Trader's Leap is shipping and! Ambient Conditions Update

[rolanni]

Don Blyly at Uncle Hugos Bookstore is working from home after his store was burnt out.  He tells us that the exclusive to the Uncles signed-via-tipped-in-sheets Trader's Leap, the twenty-third novel of the Liaden Universe® by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, has arrived and is being shipped as he has time -- he's already packed some Canadian orders as well as a bunch of US orders.

The official publication date for Leap is December 1, but since Baen doesn't usually embargo books (and Don's house can only hold so many books) he's going ahead now. He mentions that he has more than enough for the 150 or so pre-orders, and he'll ship new orders first-come basis after the pre-orders are done.  If you haven't yet ordered your signed edition of Trader's Leap, now is the hour.  Here's your link.

In other news, I have pushed the button to start the publication process of the paper edition of Ambient Conditions:  Adventures in the Liaden Universe® Number 31 (yes, written by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller). It can take as long as 72 hours for print editions to make it through Amazon's system, so patience is still in order.  I will post a buy link as soon as there is one.

The ebook edition of Ambient Conditions is still set to publish on November 27.

And that's this morning's news.

Comments

Trader's leap e-book

[(Anonymous)]

Help--I want to read this as soon as possible, but Amazon still doesn't list it. When will the e-book become available (hardcover books are too heavy & hard for me to hold comfortably, so I purchase everything in e-book format).

Just re-read Accepting the Lance to refresh my memory of where the story is to date.

Love the books.

Sincerely,

Anne

Re: Trader's leap e-book

[rolanni]

The ebook will become available on publication day -- December 1. That's next Tuesday. If you need to read an ebook edition before next Tuesday, then you'll need to get the eARC from Baen, though I believe you'll need to be quick, because the eARC stops being available when the final ebook goes on sale at Amazon and other vendors.

Re: Trader's leap e-book

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for the info--it's great to know that I can download it first thing Tuesday!

Hope yo & Steve have lovely Thanksgiving.

Sincerely,

Anne

Happy Holidays! and delayed book shipment

[(Anonymous)]

Happy Holidays!

It might amuse you to hear about the delay in my copy of Trader's Leap. I ordered a signed hard copy from Uncle Hugos, and after not receiving it in a reasonable amount of time, I contacted Mr. Blyly, who kindly passed the tracking number to me.

This book is already well-traveled! It left Minneapolis on Nov 22, traveled to Iowa, then to another city in Minnesota, then back to Iowa, and then to Massachusetts. It departed Mass on Dec 5th, and at that point, there was no word, until it was scanned in in Jersey City, NJ this morning (Dec 19). I was very glad to see the most recent update, as I was starting to fear that it had gotten damaged and thus lost en route.

I hope it travels the remaining distance between Jersey City and my town (about 15 miles away) before too much longer because I'm looking forward to reading the book during my time off from work next week.

Best wishes to you & Steve,
Millie C.-Y.

Re: Happy Holidays! and delayed book shipment

[rolanni]

You are not alone in having a well-travelled book. We've heard from at least four other people that their books are taking the long way home, including one lady who has seen her book cross the country -- twice.

Hope yours makes it home to you soon.

the USPS came through!

[(Anonymous)]

Yeh! Update on the delayed book shipment. Trader’s Leap arrived today (12/31/2020)... I am looking forward to reading it.

Best wishes for 2021!

Millie C-Y