Title: A Dog Among Diplomats by J.F. Englert
Date Arrived: 4/14/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Wilmington, MA
Book Format: Mass Market Paperback ARC
Publisher: Bantam Dell
Packaging: padded mailer
Other: enclosed letter of congratulations and encouraging a review. :)

PS - I forgot to add (2008) to the end of the topic's title, and I can't edit the title after it's been posted, so if a moderator would like to go ahead and do that for me, please do. :)

Message edited by its author, Apr 14, 2008, 6:51pm.

Wow that was fast! Still waiting for my March book....

Title: Authenticity - Clearing the Junk: A Buddhist Perspective by Venerable Yifa
Date Arrived: 4/14/2008
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail, mailed from New York on 4/10/08(!)
Location Received: SF Bay Area, California
Book format: Trade pbk (not ARC)
Publisher: Lantern
Packaging: thin paper envelope
Other: enclosed thank-you letter, looking forward to review...

This book came sooo fast, I'd barely seen the message that it was coming. Meanwhile I have a March book that still hasn't shown up yet ('Weaving a Way Home').

Title: Authenticity - Clearing the Junk: A Buddhist Perspective by Venerable Yifa
Date Arrived: 4/14/2008
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail, mailed from New York on 4/10/08(!)
Location Received: Montana
Book format: Trade pbk (not ARC)
Publisher: Lantern
Packaging: thin paper envelope
Other: enclosed thank-you letter, looking forward to review...

Title: Sugarcoated by Catherine Forde
Date Arrived: 2008-04-15
Method of Delivery: Royal Mail
Location Received: Southampton, UK
Book Format: Paperback (not ARC as far as I can tell)
Packaging: Padded envelope
Other: enclosed congratulations and web address for further information

Message edited by its author, Apr 15, 2008, 8:37am.

Title: Dance in a Buffalo Skull by Zitkala-Sa
Date Arrived: 4/15/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Northern Indiana
Book Format: Hardback with dj
Publisher: South Dakota State Historical Society Press
Packaging:book shipper (cardboard box foldy thing)
Other: enclosed letter of congratulations, includes a coupon for free shipping if I order the first book in the Prairie Tale Series. Nice!

I still haven't received my March book!

Title: Tell Me Where It Hurts by Nick Trout
Date Arrived: 4/15/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Pittsbugh, PA
Book Format: hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Broadway (Random House)
Packaging: padded mailer
Other: enclosed letter with blurb of book, LibaryThing Author Chat mention, and link address of Dr. Trout in action on YouTube.

*Touchstone for title still not working properly; had to link it in manually.

Title: The Size of the World: a novel by Joan Silber
Date Arrived: 4/15/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Half Moon Bay, CA
Book Format: paperback ARC
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc, New York, NY
Packaging:thin paper envelope
Other: enclosed letter for Library Thing readers and a bookmark advertising The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books ed. by J. Peder Zane

Title: Authenticity - Clearing the Junk: A Buddhist Perspective by Venerable Yifa
Date Arrived: 4/15/2008
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail, mailed from New York
Location Received: Los Angeles area, California
Book format: Trade pbk (not ARC)
Publisher: Lantern
Packaging: thin paper envelope
Other: enclosed thank-you letter, looking forward to review...

Title: The Size of the World by Joan Silber
Date Arrived: 4/15/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Everett, WA
Book Format: Advance Reader's Edition (paperback)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co., Inc, New York
Packaging: Manila envelope
Other: Package included letter from Manager of Internet Marketing and The Top Ten bookmark

Title: Dervishes by Beth Helms
DAte arrived 4/15/08
method: UPS ground
Packaging: padded envelope
no other letter or note included.
paperback

Message edited by its author, Apr 16, 2008, 9:26am.

Title:Tell Me Where It Hurts by Nick Trout
Date Arrived: 4/15/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Pittsbugh, PA
Book Format: hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Broadway (Random House)
Packaging: padded mailer
Other: enclosed letter with blurb of book, LibaryThing Author Chat mention, and link address of Dr. Trout in action on YouTube.

(Touchstone still brings up something else

Title: Dervishes : a novel by Beth Helms
Date Arrived: 4/16/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Expedited
Location Received: Coquitlam, BC (Canada)
Book Format: trade paperback (not ARC)
Publisher: Picador, New York
Packaging: padded mailer
no other letter or note included

{touchstone for title not working; had to link it in manually}

Message edited by its author, Apr 16, 2008, 7:41pm.

Title: The Size of the World by Joan Silber
Date Arrived: April 17, 2008
Method of Delivery: USPS
Location Received: Southwest Virginia
Book Format: Trade paperback, Advanced Reader's Edition
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, New York
Packaging: Manila envelope
Other: Signed letter from Manager of Internet Marketing and The Top Ten bookmark

Title: Blood, Sweat & Tea by Tom Reynolds
Date Arrived: 4/16/2008
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Location Received: Phillipsburg, NJ
Book Format: Trade paperback
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC
Packaging: padded mailer
Other: Introductory form letter enclosed from Jennifer Collet, Director of Marketing

Title: {Love You to Pieces} edited by {{Suzanne Kamata}}
Date Arrived: 4/17/2008
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Location Received: Concord, MA
Book Format: paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Packaging: corrugated mailer
Other: Packing slip indicates "review copy for Library Thing Early Reviewers program"

>Date Arrived: 4/14/2008

Yay! Perhaps my copy of A Dog Among Diplomats will be waiting when I get home from this trip!

Title: Bobbie Faye's(Kinda,sorta not exactly) Family Jewels
Author: Toni McGee Causey
Date Arrived: April 17, 2008
Method of Delivery: USPS marked Time Sensitive Material
Location Received: Connecticut
Book Format: Trade paperback, Advanced Uncorrected Proof
Publisher: St Martins' Press/Griffin
Packaging: Manila envelope
Other: Zilch

Just discovered this topic and unfortunately have already disposed of the packing my ER book came in, but I received my copy of A Dog Among Diplomats yesterday evening (4-16-08). Everything sounds identical to CheriePie69's experience in Post #1, except that mine came in the regular USPS mail (and received in Dallas, TX).

Title: Dervishes
Author: Beth Helms
Date Arrived: April 17, 2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Anchorage, Alaska
Book Format: Trade paperback
Publisher: Picador
Packaging: Padded envelope
Other: No letter of intro or anything else.

Title: The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted
Author: Elizabeth Berg
Date Arrived: April 17, 2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Indiana
Book Format: Audiobook (7 CD's) in paper/cardboard & box
Publisher: Random House
Packaging: Padded envelope
Other: -- (no letter this time)

Title: Being Emily
Author: Anne Donovan
Date Arrived: April 18, 2008
Method of Delivery: Royal Mail
Location Received: Birmingham, UK
Book Format: Large format paperback
Publisher: Canongate
Packaging: Padded envelope
Other: No letter of intro or anything else.

I am really excited to get this and can't WAIT to read it, but I have to set off for the BookCrossing International Convention in about an hour, so it'll have to wait till Sunday!

