February Books Received

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

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Title: The MacLosers by Paul Moxham
Date Received: 01 March 2013
Method of Delivery: E Mail
Sent from: Smashwords
Sent to: Swamprat1
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Format: E Book
Publisher:
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Title: Imperfect Pairings by Jackie Townsend
Date Received: 3/1/13
Method of Delivery: Media Mail
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Brooklyn, NY
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Format: soft cover ARC
Publisher: Ripetta Press
Came with:

I also received a copy of The MacLosers, but it's a Member Giveaway book, not an Early Reviewer choice.

Title: Limbus, Inc,
Date Received:3rd March
Method of Delivery: e-mail
Sent from: Christopher C. Payne, President of JournalStone Publishing
Sent to: my e-mail address
Packaging method: N/A
Format: pdf attachment, also a link to a website where you can download pdf, mobi or emu
Publisher: JournalStone Publishing
Came with:

Title:The Secret of the Nightingale Palace by, Dana Sachs
Date Received:3/5/13
Method of Delivery:USPS
Sent from:NY
Sent to:ND
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Finished book
Publisher:Harper Collins
Came with: just the book

Wow! This one was fast!

Title: The Thirteenth Rose by Gail Bowen
Date Received: February 5, 2013
Method of Delivery: Canada Post
Sent from: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Sent to: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: ARC Trade Paperback
Publisher: Orca Book Publishing
Came with: Dear Reviewer letter from the Marketing Manager and a Title Information Sheet about this book and others by this author.

Title : Our Own Devices
Date Received: 1 March 2013
Publisher: Petra Books
Format: PDF

Title: Strawberry Yellow by Naomi Hirahara
Date Received: 3/5/2013
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: Pasadena, CA
Sent to: Knoxville, TN
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Trade paperback
Publisher: Prospect Park Books
Came with: Letter to reader specific to LTER program.

Title: Wolfhound Century by Peter Higgins
Date Received: March 6, 2013
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: NYC
Sent to: North Jersey
Packaging method: Padded envelope
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Orbit/Hachette
Came with: Letter from the publisher

Title: Children of Liberty by Paullina Simons
Date Received: 6 March 2013
Method: USPS
Sent from: NYC
Sent to: NE Florida
Packaging: Padded envelope
Format: Trade pb
Publisher: Wm. Morrow/HarperCollings
Came with: nada

Title: Amorous Woman: an erotic novel
Date Received: March 6
Method of Delivery: email
Format: ePub, as requested
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
Came with: some zeroes and ones

Title: Recipe for Satisfaction by Gina Gordon
Date Received: 3/3/13
Method of Delivery: email
Format: PDF
Publisher: Entangled Publishing

Title:The Secret of the Nightingale Palace by, Dana Sachs
Date Received:3/5/13
Method of Delivery:USPS
Sent from:NY
Sent to:RI
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Finished book
Publisher:Harper Collins
Came with: just the book

Title: Lotions, Potions and Deadly Elixirs - Wayne Bethard
Date Received: 3/6/13
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Blue Ridge Summit, PA
Sent to: NY, NY
Packaging method: media mail box
Format: trade paperback
Publisher: The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group - Roberts Rinehart
Came with: letter

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Title: Someone Could Get Hurt: A Memoir of Twenty-First-Century Parenthood
Date Received: March 7
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent from: New York City
Sent to: Bethesda MD
Packaging method: Plastic bubble mailer
Format: Paperback uncorrected proof
Publisher: Gotham
Came with: Letter from Gotham Books and a "Praise For" flyer

A N D: Today is my birthday!!!

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Title: Imperfect Pairings by Jackie Townshend
Date Received: 3/7/13
Method of Delivery:USPS
Sent from: N.Y., N.Y.
Sent to:Morris Plains, N.J.
Packaging method:bubble pkg.
Format:advance reading copy
Publisher:Ripetta Press
Came with: Congratulations note

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Title: Polygons Galore
Date Received: 3/5/13
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Austin, TX
Sent to: Yucca Valley, CA
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Format: paperback
Publisher: Prufrock Press, Inc.
Came with: One page advertisement about this book

Title: The Dragon Turn
Date Received: 7 March 2013
Method of Delivery: Canpar
Sent to: Edmonton, AB
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Format: paperback
Publisher: Tundra Books
Came with: nothing

>16 kaulsu:
Hap-py Birth-day! (as Frosty allegedly said)

Title: The Nazi séance : the strange story of the Jewish psychic in Hitler's circle by Arthur J. Magida
Date Received: 07-Mar-13
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: NYC USA
Sent to: Chicago, IL USA
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Format: paperback
Publisher: Macmillan Palgrave
Came with: marketing letter addressed to LT Early Reviewer

Wow that was fast!

