Happy Princess Day!!!
Today is the day! The official release of The Snow Queen’s Shadow, the fourth and final book in the princess series!
I started thinking about this series … back in 2004, I think. Meaning this has been a journey of at least seven years for me. I remember reading a chapter from Stepsister Scheme for the first time at the Fantasy Matters conference, and freaking out because I had no idea what people would think. (They liked it. Yay!)
I’ve changed as a writer since then … which I think is a good thing. Stagnation is creative death. So there are things I’d probably do differently if I had to write the whole series over again. But overall, I’m proud of the stories, and particularly happy with this last volume.
I’m hoping to have a discussion post in a week or so, once I’m back from vacation and people have had time to read the book. I said this in the author’s note at the back, but I’ll say it here as well: thank you so much to everyone who’s joined me for this journey.
With that, I guess there’s nothing left to do but post some purchase links!
For those who want print copies, you could try:
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Chapters
Borders
Mysterious Galaxy
Schuler Books
Indiebound
E-books are available at:
Amazon
B&N
And probably some other places I couldn’t find links for…
So, yeah. Happy princess day, everybody! I really hope you enjoy the book, and if you’re so inclined, please feel free to spread the word 😉
UnravThreads
July 5, 2011 @ 9:42 am
Yay, Princesseseseses!
Best book of 2011. Just sayin’.
Ali
July 5, 2011 @ 10:51 am
I am SO excited. I pre-ordered this a while back. It already shipped out and should arrive shortly. After I finish it, my mom will read it. I’ve gotten her hooked on the series; she really loves it. 🙂
Happy Princess Day! *dashes off to find a tiara*
Jeri Lynn
July 5, 2011 @ 12:26 pm
Woohoo! I’m adding a stop to my local bookstore to my coming home from vacation itenerary!
Swan
July 5, 2011 @ 7:17 pm
Ordered it months ago, looking forward to getting it in the mail. Thanks for a great series, I’ve enjoyed all the books quite thoroughly so far.
Renee
July 6, 2011 @ 1:43 pm
Yipee! Was so excited when I turned by Kindle wi-fi on and my pre-ordered copy downloaded!!! Can’t wait to get started on it.
Peter Samuelson
July 7, 2011 @ 1:33 pm
Fun stuff. Went to Borders last night, looked all over the place … SFF section plus about a dozen scattered “new releases” shelves. Looked it up on a kiosk computer – it’s, and I quote, “probably in stock”. Got a sales dude to look it up. He said “It should be on this new mass market paperbacks shelf” … but it wasn’t. Eventually he went to the back of the store and found it a rack they hadn’t gotten around to shelving yet.
Good on the sales dude finding me a copy. Good that they meant to put it on a new MM PB shelf. But bad that they hadn’t shelved it yet. You can’t sell a book your customers can’t see, except those who know to ask for it!
David Y
July 7, 2011 @ 10:23 pm
Finally got to Chapters today and bought their last copy.
Denise
July 8, 2011 @ 5:20 pm
Wahaaa!!! I had to cry hours of hours!!!!!
And nobody will read it, except me, until next year or so, until it will be published in german!! (I had to cry alone!)
At last:
Best book ever !!
Jim C. Hines
July 9, 2011 @ 10:38 pm
Thank you so much 🙂
Jim C. Hines
July 9, 2011 @ 10:39 pm
Had I been thinking, I would have posted my own tiara pic with this blog post…
(Also, thank you!)
Jim C. Hines
July 9, 2011 @ 10:39 pm
Borders is pretty hit-or-miss these days, from everything I’ve seen. I’m glad they were able to find it, eventually…
Jim C. Hines
July 9, 2011 @ 10:40 pm
Thanks, Denise! Germany hasn’t picked this one up yet, but I’m hopeful they will! I just got my copies of Rotkappchens Rache, the third book, when I got home tonight.
Jim C. Hines
July 9, 2011 @ 10:40 pm
Thanks, all!
Birdy Diamond, Roving Robin & Paranormal Diva
July 24, 2011 @ 2:09 am
hmmm… tried the Borders site the other day, couldn’t get the cart to load, figured it meant that everything was going to the liquidators
tonight, tho’, using your link, it almost went through (deliberately didn’t complete the order, tho’ it went a lot further than last time), so maybe I can get one last hurrah for old time’s sake
*here’s hoping*