Title: Blood, Sweat and Tea by Tom Reynolds
Date Arrived: 4/16/2008
Method of Delivery: FedEx Express
Location Received: Hudson, MA
Book Format: Trade paperback
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC
Packaging: padded mailer
Other: Introductory form letter enclosed from Jennifer Collet, Director of Marketing

Title: Being Emily by Anne Donovan
Date Arrived: April 18, 2008
Method of Delivery: Royal Mail
Location Received: Marple, UK
Book Format: paperback
Publisher: Canongate
Packaging: Padded envelope
Other: No letter of intro or anything else (*sniff*).

My first ER book, and only the second time I tried - am looking forward to reading and adding my review.

:-)

Title: The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation By Elizabeth Berg
Date Arrived: April 17
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Recieved: Novi, Michigan
Book Format: Audio Book (7 CD's)
Publisher: Random House
Packaging: Thick Mailing Envelope
Other: No letter

Also my first ER book, and the first time that I tried---looking forward to "listening" to this book!!

Title: Love you to Pieces: Creative Writers on raising a child with Special Needs
Date Arrived: April 17
Method of Delivery: USPS
Location Recieved: Irving, TX
Book Format: Trade paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Packaging: Thick Mailing Envelope
Other: No letter

Title: Bobbie Faye's (Kinda, Sorta, Not-Exactly) Family Jewels by Toni Mcgee Causey
Date Arrived: April 18, 2008
Method of Delivery: USPS Time Sensitive Material
Location Received: Quad Cities, Iowa
Book Format: ARC Trade Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, New York
Packaging: Bubble padded mailer
Other: nada

Title: {Tell Me Where it Hurts} by {Nick Trout}
date arrived: April 14, 2008
Method of Delivery: UPS ground
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Book Format: hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Broadway
Packaging: padded mailer
Other: letter

Title: Two Brothers: One North, One South
Author: David H. Jones
Date Arrived: April 18, 2008
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Location Received: Lexington, KY
Book Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Staghorn Press
Packaging: Manila envelope; bubble wrap
Other: Author signed it with a personalized inscription to me, the date and "best wishes"

My first ER book, pleasantly surprised at the speed of shipping, and the inscription was a thoughtful touch by the author.

Title: My Miserable Lonely Lesbian Pregnancy
Author: Andrea Askowitz
Date Arrived: April 19, 2008
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Location Received: South Florida
Book Format: ARC Paperback
Publisher: Cleis Press
Packaging: Padded Mailer
Other: List of all Cleis Press books that are soon to be published

Title: Jasmine's tortoise
Author Corinne Souza
Date arrived: 20/04/08
Method - recorded delivery
Location: Manchester UK
Book Format: Trade paperback
Publisher: Picnic
Packaging: Standard large envolope (re-used) and torn. Book arrived undamaged.
Other - personalised letter, explaining the recycled envolope, and author's email for discussion of review. List of other books soon to be available.

Yay, my copy of Dervishes arrived! I don't have the details unfortunately, as the packaging was thrown out accidentally.

Title: Severance Package
Author: Duane Swierczynski
Date arrived: 04/18/08
Method:USPS Time Sensitive Material
Location: Lake Charles, La
Book Format: Advanced Readers' Edition trade paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
Packaging: Padded Mailer
Other - Inside padded mailer was another "blood splattered" envelope titled interdepartment delivery (like the ones used in typical offices). Written across the envelope is "Ever want to kill your boss? Well guess what, the feeling is mutual. See enclosed PACKAGE for more details." Actual book was inside this envelope.

#12 - Finished Tell Me Where It Hurts by Nick Trout and have put the review in my library. Very enjoyable read; great to have at the end of tax week! Thanks!

Message edited by its author, Apr 20, 2008, 7:09pm.

Title: Tell Me Where It Hurts by Nick Trout
Date Arrived: 4/20/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Central KY
Book Format: hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Broadway (Random House)
Packaging: padded mailer
Other: enclosed letter with blurb of book, LibaryThing Author Chat mention, and link address of Dr. Trout in action on YouTube.

Title: {Love You to Pieces} edited by {{Suzanne Kamata}}
Date Arrived: 4/18/2008
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Location Received: Houston, TX
Book Format: paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Packaging: corrugated mailer
Other: Packing slip indicates "review copy for Library Thing Early Reviewers program"

Title: Two Brothers: One North, One South
Author: David H. Jones
Date Arrived: April 18, 2008
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Location Received: Portland, OR
Book Format: Hardcover, with attractive dust jacket
Publisher: Staghorn Press
Packaging: Manila envelope; bubble wrap
Other: Signed and dated by author, with a personalized inscription. Package also included 2 bookmarks printed with info about the book.

My previous ER books have been paperbacks. A hardcover was a nice surprise, especially with the very appealing dust jacket. I really appreciated the extra effort to sign the book and include the bookmarks.

Title: Two Brothers: One North, One South
Author: David H. Jones
Date Arrived: April 19, 2008
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Location Received: Chicago, IL
Book Format: Hardcover, finished version
Publisher: Staghorn Press
Packaging: Manila envelope; bubble wrap
Other: Signed and dated by author, with a personalized inscription. Package also included 2 really nice bookmarks printed with info about the book.

Title: The Man Who Turned Into Himself
Author: David Ambrose
Date Arrived: April 21, 2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Minneapolis, MN
Book Format: Retail Trade Paperback (not ARC)
Publisher: Picador
Packaging: Manila envelope with bubble wrap (pop.... pop.... pop....)
Other: Nada

edit: ALWAYS forget touchstones

Message edited by its author, Apr 21, 2008, 7:45pm.

Title: Shelter Stories. Love Guaranteed.
Author: Patrick McDonell
Date Arrived: April 22, 2008
Method of Arrival: USPS Priority Mail
Location Received: South Bend, IN
Book Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Packaging: Padded envelope

This came before my March book! : P

Title: Shelter Stories. Love Guaranteed.
Author: Patrick McDonell
Date Arrived: April 21, 2008
Method of Arrival: USPS Priority Mail
Location Received: Yuma, AZ
Book Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Packaging: Padded envelope

I'm so excited, this is my first ER book! :D

Title: Bobbie Faye's (Kinda, Sorta, Not-Exactly) Family Jewels by Toni Mcgee Causey
Date Arrived: April 21, 2008
Method of Delivery: USPS Time Sensitive Material
Location Received: St. Louis, MO
Book Format: ARC Trade Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, New York
Packaging: Bubble padded mailer
Other: none

Title: Jasmine's tortoise
Author Corinne Souza
Date arrived: 20/04/08
Method - recorded delivery
Location: Manchester UK
Book Format: Trade paperback
Publisher: Picnic
Packaging: Standard large recycled envolope
Other - Letter enclosed

This is my first early review book :o) Have just started reading the novel today (22nd April 08)

Title: Declassified:50 top-secret documents that changed history
Author: Thomas B. Allen
Date arrived: 22/04/08
Method - FedEx Air (shipped from Random House, NYC)
Location: Dundas, Ontario
Book Format: Advanced readers edition, paperback
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Packaging: Thick mailer envelope
Other - Note enclosed asking for review on LT "at your earliest convenience". (Yikes! I still haven't finished the two books I received from the March ER batch.)