Title: Why Men Fake It
Author: Abraham Morgentaler
Date Received: 3/8/13
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: New York
Sent to: Folsom, CA
Packaging method: bubble envelope
Format: trade sized paper AR Edition
Publisher: Henry Holt
Came with: Letter

Title: Someone Could Get Hurt by Drew Magary
Date Received: 03/08/2013
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from:NY, NY
Sent to: OH
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer
Format: ARC
Publisher: Penguin
Came with: marketing letter & advance praise insert

Title: Wolfhound Century
Date Received: 03/08/13
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: New York
Sent to: Florida
Packaging method: padded envelope
Format: trade paper arc
Publisher: Orbit
Came with: letter from Orbit

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Title: Poisoned Pawn
Date Received: 2013-Mar-04
Method of Delivery: Electronic— via publisher's web site.
Sent from:
Sent to:
Packaging method:
Format: Kindle (mobi)
Publisher: JournalStone Publishing
Came with: accompanied by email.

Title: Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines
Date Received: March 8, 2013
Sent to: Apple Valley, MN
Packaging method:
Format: Trade Paperback (not an ARC)
Publisher: Broadway

Title: The Nazi séance : the strange story of the Jewish psychic in Hitler's circle by Arthur J. Magida
Date Received: 08-Mar-13
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: NYC USA
Sent to: Chicago, IL USA
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Format: paperback
Publisher: Macmillan Palgrave
Came with: marketing letter addressed to LT Early Reviewer

Title: Thoughts of Maria
Date Received: February 26, 2013
Method of Delivery: E-Book
Sent from: David Ross, Open Books (librarything.com)
Sent to: My e-mail address
Packing Method: N/A
Format: .PDF / .EPUB / .PRC
Publisher:
Came with:

From previous posts on this thread, Just to get the touchstones:
Our Own Devices
Poisoned Pawn
Thoughts of Maria

Title: Starting Now: A Blossom Street Novel by Debbie Macomber
Date Received: March 13, 2013
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: East Brunswick, NJ
Sent to: Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Packaging method: Cardboard mailer
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Ballantine Books (Random House)
Came with: Letter from Random House

Title: The Nazi Séance by Arthur J. Magida
Date Received: March 13, 2013
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Chicago, IL
Packaging method: bubblepack envelope
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Came with: Letter from "Publicity and Marketing" rep.

Title: Killer Show by John Barylick
Date Received: March 13, 2013
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Lebanon, NH
Sent to: Wallingford, CT
Packaging method: bubble envelope
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University Press of New England
Came with: Letter from marketing rep.

Can I just say I started the book Monday and I can't put it down. Great combination of "what happened", the process to determine who's to blame, the restitution to the victims.

Title: Starting Now: A Blossom Street Novel by Debbie Macomber
Date Received: March 14, 2013
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: East Brunswick, NJ
Sent to: Potomac Highlands of West Virginia
Packaging method: Cardboard mailer
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Ballantine Books (Random House)
Came with: Letter from Random House

Title: Blood & Beauty
Date Received: 3-14-13
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: New York
Sent to: North Carolina
Packaging method: Cardboard mailer
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Random House
Came with: Letter from Random House

Title: The Iron King
Date Received: Mar. 14 2013
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: NY
Sent to: OH
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Format: paperback, advanced reader's edition
Publisher: Harper Collins
Came with: nothing else

Title: Second Suns by David Oliver Relin
Date Received: March 16, 2013
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: East Brunswich, New Jersey
Sent to: Geneva, Illinois
Packaging method: cardboad mailer
Format: paperback, advanced reader's edition
Publisher: The Random House Publishing group
Came with: letter from Erika Greber, Marketing Department

