By Slanted Light

The covers are rather fab, aren't they! The only grump I might have about them is that there's a kind of oily finish to the covers, which is a bit disconcerting - oh, and they're a large format paperback, even bigger than my original hardcover Point of Hopes book, and won't fit into my bookshelf where I want them...

Book Depository has PoK down for 72 hour despatch (I think you can ignore the "advance copy" on the image they provide, mine is a perfectly ordinary copy - unless the few typos I picked up are down to it being an "advance copy", and they've been corrected elsewhere (I suspect not, though...). Hmmn - it's also now available from Amazon.co.uk, which it wasn't when I ordered it. It doesn't say how long despatch will take, though it reckons if you order Express Delivery it'll get to you tomorrow, so I assume that means it's in. Ha - and I see Amazon have BookDepository as one of their sellers, with added postage - bizarre. It's cheaper from BookDepository, and that's part of the UK economy, so I'd recommend them - plus I've always found them quick and efficient... *g* Oh, and crap - ignore everything I just said about BookDepository - apparently Amazon bought it out last year. Which means that presumably it won't be paying its corporation tax in the UK either... So... either one. Waterstones and Blackwells/Heffers can't send it out quickly... Oh, you can buy it through Foyle's (who owns them...? Hmmn - apparently still independent...... okay, yes! They've got an online service, they're independent, and they're UK-based. My new online-bookshop of choice. (Plus it's kind of on the way to Kings Cross station, so I tend to go and play there when I'm on my way home from a day in London too... *g*)

Oh, but I'm cross about Book Depository - and that all happened a year ago, how did I miss it then?