Message edited by its author, Apr 22, 2008, 5:34pm.

Title: Dance in a Buffalo Skull by Zitkala-Sa
Date Arrived: 4/22/2008
Method of Delivery: Canada Post
Location Received: rural Ontario
Book Format: Hardback with dust jacket (beautifully produced, and the enclosed letter explains that this is not an ARC but the final published version)
Publisher: South Dakota State Historical Society Press
Packaging: fold-to-size cardboard protective box
Other: enclosed letter of congratulations, coupon for free shipping of the first book in the Prairie Tale Series, beautiful Dance in a Buffalo Skull bookmark.

The book is a children's picture book, very short, so I reviewed it right away.

Still waiting on 2012: Crossing the Bridge to the Future by Mark Borax. That supposedly went on sale April 15.

Sigh . . . this is my first ER, so I'm not entirely sure of the process. Maybe it's coming by Firelizard Post?

Patiently waiting in Pittsburgh,

PghDragonMan

Message edited by its author, Apr 23, 2008, 11:36am.

> 46 I'm trying to be patient waiting for mine, too. As far as the time it takes for books to arrive, it varies WIDELY. Mine have come pretty timely in the past - I'd guess within two weeks of Abby's notification - but some people are still waiting for March ER books, and some of the ones from last autumn took even longer to arrive. Give it another week to ten days before getting worried!

#33 -
Date Arrived: 4/17/08
Location - Steelton, PA

Everything else was as listed in previous post. Almost finished with the book too. very interesting. :)

Message edited by its author, Apr 23, 2008, 1:49pm.

Just curious. Has anyone received either The Wednesday Sisters or The Mercedes Coffin yet? A friend and I are watching for them in West Virginia.

edited to include punctuation!

Message edited by its author, Apr 24, 2008, 3:13pm.

Likewise, has anyone recieved Deep Ancestry yet? I live in New York, and usually get my Early Review books quickly.

Message edited by its author, Apr 24, 2008, 3:26pm.

>49 I have not yet received The Wednesday Sisters here on the west coast. Hopefully soon.

#49--Nope, I live in so. California, no Mercedes Coffin yet.

#49 - No The Wednesday Sisters here in Chicago. I'm anxiously awaiting it's arrival.

I received my first book (after trying for nearly a year...yeay!) today:
Title: Takeover
Author: Lisa Black
Date Arrived: 4/24/08
Mode: UPS Ground
Origination: Harper Collins NY, NY 10022
Shipped to: Winston-Salem, NC
Book format: soft-cover uncorrected proof copy
Pkg: padded envelope; book was protected within a black ziplock plastic bag

touchstones aren't working for the title or author

Still waiting on The Wednesday Sisters in Virginia, too.

Title: Dance in a Buffalo Skull by Zitkala-Sa
Date Arrived: 4/22/2008 (Not really sure - forgot to check my mail for a few days)
Method of Delivery: US Postal Service
Location Received: Nebraska
Book Format: Hardback with dust jacket (beautiful book: enclosed letter explains that this is not an ARC but the final published version)
Publisher: South Dakota State Historical Society Press
Packaging: fold-to-size cardboard protective box
Other: enclosed letter of congratulations, coupon for free shipping of the first book in the Prairie Tale Series, beautiful Dance in a Buffalo Skull bookmark.

Beautiful children's book.

P.S. muumi: I did a cut and paste from your post, and then changed pertinent info. Thanks for saving me a lot of typing!!

Message edited by its author, Apr 24, 2008, 5:45pm.

Title: Safe Dieting for Teens second edition
Date Arrived: 4/24/08
Method of Delivery: USPS Priority Mail
Location Received: Rockville, MD
Book format: paperback, not marked ARC
Publisher: Hunter House
Packaging: Priority Mail Envelope
Other: "book includes a simple calorie counter and information about eating disorders;" mailing included letter from the publisher and a copy of the news release about the book

Epic Rivalry has arrived.
Recieved 24 April by UPS ground in a Jiffy padded envelope.
Delivered to So. Texas from N.Y., N.Y. by Random House / National Geographic.
Copy is a paperback advance reader's edition.
Will dive in this weekend!

Title: Planetwalker;
Author: John Francis
Date Arrived: 4/24/08
Mode: USPS
Origination: Random House/National Geographic NY, NY 10019
Shipped to: York Springs, PA
Book format: soft-cover uncorrected proof copy
Pkg: padded envelope; generic form letter - Enclosed please find... Please remember to post a review on LT at your earliest convenience.
We hope you enjoy...please lend to a friend

Message edited by its author, Apr 24, 2008, 10:25pm.

No Wednesday Sisters for me in CO either. Makes me feel less worried that others are still waiting. Especially since I still haven't gotten my March book while others have received the one I'm waiting for. I haven't had a chance to submit an ER review yet, and I'm chomping at the bit! I guess I must attract the slow senders...

Title: Riding the Hulahula to the Arctic Ocean
Date Arrived: 4/22/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS
Location Received: Virginia
Book Format: Trade paper
Publisher: National Geographic
Packaging: Manila protective mailer
Other: Nifty "Advance Reader's Edition" icon on front cover art. Letter of congrats from LibraryThing. UPS, as per their usual level of service, left it flat on my front stoop in the rain, not even inside the unlocked "screen" door - good thing the mailer was waterproof!

Started reading it today and making review notes, enjoying it a lot already. I usually give away books I've read instead of storing 'em - will probably donate it to CTCA (where I go for cancer treatment) library after reviewing. As I'd hoped, this is a good book for keen travellers who can no longer go "just" for fun.

Message edited by its author, Apr 25, 2008, 4:21pm.

Title: The Blue Zone
Date Arrived: 4/25/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS
Location Received: Wyoming
Book Format: Trade paper - ARC
Publisher: Random House/National Geographic
Packaging: Manila cushioned mailer

Message edited by its author, Apr 25, 2008, 4:20pm.

Title: Translucent Tree by Nobuko Takagi
Date Arrived: 4/25/2008
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Location Received: California
Book Format: Hardcover book with dust jacket
Publisher: Vertical Press, New York, NY
Packaging: Padded manila envelope
Other: No other material

Rec'd Planetwalker yesterday -- info the same as message #59 except mine came by UPS in Southern California

Title: Epic Rivalry: The Inside Story of the Soviet and American Space Race
Date Arrived: 4/25/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS ground
Location Received: California
Book Format: Trade paper - ARC
Publisher: Random House/National Geographic
Packaging: Manila cushioned mailer

This week-end is booked but I look forward to starting this come Monday. One review challenge will be to work around the fact that it's a National Geographic book filled with low quality black/white images that looked scanned on a copy machine! I'm assuming that's because its an ARC, but it definitely will make review of that aspect of the book challenging.

Title: Tell Me Where It Hurts by Nick Trout
Date Arrived: 4/25/2008
Method of Delivery: Canada Post
Location Received: Edmonton, Alta.
Book Format: hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Broadway (Random House)
Packaging: padded mailer
Other: enclosed letter with blurb, LibaryThing Author Chat mention, and link to Dr. Trout on YouTube.

