Upcoming Signed Editions from Powell's

Powell's has a few upcoming opportunities to get some worth while signed editions/collectibles.  I have my eye, particularly on Lev Grossman and Colin Meloy & Carson Ellis (of the Decemberists):

Rule 34 Signed Edition Charles Stross Hardcover New $25.95

August 12, 2011 Event details

The Measure of the Magic Signed Edition Terry Brooks Hardcover New $27.00

August 25, 2011 Event details

The Magician King Signed Edition Lev Grossman Hardcover New $26.95

August 25, 2011 Event details

Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis Hardcover New $17.99

August 30, 2011 Event details

2011 Booker Prize Long List Announced

The shortlist will be announced September 6, with the winner revealed October 18 during a dinner at London's Guildhall. This year's longlist:

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry
Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
A Cupboard Full of Coats by Yvvette Edwards
The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst
Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman
The Last Hundred Days by Patrick McGuinness
Snowdrops by A.D. Miller
Far to Go by Alison Pick
The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers
Derby Day by D.J. Taylor

2011 CWA Dagger Awards Announced

From the Crime Writers' Association Web site, winners were announced earlier today:

• International Dagger: Three Seconds by Anders Roslund & Börge Hellström
• Non-Fiction Dagger: The Killer of Little Shepherds by Douglas Starr
• Dagger in the Library: Mo Hayder
• Short Story dagger: Homework by Phil Lovesey
• Debut Dagger: Michele Rowe for What Hidden Lies.

In addition, long lists for the Gold Dagger, the John Creasey Dagger, and the Ian Flemming Dagger were also announced.

The 2011 Gold Dagger Long List:

• Tom Franklin Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter (Macmillan)
• Lucretia Grindle The Villa Triste (Mantle)
• Steve Hamilton The Lock Artist (Orion)
• Mo Hayder Hanging Hill (Bantam Press)
• Michael Koryta The Cypress House (Hodder & Stoughton)
• M. J. McGrath White Heat (Mantle)
• A.D. Miller Snowdrops(Atlantic Books)
• Denise Mina The End of the Wasp Season (Orion)

The 2011 John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Long list:

• Conor Fitzgerald The Dogs of Rome (Bloomsbury)
• Sam Hawken The Dead Women of Juarez (Serpent’s Tail)
• Elizabeth Haynes Into the Darkest Corner (Myriad)
• Erin Kelly The Poison Tree (Hodder & Stoughton)
• Rosamund Lupton Sister (Piatkus)
• Danny Miller Kiss Me Quick (Robinson)
• SJ Watson Before I Go To Sleep (Doubleday)
• Jason Webster Or the Bull Kills You (Chatto & Windus)

The 2011 Ian Flemming Steel Dagger Long list:

• Charles Cumming The Trinity Six (HarperCollins)
• Frederick Forsyth The Cobra (Bantam Press)
• Michael Gruber The Good Son (Atlantic Books)
• Steve Hamilton The Lock Artist (Orion)
• Chris Morgan Jones An Agent of Deceit (Mantle)
• Craig Smith Cold Rain (Myrmidon)
• SJ Watson Before I Go To Sleep (Doubleday)
• Don Winslow Savages (William Heinemann)

Short lists will be announced August 22, 2011 & Winners will be announced Oct 7, 2011.

Borders Says Goodbye for Good

Reported today from various sources, including Shelf Awareness:

The end came yesterday, when the company said that because there is no "formal proposal from a going concern bidder," it does not need to have an auction today and can instead present the bid to liquidate to the judge on Thursday. Closing sales may begin as soon as this Friday. The last stores are expected to close by the end of September.

 A very sad ending to this chapter.

Addendum:

Liquidation sales begin this weekend (July 22/23, 2011) at all of the remaining 399 Borders & Walden Books locations. If you have Borders gift cards, Consumer Reports suggests you use them asap before the liquidators begin refusing to take them.

As was the case with the last set of closures, sales will begin at up to 40% off - but don't expect a whole slew of great deals (there goal here is still to make money). As the sales progress and the September deadline approaches, expect the discounts to go up.

Borders plans on shuttering all remaining stores by the end of September, 2011.

Books-A-Million still has hope that it will be able to take over 30 of the locations, but that deal depends on the creditors. The WSJ reported that "a lawyer for the creditors committee said his group wouldn't support the Books-A-Million deal unless it adds value for creditors. A lawyer for Borders said the sale of stores would add 'seven figures' of value for Borders creditors." So who knows....

SubPress to Publish Limited Edition Ship Breaker

Subterranean Press will be publishing a limited, signed edition of Paolo Bacigalupi's 2nd novel, Ship Breaker.


From the SubPress Newsletter:

Bacigalupi's acclaimed collection, Pump Six and Other Stories, and his multiple-award-winning debut novel, The Windup Girl, established him as one of science fiction's boldest new writers. Praised by critics and readers alike, now Ship Breaker has made him one of the young adult field's brightest stars. The novel was a finalist for the Andre Norton Award and the National Book Award in the Young People's Literature category, and claimed the Michael L. Printz Award, the American Library Association's top honor for young adult literature. This special limited edition includes an extensive new interview with the author.

Limited: 300 signed numbered copies, fully bound in cloth: $125

 

Lettered: 26 signed copies, leatherbound, housed in a custom traycase: $250

 

Please note, I am not an affiliate of Subterranean Press. I'm just a fan.

First editions of the title by Little Brown & Company (2010) are listing on AbeBooks for US$40 (unsigned), and up to US$250 (signed). note: you can purchase a signed first/first for as little as US$50 - just beware of the condition, and look for books without the awards stickers.