Title: The Winnowing Season
Date Received: March 16, 2012
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Colorado Springs, CO
Sent to: PA
Packaging method: Padded Envelope
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Waterbrook Multnomah
Came with: Nothing

Title: Trans Atlantic by Colum McCann
Date Received: 3/16/13
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: East Hanover, NJ
Sent to: Dobbs Ferry, NY
Packaging method: Large envelope
Format: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Random House
Came with: Marketing Letter

Title: Trans Atlantic by Colum McCann
Date Received: 3/15/13
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: East Hanover, NJ
Sent to: Jacksonville, FL
Packaging method: Large envelope
Format: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Random House
Came with: Marketing Letter

Title: Son of a Gun by Justin St. Germain
Date Received: March 18, 2013
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: NJ
Sent to: SC
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: trade paperback ARC
Publisher: Random House
Came with: letter from marketing dept.

Title: The Third Son by Julie Wu
Date Received: March 18, 2013
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Chapel Hill, NC
Sent to: Denver, CO
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: hardcover
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Came with: marketing letter

Title: TransAtlantic by Colum McCann     (regular work touchstone is cross-wired with Aristotle's "Poetics")
Date Received: 2013-03-19
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: East Brunswick, NJ
Sent to: Austin, TX
Packaging method: Large cardstock mailer
Format: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Random House
Came with: ARC letter bound in; marketing letter laid in

Edited to fix the touchstone

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Title:What My Mother Gave Me by Elizabeth Benedict
Date Received: 3/19/2013
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Chapel Hill, NC
Sent to: Pennsylvania
Packaging method: Large cardboard mailer
Format: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Alonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Came with: Congratulatory Letter from Online Marketing Manager

Title: Trans Atlantic by Colum McCann
Date Received: 3/19/13
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: East Hanover, NJ
Sent to: Boulder Creek, CA
Packaging method: Large envelope
Format: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Random House
Came with: Marketing Letter

Title: & Sons by David Gilbert
Date Received: March 20, 2013
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: East Brunswick, NJ
Sent to: San Jose, CA
Packaging method: Cardboard mailer
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Random House
Came with: Letter from Random House

(touchstones not working)

& Sons: a novel by David Gilbert

just to get the touchstones on the list.

Os.

Title: & Sons: A Novel by David Gilbert
Date Received: March 21, 2013
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: Letter from Marketing Department

Note: Thanks, Os, for the "blueprint" on getting this touchstone to work.

Title: Imperfect Harmony by Stacy Horn
Date Received: March 21, 2013
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: Chapel Hill, NC
Sent to: Pasadena, CA
Packaging method: Cardboard mailer
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Came with: Friendly letter of congratulations from Marketing Manager

Title: Blood and Beauty by Sarah Dunant
Date Received: March 20, 2013
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: New York
Sent to: Modesto, CA
Packaging method: Cardboard mailer
Format: ARC Paperback
Publisher:Random House
Came with: Very nice letter from Erika in the Marketing Department - she hopes I enjoy the book as much as she did and has invited me to "shoot" her an email if I do love it.

::looking in empty mailbox::

Still waiting for "The Movement of Stars" by Amy Brill.... no one has yet marked as received, wonder if stars got lost in the big sky!

Title: Breaking Point by C J Box
Date Received: March 22, 2013
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: Pittston, PA
Sent to: Boothwyn, PA
Packaging method: plastic bubble envelope
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Putnam - Penguin group
Came with: a letter folded inside the book from the Marketing Coordinator.

Title: The Clover House by Henriette Lazaridis Power
Date Received: 03/23/13
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: NYC, NY
Sent to: IL
Packaging Method: Bubble Mailer
Format: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books (Random House)
Came With: Letter from the marketing department

Title: Five Star Billionaire by Tash Aw
Date Received: 3/19/13
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: NYC
Sent to: Atlanta
Packaging method: Cardboard mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House
Came with: Letter from the marketing department

Imperfect Harmony by Stacy Horn
18 March 2013
Media mail
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Yarntemptress
Cardboard mailer
Softcover
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

Kinda wishing I'd gotten The Clover House just so I'd have a book whose author is named Henriette Lazaridis Power. No disambiguiation notice on her author page. :-)

Os.