Oops! Tossed the packing slip without thinking. However, I received The Size of the World by Joan Silber

Title: Deep Ancestry, by Spencer Wells
Date Arrived: 4/26/2008
Method of Delivery: FedEx (Ground, it looks like, but it who'd try to send air mail between to points in New York City?)
Location Received: Brooklyn
Book Format: paperback ARC
Publisher: National Geographic, sent from Random House
Packaging: padded mailer
Other: a three-sentence letter asking me to post a review, and hopefully lend said ARC to a friend.

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Message edited by its author, Apr 26, 2008, 6:39pm.

#s 51 (becky_quilts), 52 (klmnca), 53 (Rarcar1), 55 (virginiahomeschooler) and 60 (jhedlund)...

Thanks for answering. It does make me feel a little better that there are others waiting. I had begun to wonder if people were getting the books and not posting on this thread. (I am not paranoid!) LOL

Nice to hear from all of you!
Wendy

Still waiting on The Black Tower by Louis Bayard. Not very worried though, William Morrow tends to take about 2-3 weeks to send out books.

Yikes! These messages that you all haven't received your The Wednesday Sisters yet are killing me! My publisher did give away 150 copies, which means someone somewhere had to package and label all those books, so please be patient. And I'm on Library Thing, so do feel free to ping me if it looks like everyone else is getting their copies and you aren't (or for any other reason, for that matter!). I'd really really really hate to have anyone who wants to read miss out on account of a processing snaffu.

If it's any consolation, I just received Novel Destinations yesterday. Which I am quite enjoying!

Thank you all so much for your interest!

Message edited by its author, Apr 26, 2008, 8:55pm.

Title: Riding the Hulahula to the Arctic Ocean
Date Arrived: 4/25/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS
Location Received: Los Angeles, CA
Book Format: Trade paper
Publisher: National Geographic
Packaging: Padded mailer

Came with a note: "Enclosed please find your uncorrected proof copy of RIDING THE HULAHULA from National Geographic. Please remember to post a review on Library Thing at your earliest convenience. We hope you enjoy the book - and when you're done, please lend it to a friend!"

I've already read the Intro and skimmed each of the chapters, which are intriguing descriptions of very unusual travel destinations, mostly first-person experiences, including tips and advice; some include costs of hotels and food.

Message edited by its author, May 5, 2008, 11:52pm.

Title: Aids Orphans Rising
Date Arrived: 4/26/08
Method of delivery: USPS
Location: Maryland
Book Format: Trade paperback
Publisher: Loving Healing Press
Packaging: Padded envelope, with LT ER sticker on outside.

Came with: a flier about the ER program (apparently from LT rather than the publisher?), a business card, and a set of post-it notes(!) from the publisher.

Title: The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
Date Arrived: 4/25/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS ground
Location Received: Florida
Book Format: Trade paper - ARC
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Packaging: Manila cushioned mailer

Title: Fields of honor
Date Arrived: 4/26/2008
Method of Delivery: Fed-ex ground
Location Received: Lisle, IL
Book Format: Trade paper
Publisher: National Geographic, sent from Random House
Packaging: Padded mailer

Came with a note: "Enclosed please find your uncorrected proof copy of FIELDS OF HONOR from National Geographic. Please remember to post a review on Library Thing at your earliest convenience. We hope you enjoy the book - and when you're done, please lend it to a friend!"

Re: The Wednesday Sisters, I actually picked up a (free) copy of this at the Texas Library Association conference a couple of weeks ago, so obviously there are copies floating around out there somewhere. I grabbed it quick, since I had gotten matched with a different book (but this was one of the ones I requested). Unlike most of the ARCs available at these conferences, this one wasn't in a huge stack of multiple copies, but instead was in with a bunch of varied surplus books at a particular booth that the rep said they had leftover copies of. Strange, huh?

Title: Gifts From The Child Within
Author: Barbara Sinor, PhD
Date Arrived: 4/28/2008
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Location Received: Washington
Book Format: paperback
Publisher: Loving Healing Press, Ann Arbor, MI
Packaging: Padded manila envelope
Other: note explaining ER program, business card, post-its

Title: Strategies: A Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Fibromyalgia Journey
Author: Tami Brady
Date Arrived: 4/25/2008
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Location Received: Massachusetts
Book Format: paperback
Publisher: Loving Healing Press, Ann Arbor, MI
Packaging: Padded manila envelope
Other: note explaining ER program, business card

Title: The Lace Reader
Author: Brunonia Barry
Date Arrived: 4/28/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Alexandria, VA
Book Format: trade paperback ARC
Publisher: William Morrow (Harper Collins), sent from Harper Collins
Packaging: padded mailer
Other: Included 1-page cover letter

Title: Bobbie Faye's (Kinda, Sorta, Not-Exactly) Family Jewels by Toni Mcgee Causey
Date Arrived: April 28, 2008
Method of Delivery: Canada Post
Location Received: Montreal, Quebec
Book Format: ARC Trade Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, New York
Packaging: Bubble padded mailer
Other: none

Title: Takeover
Author: Lisa Black
Date Arrived: 4/28/08
Mode: UPS Ground
Origination: Harper Collins NY, NY 10022
Shipped to: Canton, MA
Book format: soft-cover uncorrected proof copy
Pkg: padded envelope; book was protected within a black ziplock plastic bag

Title: Takeover
Author: Black, Lisa
Date Arrived: 4/28/08
Mode: UPS Ground
Origination: Harper Collins NY, NY 10022
Shipped to: Columbus, IN
Book format: soft-cover uncorrected proof copy
Packaging: padded envelope; book was in a black plastic bag

Title: Dr. Rob's Guide to Raising Fit Kids by Robert S. Gotlin
Date Arrived: April 29, 2008
Method of Delivery: USPS
Location Received: Grinnell, IA
Book Format: ARC Trade Paperback
Publisher: Diamedica Publishing
Packaging: Large white envelope
Other: LT Reviewer form letter

Title: Sarah's Key
Author: Tatiana De Rosnay
Date Arrived: April 29, 2008
Method of Delivery: USPS
Location Received: Chambersburg, PA
Book Format: ARC Trade Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York, NY
Packaging: Padded envelope
Other: LT Reviewer form letter (more like a slip--obviously xeroxed about 4-5 per page and cut).

Message edited by its author, Apr 30, 2008, 1:02am.

Now if only my MARCH book would show up!

Title: Takeover
Author: Lisa Black
Date Arrived: 4/28/08
Mode: usps
Origination: Harper Collins NY, NY 10022
Shipped to: Madison, Ohio
Book format: soft-cover uncorrected proof copy
Pkg: padded envelope; book was protected within a black ziplock plastic bag

Message edited by its author, Apr 29, 2008, 6:34pm.

Title: Forever A Soldier
Author: Tom Wiener
Date Arrived: 4/29/08
Mode: FedEx
Origination: Random House NY, NY 10019
Shipped to: Rector, Arkansas
Book format: soft-cover uncorrected proof copy
Pkg: padded envelope

I'm in Northern CA, and have yet to receive The Wednesday Sisters either - Every day I check my mailbox, today could be the day!:)

Title: From Eden to Exile
Author: Eric Cline
Date Arrived: 4/29/08
Mode: FedEx Ground
Origination: Random House NY, NY 10019
Shipped to: Arizona
Book format: paperback ARC
Pkg: padded envelope

Message edited by its author, Apr 30, 2008, 12:19am.

