June Books Received

Feel free to post here when your book arrives, if you like!

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Title: The Marquess
Date Received: 6/27/2012
Method of Delivery: email with link to download page
Format: epub and mobi
Publisher: Book View Cafe

Speedy speedy! BVC, I have won four of your books now and you remain the quickest and most responsive publishing company ever.

Such speedy service!

Title: Vengeance: A Novel
Date Received: June 29, 2012
Sent To: Philadelphia, PA
Sent From: New York
Method of Delivery: USPS
Format : ARC
Publisher: Henry Holt
Came with: A letter from the Senior Online Marketing Manager

Title: Goodbye for Now by Laurie Frankel
Date Received: June 29, 2012
Method of Delivery: FedEx
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: WV
Packaging method: Cardboard Mailer
Format: Bound Galley softcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Came with: Letter from Andrew Sharetts, Marketing Manager, Doubleday

Received this very quickly. Still waiting for my May book so this one is getting read now.

Title: Getting Over Mr. Right by Chrissie Manby
Date Received: June 30, 2012
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Boothwyn, PA
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House
Came with: Letter from Selby McRae Random House Marketing

Now getting ready for some great laughs with this book.

Shadow Show
June 30, 2012
USPS
New York, NY
Pacific Northwest/West
Bubble Envelope
Paperback
HarperCollins
Came with nothing but great stories! Thank you HarperCollins!

Title: Playing With Matches by Carolyn Wall
Date Received: June 30, 2012
Method of Delivery: USPS - Media Mail
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Geneva, IL
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House
Came with: Letter from Selby McRae Random House Marketing

Title: Vengeance: A Novel by Benjamin Black
Date Received: June 30, 2012
Sent To: Boulder Creek, CA
Sent From: New York
Method of Delivery: USPS
Format : ARC
Publisher: Henry Holt
Came with: A letter from the Senior Online Marketing Manager

Title: Playing With Matches by Carolyn Wall
Date Received: June 30, 2012
Method of Delivery: USPS - Media Mail
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Sebago, ME
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House
Came with: Letter from Selby McRae Random House Marketing

Title: Infinite West Travels in South Dakota by Fraser Harrison
Date Received: July 2
Method of Delivery: USPS/Royal Mail
Sent from: Pierre, South Dakota
Sent to: Aberystwyth Wales
Packaging method: Cardboard Mailer
Format: Paperback - Uncorrected Proof
Publisher: SDHS Press
Came with: Letter from Marketing Director; 2011-12 SDHS Catalogue of books

Title: Imagination and meaning in Calvin and Hobbes
Date Received: 7-2-2012
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Jefferson, NC
Sent to: Reading, PA
Packaging method: Yellow mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland
Came with: nothing

Title: God Save the Queen by Kate Locke
Date Received: 7/2/2012
Method of Delivery: UPS Mail Innovations
Sent from: Lebanon, IN
Sent to: Norfolk, VA
Packaging method: Pressure Sealed
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Orbit (Hachette Book Group)
Came with: A fresh, new book smell :)

Title: Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff
Date Received: 7/2/2012
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: New York
Sent to: Louisiana
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer
Format: Trade Paperback ARC
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books/Macmillan
Came with: Note from the author, and awesome

Title: Tex Rickard: Boxing's Greatest Promoter by Colleen Aycock
Date Received:7-2-12
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: Jefferson, NC
Sent to: Warner Robins, GA
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland
Came with: Nothing

Title: Shadow Show
Date Received: 07/02/2012
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: NY NY
Sent to: PA
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Uncorrected Proof
Publisher: Harper Collins
Came with: Nothing

Title: Crackpot Palace
Date: 2 July 2012
Method: USPS
From: New York City
To: Florida
Packaging: padded brown envelope
Format: paperback ARC
Publisher: William Morrow/Harper Collins

no inclusions, but LibraryThing is specifically mentioned (along with GoodReads) in the back publicity info, which is the first I've seen. usually, I always get letters addressed to "GoodReads Reviewer", if they mention one of the sites specifically :P

Title: Comic Books and the Cold War edited by Chris York and Rafiel York
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: Jefferson, NC
Sent to: Brooklyn, NY
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland
Came with: Nothing

Title: Jersey Joe Walcott: A Boxing Biography
Date Received: July 2, 2012
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: Jefferson, NC
Sent to: Greenville, NC
Packaging method: Padded envelope
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland and Company Publishers
Came with: nothing

Very fast delivery, but apparently this publisher has a NC distribution center as well as a London one!

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Title: Polo in Britain: A History
Date Received: July 2, 2012
Method of Delivery: USPS media mail
Sent from: NC
Sent to: LA
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: McFarland
Came with: nothing

Title: Jersey Joe Walcott: A Boxing Biography
Date Received: July 2, 2012
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: Jefferson, NC
Sent to: Oxford, OH
Packaging method: Padded envelope
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland and Company Publishers
Came with: nothing

This is the quickest I received any ER book.

