Saturday Delivery

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So my friend Jen was having a 1st birthday party for her daughter today (happy birthday, Zoe!). We had to drive out to Westchester, and spent the morning running around trying to get ready and get the baby ready, and plan for traffic and wrap gifts and whatnot. Typical family day. Dani and I usually plan a buffer of time–when we SHOULD go to ensure punctuality, as opposed to when we MUST go, giving us barely enough time if there is no traffic.

Of course, we never make it out the door when we SHOULD. If you have an infant, you understand.

But, as we’re running out the door with the baby and diaper bags and presents and whatnot, the postman come out of the elevator and hands me a box.

What was in that box, you ask? A picture is worth 1,000 words.

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There’s writing a book, and there’s selling a book. Both are powerful feelings, but there’s no feeling in the world quite like holding a book in your hands for the first time. awesome.

P.S.

If you pre-ordered on Amazon and got an auto-generated e-mail the other day saying they didn’t know when the book would be out and asking you to confirm your order, please do. The snafu there should be resolved in the next couple of days. You won’t be waiting for months.

Posted on March 7, 2010 at 1:19 am by PeatB
Filed under Great Bazaar, Messenger
12 Comments »

12 responses to “Saturday Delivery”

  1. boss sauce! it’s beautiful pete! excited about getting my hands on one 🙂

    Posted by Blake Charlton, on March 7th, 2010 at 1:47 am

  2. Congratulations! It looks wonderful

    Posted by Simcha, on March 7th, 2010 at 2:04 am

  3. Is it going to be available in the UK? I checked Amazon the other day, and I couldn’t get it.

    Posted by Beth Rosser, on March 7th, 2010 at 5:37 am

  4. @ Beth

    I ordered from amazon.com to ship to Ireland. It is up on amazon.co.uk but they don’t even have a launch date for it. Hope you get a copy 🙂

    @ Pete

    The cover looks great Pete. Would the cover be available in a full or half poster version?

    Posted by Patrick, on March 7th, 2010 at 8:36 am

  5. That, sir, is a damn pretty book! I must admit, I am rather excited – both for you, and at the prospect of reading that in the coming months XD

    Posted by Elicius, on March 7th, 2010 at 10:53 am

  6. Congratulations Peat! 🙂

    Posted by Lizette, on March 7th, 2010 at 12:40 pm

  7. Patrick, I am not selling posters of that image, but if you’re interested, you can contact the artist:

    http://navate.com/index.php?/contact

    I have a framed poster of the image in my office. It is awesome.

    Wait till you guys see what I have her working on now…

    Posted by Peat, on March 7th, 2010 at 5:25 pm

  8. I would just like to let you know Peat that amazon have shipped the great bazaar today 😀 Very happy

    Posted by Patrick, on March 11th, 2010 at 9:18 am

  9. .. finally found a copy on abe books …£99.99 though :s .. so tempted to buy it !

    Posted by alix, on March 19th, 2010 at 10:13 am

  10. Alix, they still have copies you can order from Subterranean directly for a LOT less than that, even with shipping overseas.

    Posted by Peat, on March 19th, 2010 at 11:29 am

  11. Subterranean are showing as sold out, any ideas when the (very appealing) leatherbound ones will be available?
    I have ordered a signed copy of TDS from the other link you gave out but it would be nice to have The Great Bazaar too 🙂

    Posted by Lisa Childs, on March 19th, 2010 at 2:53 pm

  12. thanks peat .. i ended up buying a copy from langtoninfo.co.uk for 20 odd pounds. i think they still have a few copies left if anyone is interested. delivery for the uk is about £3. hopefully should arrive this week 😀 cant wait !

    Posted by alix, on March 21st, 2010 at 8:37 pm