Title: Takeover
Author: Lisa Black
Date Arrived: 4/25/08
Mode: UPS Ground
Origination: Harper Collins NY, NY 10022
Shipped to: VA
Book format: soft-cover uncorrected proof copy
Pkg: padded envelope; book was protected within a black ziplock plastic bag

Message edited by its author, Apr 30, 2008, 4:40pm.

Title: Takeover
Author: Lisa Black
Date Arrived: 4/29/08
Mode: UPS Ground
Origination: Harper Collins NY, NY 10022
Shipped to: Tallahassee, FL
Book format: soft-cover uncorrected proof copy
Pkg: padded envelope; book was protected within a black ziplock plastic bag

Title: Internet Riches
Author: Scott C. Fox
Date Arrived" 4/29/08
Mode: Fed-Ex
Origination: Manhattan, NY
Shipped to: Los Angeles, CA
Book Format: soft cover, non-arc
Pkg: Padded envelope. No letter enclosed

Am I the only person who got this book?

This is my first ER book and I'm so excited to sit down and read!

Title: Two Brothers: One North, One South
Author: David H. Jones
Date Arrived: April 30, 2008
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Location Received: Encino, CA
Book Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Staghorn Press
Packaging: Manila envelope; bubble wrap
Other: Signed with the date and a personalization from the author and two free bookmarks.

Title: Gifts From The Child Within
Author: Barbara Sinor, PhD
Date Arrived: 4/26/2008
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Location Received: Decatur, GA
Book Format: paperback
Publisher: Loving Healing Press, Ann Arbor, MI
Packaging: Padded manila envelope
Other: note explaining ER program, business card, post-its

Maggie1944 -- I copied yours and changed the relevant information. Thank you.

Title: Tell Me Where It Hurts by Nick Trout
Date Arrived: 4/30/2008
Method of Delivery: Canada Post
Location Received: Fort Nelson, BC
Book Format: hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Broadway (Random House)
Packaging: padded mailer
Other: enclosed letter with blurb, LibaryThing Author Chat mention, and link to Dr. Trout on YouTube.

Title: Internet Riches
Author: Scott C. Fox
Date Arrived" 4/30/08
Mode: Fed-Ex
Origination: Manhattan, NY
Shipped to: Los Angeles, CA
Book Format: soft cover, non-arc
Pkg: Padded envelope. No letter enclosed

Title: Sarah's Key
Date: 4/30/08
Mode: USPS
Origin: Manhattan
Destination: Michigan
Format: softcover ARC
Pkg: Padded Envelope w/ letter

Title: Best Grilfriends Getaways Worldwide by Marybeth Bond
Date Arrived 5/1/2008
Method of Delivery: FedEx ground
Location Received: Albany, NY
Book Format: paperback
Publisher: National Geographic
Packaging: paded mailer
Other: Note enclosed to please post a review on LT and lend to a friend.

#99 ~ That's one I was hoping to get. Can't wait to hear what you think of it!

Title: Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Date Arrived: 5/1/2008
Delivery: USPS
Origin: New York, NY
Destination: Louisville, KY
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Format: Trade paperback ARC
Packaging: Padded mailer
Other: Thank you note enclosed encouraging a review

Title: Forever A Soldier
Author: Tom Weiner
Date Arrived: 5/1/2008
Delivery: FedEx ground
Origin: New York, NY
Destination: Newark, CA
Publisher: Random House, National Geographic
Format: Soft cover ARC
Packaging: Padded mailer
Other: note enclosed encouraging a review
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My husband called to tell me that Shades of Glory arrived via Fed Express this morning. I'll put some details out here after I get home. I can't wait to get home!

**It doesn't rain but it pours! Also got my MARCH book today.

Title: Shades of Glory
Method of delivery: Federal Express
Date Arrived: 5/5/2008
Origin: New York, New York
Location Received: Pittsboro, NC
Book format: Softcover uncorrected proof copy
Publisher: Random House, National Geographic
Packaging: Padded mailer
Other: Includes form letter.

Message edited by its author, May 5, 2008, 9:04pm.

Title: Firefly Rain by Richard Dansky
Date Arrived: 5/5/2008
Delivery: UPS
Origin: New York, NY
Destination: Mississauga, ON
Publisher: Random House
Format: Trade Paperback ARC
Packaging: Padded mailer
Other: Nothing was enclosed

Message edited by its author, May 5, 2008, 2:02pm.

Title: Shades of Glory
Date Arrived: 5/5/2008
Delivery: FedEx
Origin: New York, NY
Destination: Northwest Indiana
Publisher: Random House
Format: Trade Paperback ARC
Packaging: Padded mailer
Other: short note

Title: Alamut
Date Arrived: 5/5/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS
Location Received: Pittsburgh, PA
Book Format: paperback

Title: Alamut
Date Arrived 5/5/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS - padded mailer
Location Received: Pittsburgh, PA
Book Format: Paperback - labeled ARC - uncorrected proof on back cover but appears to be fully complete paperback

I guess Pittsburgh is the first place to receive this.

I am still, however, waiting for Weaving a Way Home which was my March book.

So I'm seeing reviews for The Man Who Turned Into Himself showing up from Early Reviewers now, and I still haven't received my copy. When should I start to get concerned about this?

> 108 wigster - See message 39 above. If I were you, I think I'd be getting concerned about now, or fairly soon. You might want to e-mail Abby to ask about it.

Title: Last Dragon by J. M. Mcdermott
Date Arrived: 5/6/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Package Origin: Random House, Manhattan
Location Received: Long Island, NY
Book Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Discoveries
Packaging: Cushion envelope
Other: Nothing

My first ER book!

Message edited by its author, May 7, 2008, 2:40am.

Title: The Interloper, Antoine Wilson
Date Arrived: 5/7/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Package Origin: Random House, NYC
Location Received: Los Angeles, CA
Book Format: Paperback
Publisher: Handsel Books
Packaging: Cushion envelope
Other: Nothing

Message edited by its author, May 8, 2008, 11:36am.

109>

There are LOTS of books that haven't showed up at all yet; although the fact that some copies have, for that title, I'd still give it another week before worrying or bothering Abby.

I know we all want our books -- I want mine too -- but slightly slow doesn't necessarily mean missing.

>112
My current general reply to people worried about April books is "give it a week or two, don't worry yet" :)

Title: Firefly Rain by Richard Dansky
Date Arrived: 5/6/2008
Delivery: UPS
Origin: New York, NY
Destination: Roanoke, VA
Publisher: Random House
Format: Trade Paperback ARC
Packaging: Padded mailer
Other: Nothing was enclosed

I'm new at this Early Reviewer stuff, but am excited now because my first book finally appeared today! Sacred Commerce !! Wooohoo.

Title: Sacred Commerce
Date Arrived 5-7-08
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Culver City, CA
Book Format: Trade Paperback ARC
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Packaging: Padded mailer
Other: No Letter or note of any kind

Message edited by its author, May 8, 2008, 12:55am.