Title: Getting Over Mr. Right
Date Received: July 2, 2012
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: NY, NY
Sent to: Lawrenceville, GA
Packaging method: Padded envelope
Format: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Came with: letter insert into first page of book from Selby McRae (Marketing)

I'm very new to the ER game, but this was super quick delivery. I am still waiting on my May win and this one beat it!! :)

Title: Eminent Victorian Chess Players: Ten Biographies
Date Received: 2. July 2012
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: Jefferson NC
Sent to: Chicago IL
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Format: Trade Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Came with: nothing

Still awaiting my April & May titles. Nicely done, McFarland.

Title: Ancient Egypt in the Popular Imagination
Date Received: 7/2/12
Method of Delivery: mail
Sent from: unknown
Sent to: Shamong, NJ
Packaging method: Bubble enverlope
Format: Large format paperback
Publisher: McFarland
Came with: no letter

This is the quickest I have ever received a book. Thanks!

Title: Playing With Matches by Carolyn Wall
Date Received: June 30, 2012
Method of Delivery: USPS - Media Mail
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to:North Dakota
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House
Came with: Letter from Selby McRae Random House Marketing

Title: A Woman Called
Date Received: July 3
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from:Abilene TX
Sent to: FL
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Leafwood
Came with: Packing slip

A was extremely critical of the book I got from Leafwood last month, we'll see how this one goes. Blurb from Scot McKnight on the front - could be a toss up.

Title: A Cup Full of Midnight by Jaden Terrell
Date Received: July 02
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: Sag Harbor NY
Sent to: Olive Branch MS
Packaging method: bubble mailer--a bit tattered, but thankfully the contents were spared
Format: Bound Galley
Publisher: The Permanent Press
Came with: Letter from Editorial Assistant

Title: Polo in Britain: a History - Horace Laffaye
Date Received: 7-3-12
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Jefferson, NC
Sent to: metro-Detroit, MI
Packaging method: yellow #4 bubble mailer
Format: hardcover
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Came with: nothing but the jaw-droppingly impressive 370-page hardcover tome itself - fancy!

Title: Playing With Matches by Carolyn Wall
Date Received: June 30, 2012
Method of Delivery: USPS - Media Mail
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Geneva, IL
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House
Came with: Letter from Selby McRae Random House Marketing

Title: The Map of Lost Memories by Kim Fay
Date Received: 7/5/12
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: E Brunswick, NJ
Sent to: N Kingstown, RI
Packaging method: Cardboard Envelope
Format: Advance Uncorrected Proof
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Came with: Nothing

Title: Polo in Britain: A History
Date Received: July 5, 2012
Method of Delivery: USPS media mail
Sent from: Jefferson, NC
Sent to: Yucca Valley, CA
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Format: hardcover
Publisher: McFarland
Came with: nothing

Title: The Little Book of Talent by Daniel Coyle
Date Received: July y, 2012
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent From: Eat Brunswick NJ
Sent To: Charleston SC
Packaging Method: bubble mailer
Format: Advance uncorrected proof/paperback
Publisher: Random House/ Bantam Books
Came With: Nothing but first page has marketing/publicity/etc. information

Title: What Happened to my Sister by Elizabeth Flock
Date Received: July 6, 2012
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: E. Brunswick, NJ
Sent to: metro Boston, MA
Packaging: paperboard mailer
Format: Advance Uncorrected Proof
Publisher: Random House/Ballantine
Came with: letter from marketing

I'm very unhappy because I've just got this Mail:

As I'm sure you already know, you were recently selected to receive a copy of Mark Billingham's THE DEMANDS through LibraryThing's Early Reviewer program. Due to a mix-up on our part, international readers like yourself were selected as winners for THE DEMANDS even though we are not allowed to ship this book internationally. I'm very sorry to say that this means we will not be able to ship you your copy of THE DEMANDS. However, we can offer you a NetGalley, a digital copy of THE DEMANDS that you can read on your computer or eReader. If you would like a digital copy of THE DEMANDS, please email us at MulhollandBooks@hbgusa.com.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience.

Best,

Mulholland Books

Well, as an European Reader the selection of book copies are minimal and as a non eReader it's close to impossible to get a book.

Title: Comic Books and the Cold War, 1946-1962 by Chris York and Rafiel York
Date Received: 6 July 2012
Method of Delivery: Media Mail
Sent from: Jefferson, NC
Sent to: Boston, MA
Packaging method: Bubble mailer
Format: Trade paperback
Publisher: McFarland
Came with: nothing

Title: The Little Book of Talent by Daniel Coyle
Date Received: July 7, 2012
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent From: Eat Brunswick NJ
Sent To: Chicago, IL
Packaging Method: bubble mailer
Format: Advance uncorrected proof/paperback
Publisher: Random House/ Bantam Books
Came With: Nothing.

