March books received

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

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Title: Formidable Lord Quentin by Patricia Rice
Date Received: 4/1/15
Method of Delivery: email
Sent from: Book View Cafe
Format: Mobi

Title: Formidable Lord Quentin by Patricia Rice
Date Received: 1 April 2015
Method of Delivery: email
Sent from: Book View Cafe
Format: Mobi

I've received an email from Ian Whates containing the mobi format of Pelquin's Comet. However, I have been unable to transfer it to my kindle. Amazon keeps rejecting it. Has anyone else tried using their "send to kindle" address for this book?

Possibly the file is password protected, possible it is encrypted, or possibly the cover image is corrupted (only the top ⅓ of it displays - the rest is a green screen!). I gave up trying to transfer the file to my kindle and downloaded it to the kindle app on my iPhone, my least favorite device for reading a book!

Just seeing if anyone else is having a problem....

Title: Sleeps with Angels
Date Received: 04/02/2015
Method of Delivery: e-mail
Sent from:
Sent to:
Packaging method: file attachment
Format: epub
Publisher: NewCon Press
Came with:

I got a UPS notification that says I have a 2.1 lb package coming from penguin random house. I only won one book and it's not the same publisher. Any ideas? I didn't find any books available by that publisher from the past giveaway. The suspense is killing me.

>6 AngelaFries: They have quite a lot of subsidiaries and publishing names so are you sure the book you won is not from one of the sub-publishing houses? If you share which the book is (here or in the thread for what did you win http://www.librarything.com/topic/189561 and someone can see if they can figure it out :) )

Frankenstink:garbage gone bad.... Thanks I really appreciate it.

>8 AngelaFries:

Well from here seems like Tundra Books is an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada:
http://penguinrandomhouse.ca/imprints/tundra-books

From their site it sounds like they are an independent one. Not sure what exactly the relationship is but the book from Penguin Random House seems to be it :)

>9 AnnieMod: you rock! Still not sure how it's going to be over 2lbs but I am completely over excited. Thanks for your help!

Personal guess is that it is a 'dimensional weight', not a weighed weight.

Or that it is over 500 g, was billed in metric, and then translated to pounds.

Title: Everything You Ever Wanted: A memoir by Jillian Lauren
Date Received: 04/03/15
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: NY, NY
Sent to: OH
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Format: ARC
Publisher: Penguin
Came with: nothing

Title: You Deserve a Drink by Mamrie Hart
Date Received: 4/3/15
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Central MA
Packaging method: Bubble mailer
Format: ARC Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
Came with: nothing

Title: Shakespeare for Slackers: Macbeth by Aaron Kite
Date Received: 31-3-2015
Method of Delivery: Dropbox
Sent from: Lorina (Five Rivers Publishing)
Sent to: Me
Packaging method: E-Mail
Format: Mobi & ePub
Publisher: Five Rivers Publishing
Came with: nothing

Title: The Surfacing
Date Received: 4-3-15
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: NYC
Sent to: NC
Packaging method: bubble envelope
Format: uncorrected proofs
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Came with: cover letter

Many thanks, ER!

Seems really speedy!

Title: THE PIRATE'S BED
Date Received: April 4th
Method of Delivery: UPS ground
Sent from: Penguin in Indiana
Sent to: Me in Virginny
Packaging method: Bubble envelop
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Tundra
Came with: nada, not even a letter of introduction, although the envelope did say LibraryThing Early Reviewer

Kids love it.

Title: Course Correction by Ginny Gilder
Date Received: April 4th
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Boston, MA (postmarked 4/1/15)
Sent to: Charlottesville, VA
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Came with: cover letter

This is probably the fastest I have ever received a book through LT Early Reviewers!

Title: Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina
Date Received: 6 April 2015
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Pennsylvania
Packaging method: Kraft bubble mailer
Format: ARC paperback (uncorrected proof)
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Came with: note from Jason Liebman, Associate Director, Online Marketing

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Title: A Prairie Home Companion 40th Anniversary Celebration with Garrison Keillor
Date Received: 4/6/2015
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent from: Appleton, WI
Sent to: PA
Packaging method: Cardboard mailer
Format:Audiobook
Publisher: HighBridge Audio
Came with: Packing Invoice and Letter from HighBridge

>4 TempleCat: Sorry to hear you're having trouble with the file. I haven't heard from anyone else having this particular issue, but you might email the publisher and ask if they can resend it.

Would you mind sharing what methods you've used in attempting to transfer? Have you plugged your Kindle into your computer, or are you using your "send to Kindle" email address?

Title: Changers Book Two: Oryon
Date Received: 04/06/15
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Brooklyn, NY
Sent to: Providence, RI
Packaging method: Media Mail
Format: ARC paperback
Publisher: Black Sheep/Akashic Books
Came with: Press kit and a congratulatory note from the publisher.