Title: Last Dragon by J. M. Mcdermott
Date Arrived: 5/7/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Origin: New York, New York
Destination: Orono, ME
Book Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Discoveries
Packaging: Cushion envelope
Other: Nothing

Title: Devil's Cape by Rob Rogers
Date Arrived: 5/7/08
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Origin: New York, New York
Destination: Williamsburg, PA
Book Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Discoveries
Packaging: Cushioned envelope
Other: Nothing

Title: I Love Dirt
Date Arrived 5-7-08
Method of Delivery: USPS, I think. My wife got it.
Location Received: Vienna, VA
Book Format: Trade Paperback ARC (assuming ARC means advance reader copy or something like that. It's a stapled paperback)
Publisher: Trumpeter Books
Packaging: Padded mailer
Other: I have no idea if this is the norm for early review copies, but it only has about 1/3 of the book. It's supposed to have 52 outdoor activities to do with your kids, but my copy only has 15. Enough to get a general impression, but not a full review.

> 112 lorax - I agree we should try to be patient, but wigster102 was asking about a book that another person reported getting (in message # 39) *15 days* before wigster posted the question. To me, that's a long enough delay to warrant a pleasant inquiry to Abby. BTW, I appreciate you starting the "still missing" thread for the April batch, that was a great idea.

> 113 Abby - I didn't mean to create YET ANOTHER e-mail or comment to you, as I know you get plenty of them already. I'm not worried about my own book because no one has reported receiving it yet, but since wigster102 asked, I counted the days since the earlier post, and gave my opinion. Please know that we love this program and appreciate all you do to keep it growing - and growing, and growing ... ! Thank you.

Title: Last Dragon by J. M. Mcdermott
Date Arrived: 5/7/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Origin: New York, New York
Destination: Roanoke, VA
Book Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Discoveries
Packaging: Cushion envelope
Other: Nothing

This is my first ER book- looking forward to it.

Message edited by its author, May 8, 2008, 1:34pm.

Title: Shades of Glory
Date Arrived: 5/7/2008
Delivery: FedEx
Origin: New York, NY
Destination: southern California
Publisher: Random House
Format: Trade Paperback ARC
Packaging: Padded mailer -- the mailer had come unsealed, but the book was still in it.
Other: short note

Title: Escape from Amsterdam
Date Arrived: 5/8/2008
Delivery: UPS Ground
Origin: New York, NY
Destination: Massachusetts
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Format: Trade Paperback ARC
Packaging: Padded mailer.
Other: Nothing

Yea! It's here!!

Title: Love Marriage by V.V. Ganeshananthan
Date Arrived: 5/9/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: North Central, CT
Book Format: Trade Paperback ARC
Publisher: Random House
Packaging: Unpadded mailer
Other: Enclosed letter of thanks encouraging a review

Message edited by its author, May 9, 2008, 12:56pm.

Title: Love Marriage by V.V. Ganeshananthan
Date Arrived: 9 May 2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: South Hadley, MA
Book Format: ARC
Publisher: Random House
Packaging: cardboard mailer
Other: Enclosed letter of thanks encouraging a review

Title: 2012: Crossing the Bridge to the Future by Mark Borax
Date Arrived: 5/9/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Los Angeles, CA
Book Format: ARC Trade Paperback
Publisher: Random House
Packaging: padded mailer
Other: No letter of instruction or anything else was received. Just the book.

Heh. My April book beat my March book even though it came a month after notification. But yay!

Message edited by its author, May 11, 2008, 2:49am.

Title: Love Marriage by V.V. Ganeshananthan
Date Arrived: 5/9/08
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Fitchburg, MA
Book Format: Trade paperback ARC
Publisher: Random House
Packaging: cardboard mailer
Other: Enclosed letter of thanks encouraging a review

Title: Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Date Arrived: 5/9/2008
Delivery: USPS
Origin: New York, NY
Destination: Toronto, Canada
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Format: Trade paperback ARC
Packaging: Padded mailer
Other: Thank you note enclosed encouraging a review
Just got it!

Title: The End of East by Jen Sookfong Lee
Date Arrived: 5/9/2008
Delivery: UPS
Origin: New York, NY
Destination: Portland OR
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Format: Trade paperback ARC
Packaging: Padded mailer
Other: No note... Good condition

Title: The End of East: a novel by Jen Sookfong Lee
Date Arrived: 5/9/2008
Delivery: UPS
Origin: New York, NY
Destination: Raleigh, NC
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Format: Trade Paperback ARC
Packaging: Padded Mailer
Other: business card for the publisher

My first ARC! I'm so excited!

I wanted to let everyone who is getting a The Wednesday Sisters copy know that Ballantine tells me the copies went out early this week. Thanks for your patience! - Meg

Thanks, Meg, for the update. Can't wait to read your book!

Thank you!

Title: The Wednesday Sisters
Author: Meg Waite Clayton
Date arrived: 5/9/08
Method:Ups
Location: Easton ,PA
Book Format: Advanced Readers' Edition trade paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Packaging: Padded Mailer
Other - Included was A letter from Random House

Cant wait to start it..I am finishing...The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall

Title: Time Bandit by Andy Hillstrand (and Jonathan Hillstrand, but that Touchstone doesn't seem to work as well..)
Date Arrived: 5/10/2008
Method of Delivery: USPS Priority mail, mailed from NY on 5/8/2008
Location Received: Cleveland, Ohio
Book format: ARC Trade paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group/Ballantine Books
Packaging: Hard manila mailer
Other: Thank you note with request for review & comments to both LibraryThing and the Marketing Manager.

Title: The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
Date Arrived: 5/08/08
Method of Delivery: USPS
Location Received: North FL
Book Format: ARC Trade Paperback
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
Packaging: Padded Manila Mailer
Other: Cover letter from Publisher

Looks great! I can't wait to start on it!

Title: The Wednesday Sisters: A Novel
Date Arrived: 5/12/08
Method of Delivey: UPS
Location Received: Southwest FL
Book Format: Advance Reader's Edition Paperback
Publisher: The Random House Publishing Group
Packaging: Padded Mailer
Other: Letter from Asst Mktg Mgr with direction to official website, www.megwaiteclayton.com for more book details and an invitation to forward a review to Random House

Title: The Wednesday Sisters: A Novel
Date Arrived: 5/12/08
Method of Delivey: UPS
Location Received: Norfolk, VA
Book Format: Advance Reader's Edition Paperback
Publisher: The Random House Publishing Group (Ballantine Books)
Packaging: Padded Mailer
Other: Letter from Random House with contact information and full color postcard size insert with the book's blurb on one side and an "Enjoy this free copy" message on the other.

Yeah!!! So glad The Wednesday Sisters is finally getting to you all. Thanks for your patience - and double thanks for your interest!

Forgive the intrusion into this thread. Is there a form that we are supposed to fill out when we receive a book? I notice you all have info about the book, packaging etc. . . And by creating "touchstones" that gives us a link to a discussion thread about that particular work or author? (I'm not seeing this in the FAQ so your advice is appreciated.) Thanks! Chris

Title: Time Bandit by Andy Hillstrand
Date Arrived: 5/12/2008
Method of Delivery: USPS Priority mail
Location Received: Cincinnati, Ohio
Book format: ARC Trade paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group/Ballantine Books
Packaging: Hard manila mailer
Other: Letter of thanks and request for an email of my review.