Title: Helsinki Blood
Date Received: March 22, 2013
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: Pittston, PA
Sent to: Philadelphia, PA
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher:Penguin Group
Came with: Letter from Marketing Department

Esta1923 --
The Movement of Stars arrived today outside Chicago.

Thanks twopairsofglasses!

Title: A Chance to Win
Date Received: March 26
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: NY
Sent to: FPO (Japan)
Packaging method: bubble wrap envelope
Format: soft cover ARE
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
Came with: letter about the book

This one made its way across the Pacific quicker than my January book, The Burgess Boys, but I found that one in the library today, so now I can read both.

Title: Telling the Bees
Date Received: 3/25/13
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: Pittston, PA
Sent to: Charleston SC
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Putnam/Penguin Group USA
Came with: letter

Title: Telling the Bees
Date Received: 3/25/13
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Sebago, ME
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Putnam/Penguin Group USA
Came with: letter

Title: Helsinki Blood
Date Received: March 25, 2013
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: Pittston, PA
Sent to: SC
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Penguin Group
Came with: Letter from Marketing Department

Title: Queen of the Air by Dean Jensen
Date Received: 3-26-13
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent from: Westminster, MD
Sent to: Boston
Packaging method: Rigid mailer
Format: Paperback uncorrected proof
Publisher: Random House
Came with: packing slip

Title: Criminal Enterprise by Owen Laukkanen
Date Received: 3-26-13
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: Pittston, PA
Sent to: Madison, WI
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Format: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Putnam/Penguin
Came with: letter from the publisher

Title: Queen of the Air by Dean Jensen
Date Received: 3-27-13
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent from: Westminster, MD
Sent to: Houston, TX
Packaging method: Rigid mailer
Format: Paperback uncorrected proof
Publisher: Random House
Came with: packing slip

Title: Queen of the Air by Dean Jensen
Date Received: 3/26/13
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Publisher - MD
Sent to: Illinois
Packaging method: rigid mailer
Format: trade paper - galley
Publisher: Random House
Came with: packing slip

Woo Hoo!!!!! :)

Title: The Mystery Woman by Amanda Quick
Date Received: 3/27/13
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent from: Pittston, PA
Sent to: Los Angeles, CA
Packaging method: Bubble Envelope
Format: Bound Uncorrected Proof
Publisher: G.P. Putnams
Came with: Letter from the Marketing Coordinator

Already started reading it. These fun & easy-reading historical paranormal mystery romances (whew! what a mouthful!) are addictive.

Title: Criminal Enterprise by Owen Laukkanen
Date Received: 3/27/13
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: Hm....
Sent to: Phoenix, AZ
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Format: Trade Paperback/ER
Publisher: Putnam/Penguin
Came with: Letter from the Marketing Coordinator

Title: Blood and Beauty by Sarah Dunant
Date Received: March 16, 2013
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: New York
Sent to: Summit, NJ
Packaging method: Cardboard mailer
Format: ARC Paperback
Publisher:Random House
Came with: I also received a letter from Erika in the Marketing Department letting me know that she loved this book and hopes I will too.

Title: Telling the Bees by Peggy Hesketh
Date Received: 3/28/13
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Healdsburg,CA
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Putnam/Penguin Group USA
Came with: letter from publisher

Title: Night Moves by Randy Wayne White
Date Received: 3/28/13
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: Pittston, PA
Sent to: League City, TX
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Format: Paperback Uncorrected Proof
Publisher: Putnam/Penguin Group USA
Came with: letter from publisher

Title: A Man without Breath
Date Received: 3/27/2013
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: New York
Sent to: South Dakota
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Putnam/Penguin Group USA
Came with:letter from publisher

"The Movement of Stars" by Amy Brill
Date Received: 3/28/2013
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: New York
Sent to:California
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer
Format: Paperback ARC
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Came with: letter from publisher

I am curious about the Oxford University ebooks. I won one in Feb. and haven't received anything via email. As it's my first ebook win I'm not sure if I wait for it or am I supposed to fetch it ofF the net somewhere? Thanks for any feedback!

