd, Ste 870	Dayton	OH	45459
Mason	5105 Deerfield Blvd	Mason	OH	45040
Medina	4927 Grande Shops Ave.	Medina	OH	44256
Mentor	9565 Mentor Avenue	Mentor	OH	44060
Oklahoma City	3209 Northwest Expressway	Oklahoma City	OK	73112
Tulsa	8015 S. Yale	Tulsa	OK	74136
Camp Hill	3515 Gettysburg Road	Camp Hill	PA	17011
Erie	2088A Interchange Rd	Erie	PA	16509
King of Prussia	650 Mall Blvd.	King of Prussia	PA	19406
Langhorne	2343 E. Lincoln Highway	Langhorne	PA	19047
Monroeville	200 Mall Blvd	Monroeville	PA	15146
Pittsburgh	5986 Penn Circles South Ste 101	Pittsburgh	PA	15206
Pittsburgh	1775 North Highland Road	Pittsburgh	PA	15241
Reading	1075 Woodland Rd	Reading	PA	19610
Whitehall	1937 Whitehall Mall	Whitehall	PA	18052
Carolina	5891 Plaza Escorial	Carolina	PR	00987-5001
Mayaguez	Avenida Hostos 975, Suite 765	Mayaguez	PR	00680-1277
Franklin	545 Cool Springs Blvd, Suite 190	Franklin	TN	37067
Austin	9500 South IH 35 Service Rd. Southpark Meadows	Austin	TX	78748
Austin	4477 S. Lamar	Austin	TX	78745
Austin	3309 Esperanza Crossing	Austin	TX	78758
Burleson	1131 N. Burleson Blvd.	Burleson	TX	76028
Colleyville	5615 Colleyville Blvd, Ste 100	Colleyville	TX	76034
Dallas	3600 McKinney Avenue	Dallas	TX	75204
Dallas	10720 Preston Road, Suite 1018	Dallas	TX	75230
Lewisville	2403 S Stemmons, Suite 100	Lewisville	TX	75067
Mesquite	2709 N.Mesquite Drive	Mesquite	TX	75150
Plano	1601 Preston Road, Suite J	Plano	TX	75093-5101
Logan	1050 North Main Street	Logan	UT	84321
Murray	132 E. Winchester	Murray	UT	84107
Glen Allen	9750 W Broad St	Glen Allen	VA	23060
Newport News	12300 Jefferson Ave, Suite 100	Newport News	VA	23602
Stafford	1240 Stafford Market Place	Stafford	VA	22556
Vienna	8027 Leesburg Pike, Ste 100	Vienna	VA	22182
Winchester	2420 S. Pleasant Valley Road	Winchester	VA	22601
Gig Harbor	4601 Point Fosdick Dr. NW	Gig Harbor	WA	98335
Lynnwood	3000 184th St. SW, Suite 910	Lynnwood	WA	98037
Fox Point	8705 N. Port Washington	Fox Point	WI	53217
Greendale	5250 S. 76th Street	Greendale	WI	53129
Madison	3750 University Ave	Madison	WI	53705
Milwaukee	101 West Wisconsin Avenue	Milwaukee	WI	53203