Title: The Map of Lost Memories
Date Received: 7/7/2012
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent From: East Brunswick, NJ
Sent To: Oceanside, CA
Packaging Method: cardboard mailer
Format: paperback advance uncorrected proof
Publisher: Ballentine Books
Came With: nothing

Title: Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind: a bestseller's odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood
Date Received: 7/9/2012
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Baltimore MD
Sent to: Wallingford, CT
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: paperback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
Came with: invoice for "prepaid account"

Title: Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind: a bestseller's odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood
Date Received: 7/9/2012
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Baltimore MD
Sent to: Mt. Holly, NC
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: paperback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
Came with: invoice for "prepaid account"

Title: The Map of Lost Memories by Kim Fay
Date Received: 7/10/2012
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent From: East Brunswick, NJ
Sent To: Goodyear, AZ
Packaging Method: paperboard envelope
Format: advance uncorrected proof
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Came With: nothing

Yay!!

Title: The Demands by Mark Billingham
Date Received: 7/10/12
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: SC
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Format: paperback ARC
Publisher: Muholland Books
Came with: nothing

I've run into a bit of a quandary on what to do about the June selection that I received from LTER ... The Little Book of Talent arrived quite speedily, and, being as "Little" as advertised, it was a quick read.

However, right there on the cover of the ARC it says "All reviews should be scheduled to run after that date." referring to the noted on-sale date of August 21 ... six weeks from now. Obviously, I'm going to write a better review this week than I would a month-and-a-half hence, and while I could just stick it in a folder and wait, I was wondering if that "embargo" applies to on-site reviews here as well.

Given that the vast majority (at least in my experience) of LTER books arrive months after their actual publication date (so much for "early"!) this has never been an issue before (although I have had one or two that I'd finished right about on their release date), and I'm wondering if they are actually wanting us to not post reviews on LibraryThing until then.

Anybody care to enlighten me on the LTER policy on this?

 

>41 BTRIPP: - You should feel free to post your review (as others have already done). When we've run into this question before the publishers have been fine with that.

Title: East of Denver by Gregory Hill
Date Received: 7/10/12
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Healdsburg, CA
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Penguin Books
Came with: Introductory letter from publisher

Title: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Date Received: 07/12/12
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: NY, NY
Sent to: IL
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner (Simon & Schuster)
Came with: Letter from Marketing Department

I can't wait to start reading this. The cover is so beautiful.

Title: What Happened to my Sister by Elizabeth Flock
Date Received: July 12, 2012 (though tracking number indicated "Delivered July 06, 2012")
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: East Brunswick NJ
Sent to: Saratoga Springs NY
Packaging: Paperboard Mailer
Format: Advance Uncorrected Proof
Publisher: Random House/Ballantine
Came with: Letter from Selby McRae, Random House Marketing

Hunt The Wolf by Don Mann. This is a seal Team Six novel. looks good.

An audiobook copy of Grandad, There's a Head on the Beach by Colin Cotterill arrived earlier in the week ~ sorry I didn't keep better track of exactly when. It arrived in a little cardboard box with a note inside asking that I send my review to the sender. I've already started it and am already enjoying it immensely!

ETA that I'm in Los Angeles. Not sure exactly from what city it was posted.

Title: Living Jesus: Doing What Jesus Says in the Sermon on the Mount by Randy Harris with Greg Taylor
Date Received: 07/12/12
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: Abilene, Tex.
Sent to:TN
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Leafwood Publishers
Came with: Packing slip

Title: The Marquess
Date Received: 6/27/2012
Method of Delivery: email with link to download page
Format: epub and mobi
Publisher: Book View Cafe

Title: Sex So Great She Can't Get Enough by Barbara Keesling
Date Received: 07/13/12
Sent to:Tracy, Ca
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Taylor Trade Publishing
Came with: Packing slip and letter from publisher

Title: 22 Accessible Road Trips by Candy B. Harrington
Date Received: July 18, 2012
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent from: Fitchburg, MA
Sent to: Pasadena, CA
Packaging method: Cardboard mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing, LLS
Came with: Packing slip

Title; Lake Country by Sean Doolittle
Date Deceived: July 23, 2012
Method of Delivery: US mail
Sent from New York
Packaging: mailing envelope
Format: Trade paperback
Publisher: Bantam Random House
Came with: Letter from marketing

Title: The Iron Wyrm Affair by Lilith Saintcrow
Date Received: July 27, 2012
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent from: New York
Sent to: Houston, TX
Packaging: padded envelope
Format: Trade sized ARC
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Came with: nothing else

I also received The Iron Wyrm Affair, as described above.

