{"id":3441,"date":"2012-06-12T09:51:44","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T16:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/?p=3441"},"modified":"2012-06-12T09:51:44","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T16:51:44","slug":"hidden-things-giveaways-and-news-like-objects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2012\/06\/hidden-things-giveaways-and-news-like-objects\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Things Giveaways and News-like Objects"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m going to try to keep these kinds of posts down to once-a-week, so here’s everything going on with HIDDEN THINGS<\/a> at this very moment.<\/p>\n

Free Things<\/em><\/h2>\n

Are you on Goodreads? You are? WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME ABOUT IT?<\/em><\/strong> I’m a new arrival, but I kind of love it — I spent most my spare time this weekend scanning in books on my shelves, sticking pretty gold stars on those I’ve read, exclaiming over sequels I didn’t know were out already, and staring wistfully at everything on my virtual shelves I haven’t read yet. Also, it seems like a really nice community — by typical internet standards, it’s a quirky, book-loving Utopia.<\/p>\n

And, not for nothing, they were cool enough to work with me to do this:<\/p>\n

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Goodreads<\/a> Book Giveaway<\/h2>\n
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Hidden Things<\/a><\/h3>\n

by Doyce Testerman<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Giveaway ends July 11, 2012.<\/p>\n

See the giveaway details<\/a>
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Enter to win<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Check that out! Already had eighty-some people sign up for it, so it’s maybe not the best<\/em> odds, but it’s free, so who could complain? I didn’t actually think I was going to have enough ARCs to do this giveaway until one of my first readers turned down her copy and instead pre-ordered a couple finished copies from Amazon and told me to give this one away, so this is actually kind of a bonus ARC giveaway, courtesy of one of the fine folks (Stacy) mentioned in book’s lengthy acknowledgments.<\/p>\n

Next week, at right about this time, we are going to unleash the power of weird microfiction<\/em> for the next giveaway, but in the meantime, I suggest you make with the clicking.<\/p>\n

Things<\/em> In the Wild<\/h2>\n

It’s very, very strange to me to see copies of Hidden Things<\/em>\u00a0out in the world, being read by… people — sometimes (often) people I don’t know. It’s like looking up and seeing your five-year-old driving a new mustang past your house, except a little scarier.<\/p>\n

Stephanie Perkins<\/a> was the first person to freak me out<\/a>. I found out later that she ‘acquired’ the book while visiting a local bookseller who’d got the ARC that day and had foolishly left it out where people could reach it. I hope the booksellers at least got to write down the ISBN before Steph ran off.<\/p>\n

Chuck<\/a> is reading it and seems to have survived<\/a>. I’m very curious to hear what he has to say, then sit down with him and compare notes on our tough, semi-broken heroines.<\/p>\n

Mur<\/a> also picked up a copy at BEA. Dunno if she’s had a chance to read it yet, but she looks<\/em> happy. Maybe that’s a new line of twitpic-based book reviews: just pose with the book while making a face that appropriately reflects your opinion of the thing.<\/p>\n

Did I just invent a new Twitter thing?<\/p>\n

Finally, this last one is somewhat more complicated to explain, but makes me very happy. Book Expo America 2012 (which took my lovely wife away for almost a week) hosted the Fourth Annual Librarian Shout & Share<\/a>. The deal with this thing is that a half-dozen librarian panelists sit down and recommend new books coming out that they love.<\/p>\n

It took me awhile to sort through what the article was actually telling me, but what I was able to figure out was that Library Journal<\/em>‘s “Books for Dudes” columnist Douglas Lord recommended Hidden Things<\/em> when he got his turn at the microphone, and (according to the special bold-facing) Hidden Things<\/em> was initially picked for mention by more than one panelist, “necessitating some horse trading” (I’m assuming to determine who got to mention the book and who didn’t).<\/p>\n

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The news made me quite happy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seriously, though: considering how much libraries and librarians have meant to me over the years, how could this do anything but make my day?<\/p>\n

That’s All for Now<\/h2>\n

No more book news stuff until next week (unless I just can’t help myself, or it’s time-sensitive or something), when I will try to explain the Hidden Things<\/strong><\/em> Microfiction Contest… Thing.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m going to try to keep these kinds of posts down to once-a-week, so here’s everything going on with HIDDEN THINGS at this very moment. Free Things Are you on Goodreads? You are? WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME ABOUT IT? I’m a new arrival, but I kind of love it — I spent most my … <\/p>\n

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