This is the fastest one I'm had in quite a while!

Title: The New Wild: Why Invasive Species Will be Nature's Salvation
Date Received: 4/6/2015
Method of Delivery: USPS media mail
Sent from: Boston, MA
Sent to: Cape Coral, FL
Packaging method: bubble mailer envelope
Format: first edition hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Came with: press release letter from a sales assistant at Beacon

Bellevue Literary Press is fast too!

Title: A Solemn Pleasure: To Imagine, Witness, and Write by Melissa Pritchard
Date Received: 4/6/2015
Method of Delivery: USPS media mail
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Portland, OR
Packaging method: bubble mailer envelope
Format: ARC
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Came with: a letter from Molly Mikolowski from the NYU Department of Mediciine c/o of Bellevue

>20 lorannen: Thanks, Loranne! I wrote Ian a week ago and just received a response this morning with another copy of the .mobi file. I forwarded his email, with the new .mobi file attached, to my email-to-kindle address and it was rejected by Amazon, just as my earlier attempts were. I have notified Ian that this latest try also failed.

Just as an aside, I just successfully used that email-to-Kindle channel to download a book from NetGalley to read and review, so I know that process works and is not the source of the difficulty. I don't have a desktop or laptop computer, so I am unable to side-load the file to my Kindle e-reader manually.

I'm just going to finish reading Ian's book on my iPhone, my least favorite ereader. I am enjoying his story too much to delay it in an attempt to read it on my Kindle.

Title:Frankenstink! Garbage Gone Bad
Date Received:April 7
Method of Delivery:Delivery service
Sent from:Mississauga. ON
Sent to:Toronto, ON
Packaging method: padded mailing envelope
Format:hardcvoer book
Publisher:Tundra books and Penguin Random House
Came with:just the book

Last Man Off by Matt Lewis arrived yesterday, padded envelope. I totally forgot to keep the packaging...

Title: A Solemn Pleasure by Melissa Pritchard
Date Received: April 7, 2015
Method of Delivery: U.S.P.S. Media Mail
Sent from: Minneapolis, MN
Sent to: Geneva, IL
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Trade Paperback as Uncorrected Proof
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Came with: A short letter of thanks from Molly Mikolowski c/o Bellevue Literary Press, NYU University School of Medicine, Dept. of Medicine

Title: Social Insecurity: 401(k)s and the Retirement Crisis by James W. Russell
Date Received: 04/07/15
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Boston, Mass.
Sent to: Austin, TX
Packaging method: bubble envelope
Format: paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Came with: letter

Title: On the Clock : the Story of the NFL Draft by Barry Wilner
Date Received: 4-8-15
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: Blue Ridge Summit, PA
Sent to: Warner Robins, GA
Packaging method: Cardboard Box
Format: Finished Softcover
Publisher: Taylor Trade
Came with: Letter and Book newsletter

Wow! That was fast! Still waiting for my February book.

Title: Social Insecurity: 401(k)s and the Retirement Crisis by James W. Russell
Date Received: 04/07/15
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Boston, Mass.
Sent to: Centennial, CO
Packaging method: bubble envelope
Format: trade paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Came with: letter

Title: Little Red Lies
Date received: 04/08/15
Method of delivery: USPS
Sent from: Indiana
Sent to: N. Calif.
Packaging method: padded mailer
Format: trade paperback
Publisher: Tundra Books
Came with: nothing

Title: The Surfacing by Cormac James
Date Received: Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Method of Delivery: UPS/Canada Post
Sent from: Minneapolis MN
Sent to: Burlington ON
Packaging method: bubble mailer
Format: Uncorrected Proof, paperback
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Came with: congrats letter

Title: Outlaws of the Atlantic by Marcus Rediker
Date Received: April 9, 2015
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Boston, MA
Sent to: Apison, TN
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer
Format: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Came with: Congrats Letter

Title: The Upside of Stress by Kelly Mcgonigal
Date Received: 4/10/15
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: New York NY
Sent to: Charleston SC
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer
Format: paperback ARC
Publisher: Avery Books/Penguin Group
Came with: letter

Title: The Bone Tree by Greg Iles
Date Received: 4/10/15
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: New York
Sent to: Phoenix, AZ
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Softcover Early Reader's Edition (cover has a red dot with the words printed with the cover itself
Publisher: William Morrow
Came with: Nothing but a letter from Senior Marketing director is bound as part of the book body as a first page.