ETA: oops, but sent to Niceville, FL

Title: Fantasy Media in the Classroom
Date Received: second week in July
Method of Delivery: U.S. Mail
Sent from: Jefferson, NC
Sent to: Boothbay Harbor, ME
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer
Format: paperback
Publisher: McFarland
Came with: the Force! :)

Title: God Save the Queen by Kate Locke
Date Received:2012-08-01
Method of Delivery: Canada Post/USPS
Sent from: New York
Sent to: Edmonton, AB
Packaging method: bubble envelope
Format: paperback, Advance Reading Copy
Publisher: Orbit (Hachette Book Group)
Came with: nowt

Title: The Cost of Hope
Date Received:August 8, 2012
Method of Delivery:USPS
Sent from:New York
Sent to:Playa del Rey, CA
Packaging method:bubble mailer
Format:Published book
Publisher:Random House
Came with:Letter from Marketing Dept

Just got my book in a couple of days. I was beginning to think it wasn't coming. Happy to get it since it is one I want to read. I got in Full Disclosure by Dee Henderson

Title: Tenth of December by George Saunders
Date Received: August 10, 2012
Method of Delivery:USPS
Sent from: East Brunswick, NJ
Sent to: Austin, TX
Packaging method: Cardboard mailer
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Random House
Came with: "Dear Reader" letter from Marketing Department

Title: Darwin’s Ghosts by Rebecca Stott
Date Received: 11 (or 10?) August 2012
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: East Brunswick NJ
Sent to: Lancaster PA
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Came with: letter from marketing

Title: Darwin’s Ghosts by Rebecca Stott
Date Received: August 14
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: East Brunswick NJ
Sent to:Walnut Creek CA
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: hardcover
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau, div. of Random House
Came with: letter from marketing

Title: You Don't Want to Know by Lisa Jackson
Date Received: August 14
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: SC
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Format: hardcover
Publisher: Kensington
Came with: nothing

Finally recieved:

Title: Darwin’s Ghosts by Rebecca Stott
Date Received: 15 August 2012
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: East Brunswick NJ
Sent to: Austin TX
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: hardcover, apparent 2nd printing of 1st US Edition
Publisher: Random House
Came with: letter from marketing

Title: Darwin’s Ghosts by Rebecca Stott
Date Received: August 11
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: East Brunswick NJ
Sent to: NJ
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Came with: letter from marketing

Thought it would never come!

Still waiting for mine...hope to get it soon!

Title: A Different Kind of Normal by Cathy Lamb
Date Received: 8/8/2012
Method of Delivery: Canada Post
Sent from: Sweden (re: Kensington Publishing, New York, NY)
Sent to: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Packaging method: Bubble wrap envelope
Format: Finished Trade Paperback
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Came with: Nothing

Just marked The United States Chess Championship: 1845-2011 (3rd ed) as not received. I'll keep looking in the mailbox though ....

(See MSG 70)

Title: Encyclopedia of Demons in World Religions
Date Received: 9/8/2012
Method of Delivery: USPS - Media Mail
Sent from: Jefferson, NC
Sent to: Grand Junction, CO
Packaging method: padded envelope
Format: paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Co, INC.
Came with: nothing

Title: Sheltered From the Swastika
Date Received: 09/08/12
Method of Delivery: USPS - Media Mail
Sent from: Jefferson, NC
Sent to: Charleston WV
Packaging method: padded envelope
Format: paperback
Publisher: McFarland and Co., Inc.
Came with: nothing

Yay!

Title: The United States Chess Championship, 1845-2011
Date Received: 10 Sept 2012
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: North Carolina
Sent to: Virginia
Packaging method: Hefty Express #2 Air-Kraft padded envelope
Format: paperback
Publisher: McFarland
Came with: nothing

Title: The United States Chess Championship, 1845-2011
Date Received: 7 Sept 2012
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: North Carolina
Sent to: Connecticut
Packaging method: padded envelope
Format: paperback
Publisher: McFarland
Came with: nothing

Title: All Things New by Lynn Austin
Date Received: September 11, 2012
Method of Delivery: Canada Post
Sent from: Minnesota
Sent to: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: ARC Trade Paperback
Publisher: Bethany House
Came with: Nothing

Information Title: East vs. West Showdown rods, customs & rails by Joseph Align & Stephen Killer

Date Received: September 20, 2012

Method of Delivery: isps

Sent from: North Branch, MN

Sent to: Dayton, TN

Packaging method: envelope

Format: large soft cover

Publisher: Car Tech Books

Came with: brief letter from Andrea Linell

So it took a long time....but it did finally come in...so don't give up guys! ;)