It's here! The Flower of Empire !
Received: 12.04.2013
Sent to: email address
Oxford University Press

Title: The Lion's World
Date Received: 4/12/13
Method of Delivery: e-mail
Sent from: Andrew Varhol
Sent to: me
Packaging method: N/A
Format: pdf (wish there were other format choices)
Publisher: Oxford University Press USA
Came with: email explained how to download copy from NetGalley

There was no indication that OUP was only offering downloads of their titles for this batch. I won't review ebooks. How does this get taken off my "books won"?

All of the OUP books in the February batch were correctly marked in the usual ways as e-books on the LTER requests page, and the descriptions for each began with "Description: **Available via NetGalley".

See, for example, http://www.librarything.com/er/list?batch=513#13442986

Title: Worlds of Arthur by Guy Halsall
Date Received: 4/12/13
Method of Delivery: e-mail
Format: .pdf download from Netgalley
Publisher: Oxford University Press USA

NOT happy.

> 78

I requested, and have been notified that I have won, Thieves of Book Row. However, the notification stated "Please note that if you do not have a NetGalley account, you will need to sign up for one in order to download the e-book. "

While it is true that the description of the book in the February batch said "Available via NetGalley", nowhere did it state that one would be required to join another site in order to receive the book.

I think such a requirement is wildly inappropriate. But if it is to be allowed, it should be made clear in the book's description.

Just as a heads up, I won the third Tales from Lovecraft Middle School book by Charles Gilman and was instead sent a copy of The Resurrectionist which I did not request. Both are from Quirk Books. Not sure if this was an accident or intentional. Just wanted others who won the book to be on alert.

What should I do about the review?

>81 MeganAngela: - Drop me a note (jeremy AT librarything.com) that I can forward on to Quirk to make sure you get the right book. You can do whatever you like with the extra book you got.

I'll get a message to you this evening! I definitely don't mind having a copy of The Resurrectionist as it looks like something up my alley, I was just really looking forward to the Tales from Lovecraft Middle School book as I've read the others in the series! Thanks for the quick response, Jeremy!

Yay! It finally arrived:

Title: Tales from Lovecraft Middle School #3: Teacher's Pest by Charles Gilman
Date Received: 4/26/13
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Philadelphia, PA
Sent to: Chicago
Packaging method: Bubble mailer
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Quirk Books
Came with: Nothing

Title: The Resurrectionist by E. B. Hudspeth
Date Received: April 24, 2013? I forgot to log it here when I got it so I'm not sure, but in the last few days anyway.
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Goodyear, AZ
Packaging method: Paperboard envelope
Format: A very lovely finished hardback!
Publisher: Random House/Quirk
Came with: A letter about the book

I haven't started to read this yet, but couldn't resist thumbing through it as soon as I got it. The illustrations and plates are fantastic. I think I remember reading that some LT winners got an earlier ARC without the illustrations, and I can understand why the book wouldn't have the same impact.

Has anybody received A Girl's Guide to Fitting in Fitness??? Still hasn't shown up in the midwest.

I'm on the West Coast and haven't received it either. I checked the "still unreceived" button on my ER page.

I was notified that I won Thieves of Book Row on April 12. I created a NetGalley account as instructed and downloaded the book both to my desktop and for my Kindle. Life intervened and I was not able to get it right away, and now I find the book deleted and I am no longer able to download a galley copy from NetGalley.

If there is a time limit for these e-titles, could it be made explicit? I believe with the print galleys there is no particular time limit, although I realize ASAP is desirable. (I'm afraid most of April was out of my control.) In any case, I have no way of reviewing this book now--can I have it stricken from my Early Reviewer list?

Still have not received A Girl's Guide to Fitting in Fitness... Guess it's just not coming?

Totally forgot to add mine, but posting my review today
Title: Queen of the Air by Dean Jensen

Finally received A Girl's Guide to Fitting in Fitness... only about 5 months late. :)

Finally received my February win The How-to Handbook. The note from the publisher with apologies for the delay was appreciated.

Still have not received Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook. Did anyone ever get this one? No reviews from ERs.