>140
No form you need to fill out. It's just nice to see when the books start to trickle in - especially for those of us that have been waiting a long time & are beginning to worry. The touchtones are just fun :)

Title: The Wednesday Sisters: A Novel
Date Arrived: 5/12/08
Method of Delivey: UPS
Location Received: Chicago, IL
Book Format: Advance Reader's Edition Paperback
Publisher: The Random House Publishing Group
Packaging: Padded Mailer
Other: Letter from Asst Mktg Mgr with direction to official website, www.megwaiteclayton.com for more book details and an invitation to forward a review to Random House

Title: Love Marriage
Date Arrived: 5/12/08
Method of Delivey: UPS
Location Received: Ohio
Book Format: Advance Reader's Edition Paperback
Publisher: The Random House Publishing Group
Packaging: Cardboard mailer
Other: Letter from the publishing group asking me to email my review, and a promotional card with information about the book.

Title: Love Marriage
Date Arrived: 5/12/08
Method of Delivey: UPS
Location Received: Northwest Florida
Book Format: Advance Reader's Edition Paperback
Publisher: The Random House Publishing Group
Packaging: Cardboard mailer
Other: Letter from the publishing group asking to email a review, as well as a promotional card with information about the book.

Title: Time Bandit by Andy Hillstrand and Jonathan Hillstrand
Date Arrived: 5/12/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Pittsburgh, PA
Book format: ARC Trade paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group/Ballantine Books
Packaging: Hard manila mailer
Other: Thank you note with request for online review & email comments to both LibraryThing and the Marketing Manager.

Title: The Wednesday Sisters: A Novel
Date Arrived: 5/12/08
Method of Delivey: UPS
Location Received: Peoria, IL
Book Format: Advance Reader's Edition Paperback
Publisher: The Random House Publishing Group
Packaging: cardboard mailer
Other: Letter from Asst Mktg Mgr with direction to official website, www.megwaiteclayton.com for more book details and an invitation to forward a review to Random House

Message edited by its author, May 12, 2008, 6:45pm.

Title: The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
Date Arrived: 5/12/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Mailed From: New York, NY
Book Format: Advanced Reader's Edition Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books/Random House Publishing Group
Packaging: stiff cardboard mailer
Other: Folded letter from Asst. Marketing Manager and postcard tucked into front of book. Additional letter from Senior VP of Ballantine bound in front of book. Foldable self-mailer for reviews also bound in the back of the book.

Title: Time Bandit by Andy Hillstrand
Date Arrived: 5/13/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Tahlequah, OK
Book format: ARC Trade paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group/Ballantine Books
Packaging: Hard manila mailer
Cover: Two-color(red/black)glossy paperback
Other: Letter of thanks and request for my review on librarything and e-mail to assistang marketing manager.

Title: Time Bandit by Andy Hillstrand
Date Arrived: 5/13/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Minnesota
Book format: ARC Trade paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group/Ballantine Books
Packaging: Hard manila mailer
Cover: Two-color(red/white)glossy paperback
Other: Letter of thanks and request for my review on librarything and e-mail to Assistant Marketing Manager.

I've started reading it and it is already much better than the last 2 ER books I've received. I think I'm going to enjoy it.

Title: Love Marriage by V.V. Ganeshananthan
Date Arrived: 5/9/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Madison, WI
Book Format: Trade Paperback ARC
Publisher: Random House
Packaging: Unpadded mailer
Other: Enclosed letter of thanks encouraging a review

Hurray! I started reading it and it is fabulous already.

America America from Random House via UPS...Battered padded envelope/letter enclosed requesting copy of review~~~Recieved Walnut Creek CA May 14

Title: The Wednesday Sisters: A Novel
Date Arrived: 5/13/08
Method of Delivey: UPS
Location Received: Boulder, CO
Book Format: Advance Reader's Edition Paperback
Publisher: The Random House Publishing Group
Packaging: Cardboard Mailer
Other: Letter from Asst Mktg Mgr with direction to official website, www.megwaiteclayton.com for more book details and an invitation to forward a review to Random House + postcard with "Enjoy This Free Copy" and details for the book's online forum.

Yay!!! The first ER book I've received (still waiting on March). As soon as I finish my current book, I will get started - can't wait!!

Title: The Wishing Year: An Experiment in Desire
Date arrived: 5/14/08
Method: FEDEX
Location: Central Florida
Book Format: ARE Paperback
Publisher: Random House Bertelsmann
Packaging: padded Envelope
Other: a themed calendar!! Pen!! (book of course) and a letter to Library/Thing Subscriber... very cool. Letter indicates thanks for being an early reviewer and has an email requesting a copy of review that is posted on LT to be sent.

Nice.

Title: The Wednesday Sisters: A Novel
Date Arrived: 5/12/08
Method of Delivey: UPS
Location Received: Wisconsin
Book Format: Advance Reader's Edition Paperback
Publisher: The Random House Publishing Group
Packaging: Cardboard Mailer
Other: Letter from Asst Mktg Mgr with direction to official website, www.megwaiteclayton.com for more book details and an invitation to forward a review to Random House + postcard with "Enjoy This Free Copy" and details for the book's online forum.

Title: Time Bandit by Andy Hillstrand
Date Arrived: 5/13/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Georgia
Book format: ARC Trade paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group/Ballantine Books
Packaging: Hard manila mailer
Cover: Two-color(red/white)glossy paperback
Other: Letter of thanks and request for my review on librarything and e-mail to Assistant Marketing Manager.

I'm starting the book tonight!

Title: Time Bandit by Andy Hillstrand
Date Arrived: 5/15/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Texas
Book format: ARC Trade paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group/Ballantine Books
Packaging: Hard manila mailer
Other: Letter of thanks and request for an email of my review.

Title: Time Bandit by Andy Hillstrand and Jonathan Hillstrand
Date Arrived: 5/13/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: St. Petersburg, FL
Book format: ARC Trade paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group/Ballantine Books
Packaging: Hard manila mailer
Other: Thank you note with request for online review & email comments to both LibraryThing and the Marketing Manager.

Title: Love Marriage
Date Arrived: 5/15/08
Method of Delivey: UPS
Location Received: Missoula, Montana
Book Format: Advance Reader's Edition Paperback
Publisher: The Random House Publishing Group
Packaging: Cardboard mailer
Other: Letter from the publishing group asking to email a review, as well as a promotional card with information about the book.

**WooHoo! First ER book I've received! (Still waiting on Spirit of the Place... but I'm not giving up on it! :P )

Title: The Wednesday Sisters
Author: eg Waite Clayton
Date Arrived: 5/15/2008
Method of delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Prescott Valley, AZ
Book format: softcover
Publisher: Random House
Packaging: cardboard mailer
Other: included letter from Asst. Marketing Mgr with URL for author's website
:-) I am happy because this is my first ER book and I am looking forward to reading & writing a review. Yeah! I have next week for vacation too. This will be my break from yardwork!----Alice

Title: Love Marriage
Author:V.V. Ganeshananthan
Arrived: May 15/08
Method: Mail (US Post)
Location: Southwestern Ontario, Canada
Format: Softcover (Advance Reader edition -on sale April 9)
Publisher: Random House
Packaging: Cardboard mailer
Other: "Dear LT Member" letter from Asst. Mktg Manager (Ballantine Books), with invitation to copy review to her in addition to LT. Card outlining author's availability to chat with Book Clubs.

Title: 2012: Crossing the Bridge to the Future by Mark Borax
Date Arrived: 5/15/2008
Method of Delivery: unknown
Location Received: McMinnville, OR
Book Format: ARC Trade Paperback
Publisher: Random House
Packaging: padded mailer
Other: No letter of instruction or anything else was received. Just the book.

Title: Love Marriage
Author:V.V. Ganeshananthan
Arrived: May 15/08
Method: UPS Ground
Location: Sacramento, California
Format: Softcover (Advance Reader edition -on sale April 9)
Publisher: Random House
Packaging: Cardboard mailer
Other: "Dear LT Member" letter from Asst. Mktg Manager (Ballantine Books), with invitation to copy review to her in addition to LT.

Title: The Wednesday Sisters: A Novel
Date Arrived: 5/15/08
Method of Delivey: USPS
Location Received: Decatur, GA
Book Format: Advance Reader's Edition Paperback
Publisher: The Random House Publishing Group (Ballantine Books)
Packaging: Padded Mailer
Other: Letter from Random House with contact information and full color postcard size insert with the book's blurb on one side and an "Enjoy this free copy" message on the other.

Title: The Mercedes Coffin
Date Arrived: 5/20/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS
Location Received: Woodstock, CT
Book Format: Advance Reader's Edition Trade Paperback
Publisher: Harper Collins
Packaging: Padded Mailer
Other: Nothing

Title: The Black Tower
Date Arrived: 5/20/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Central Maryland
Book Format: Advance Reader's Edition Trade Paperback
Publisher: Harper Collins
Packaging: Padded Mailer
Other: Nothing, but 1st page inside cover is thank-you letter, contact information for marketing person.

Title: The Mercedes Coffin
Date Arrived: 5/20/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Somerville, MA
Book Format: Advance Reader's Edition Trade Paperback
Publisher: Harper Collins
Packaging: Padded Mailer
Other: Nothing

Title: Home Girl
Date Arrived: 5/20/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Sterling, CO
Book Format: Advance Reader's Edition Trade Paperback
Publisher: Harper Collins
Packaging: Cardboard mailer
Other: Letter from publisher

Message edited by its author, May 21, 2008, 3:06pm.

Title: The Black Tower
Date Arrived: 5/21/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Dayton, OH
Book Format: Advance Reader's Edition Trade Paperback
Publisher: Harper Collins
Packaging: Padded Mailer
Other: Nothing, just the aforementioned letter on the first page.

Title: Escape from Amsterdam
Date arrived: 5/21/2008
Method of Delivery: Canada Post
Location: Ottawa, ON Canada
Book Format: Advance Reader's Edition Trade Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Packaging: Padded Mailer
Other: Nothing

#169 I glad to hear The Black Tower has finally been sent out. Hopefully mine will come tomorrow. UPS drove right past my house just a little bit ago.

Title: The 19th Wife
Date Arrived: 5/21/2008
Method of Delivery: Canada Post
Location Received: Toronto, ON, Canada
Book Format: Advance Reader's Edition Trade Paperback
Publisher: Random House
Packaging: Padded mailer
Other: letter from publisher
still waiting for my march book!

Title: The Mercedes Coffin
Date Arrived: 5/23/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Houston, TX
Book Format: Advance Reader's Edition Trade Paperback
Publisher: Harper Collins
Packaging: Padded Mailer
Other: Nothing

Title: The Mercedes Coffin
Date Arrived: 5/23/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Santa Clarita, CA
Book Format: Advance Reader's Edition Trade Paperback
Publisher: Harper Collins
Packaging: Padded Mailer
Other: Nothing

Title: The Mercedes Coffin
Date Arrived: 5/27/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Milpitas, CA
Book Format: Uncorrected Proof Trade Paperback
Publisher: Harper Collins
Packaging: Padded Mailer
Other: Nothing

Title: The 19th Wife
Date Arrived: 5/27/2008
Method of Delivery: Canada Post
Location Received: Calgary AB, Canada
Book Format: Advance Reader's Edition Trade Paperback
Publisher: Random House
Packaging: Padded mailer
Other: Letter from publisher

Title: Time Bandit by Andy Hillstrand and Jonathan Hillstrand
Date Arrived: 5/16/2008
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Location Received: Henderson, NV
Book format: ARC Trade paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group/Ballantine Books
Packaging: Hard manila mailer
Other: Thank you note with request for online review & email comments to both LibraryThing and the Marketing Manager.

Finally got my review of Planetwalker up - Good book, but not one to try to get into when up to my ears busy with work and end of kid's school- finished it on vacation-and enjoyed it.

Title: Dirty Girls on Top
Method of Delivery: UPS ground
Date Arrived: June 17, 2008
Location: Plantsville, CT
Book format: Softcover - size of hardcover
Publisher: book says St Martin's Press; return label says FIB-Macmillan in NY
Packaging: padded mailer
Other: Flier with web links and promotions

It exists!!!

It does exist...and don't think I wasn't doing a jig in the kitchen when I opened it!! :-)

Title: Dirty Girls on Top
Method of Delivery: UPS 2nd Day Air
Date Arrived: June 18, 2008
Location: Texas
Book format: Softcover - size of hardcover
Publisher: book says St Martin's Press; return label says FIB-Macmillan in NY
Packaging: padded mailer
Other: Flier with web links and promotions

Well, since it's July already, I'll ask again. Is there anyone else out there that never received Love Marriage or am I the only one?

Does anyone know when the Early Review July books will be put up? I didn't get one single book from the June list. I just wondered?

184: Maybe next week? :perks:

Message edited by its author, Jul 4, 2008, 7:15pm.

183- I think you should bring it up to Abby, especially if no one else is saying that they didn't receive it. I got mine a long time ago. :(

Oh, my gosh!

My doorbell just rang (my doorbell never rings) and yippee! it's UPS with a book-sized package for me. I haven't ordered anything recently, so naturally I assume it's my August ARC of Zoe's Tale, shipped extra-super-duper-fast. I rip it open to see...

Powerlines! The April ARC that never came! And it's not an ARC, it is in fact a full-on brand new hardback copy of the book. Nice!

And with it, because this makes so much sense, is couple of pages of computer printout with a summary of the book and a few reviews by other people (you know, famous ones). Ok then.

I received an advanced reader's copy of the Emily Post biography last week.
It came in a hard-pack padded envelope.

Funny thing is, I distinctly remember being told I did not get any review copies in July. Not that I'm complaining. It came with a note asking to post the review at LibraryThing and to email it to them also.

Wasn't that a Bonus Batch book ? But you should have gotten a note from Abby either way about that, too.