Title: The Upside of Stress by Kelly Mcgonigal
Date Received: 4/10/15
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: New York NY
Sent to: Memphis TN
Packaging method: Bubble Mailer
Format: paperback ARC
Publisher: Avery Books/Penguin Group
Came with: letter

Title: The Upside of Stress by Kelly Mcgonigal
Date Received: 4/11/15
Method of Delivery: UPS
Sent from: New York, NY
Sent to: Chicago, IL
Packaging method: Bubble mailer
Format: paperback ARC
Publisher: Avery Books/Penguin Group
Came with: letter

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Title: The Bone Tree
Date Received:11 Apr 2015
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: NY, NY
Sent to: Denver, CO
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Trade Paper Advanced Readers Edition, Not For Sale
Publisher: Harper Collins
Came with: nothing

Title: Our Man in Charleston: Britain's Secret Agent in the Civil War, by Christopher Dickey
Date Received: April 13, 2015
Method of Delivery: UPS 3 Day Select
Sent from: Westminster, MD
Sent to: Chicago, IL
Packaging method: Stiff envelope
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Crown Publishers (Penguin Random House)
Came with: Packing slip

Title: The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly by Matt McCarthy
Date Received: April 13, 2015
Method of Delivery: UPS 3 Day Select
Sent from: Westminster, MD
Sent to: Lawrenceville, GA
Packaging method: Stiff envelope
Format: Paperback (Uncorrected proof)
Publisher: Crown Publishers (Penguin Random House LLC)
Came with: Packing slip

Title: The Full Catastrophe by James Angelos
Date Received: April 13, 2015
Method of Delivery: UPS 3 Day Select
Sent from: Westminster, MD
Sent to: Illinois
Packaging method: Stiff envelope
Format: Paperback (Uncorrected proof)
Publisher: Crown Publishers (Penguin Random House LLC)
Came with: Packing slip
Notes: Touchstone for author unavailable at this time

>41 akblanchard:

The Full Catastrophe by James Angelos

Hmm, the title comes up, but not the author.

>42 lilithcat: Thank you. I added the touchstone for the title.

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Title: The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
Date Received: 04/13/15
Method of Delivery: USPO
Sent from: Westminster, MD
Sent to: Sebago, ME
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: ER paperback
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Came with: Packing slip
Excited: YES! :)

Title: The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly by Matt McCarthy
Date Received: April 14, 2015
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent from: Westminster, MD
Sent to: Houston, TX
Packaging method: Stiff envelope
Format: Paperback, Uncorrected proof
Publisher: Crown Publishers (Penguin Random House LLC)
Came with: Packing slip

Wow - keep seeing The real Doctor Will See you Shortly. I still haven't gotten my copy that I won in January.

>46 JGoto: Same here.

>46 JGoto: Looking into that. I suspect one of two scenarios: a) the order for the ARCs was delayed or b) the publisher has gotten their winner lists mixed up. Will update once I've checked in with them.

Thanks, Lorannen. It may just be that I'm at an FPO address. Some publishers decide not to send there.

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Title: Washing the Dead
Date Received: 4/8/15
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: Altadena, CA
Sent to: Clanton, AL
Packaging method: Bubble envelope
Format: Trade paperback
Publisher: Prospect Park Books
Came with: note & a second book, Famous Baby

Title: Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice, by Adam Benforado
Date Received: 4/15/2015
Method of Delivery: UPS ground
Sent from: Westminster, MD
Sent to: San Jose, CA
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: trade paperback marked 'Bound galley' and 'Uncorrected proof'
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Came with: packing slip

Title: The Book of Names
Date Received: April15th
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Hamburg, Germany!
Sent to: Pacific Northwest/West
Packaging method: Bubble mailer
Format: paperback
Publisher: Rippplebooks (Yes, with 3 P's)
Came with: Nicely gift wrapped and signed! Thank you, I am so excited!

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Title:Trosley's How to Draw Cartoon Cars
Date Received:4-14-15
Method of Delivery:Mail
Sent from:CarTech Auto Books & Manuels, MN
Sent to: TX
Packaging method: bubble envelope
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Rennicks Publications, LTD
Came with: Intro Letter

This book shows some great car drawing techniques with amazing details, like engines and accessories. I find its body graphics section to look 80's style with geometric circles, squares and triangles. The book definitely caters to the masculine, with muscle cars, hot rods, monster trucks, and pimped out classics. Some young artist is going to love this and be inspired.

Thank you for our first Early Reviewers' book!

Title: Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett
Date Received: 04/15/2015
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent from: Westminster MD
Sent to: Goodyear AZ
Packaging method: Paperboard envelope
Format: Advance Reader's Edition, trade paperback size
Publisher: Crown/Penguin Random House
Came with: Shipping slip

How nice to get a lovely new book on TAX day.

Title: The Hawk and the Dove by Penelope Wilcock
Date Received: 4/9/15
Sent to: Joplin MO
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: paperback
Publisher: Lion Fiction
Came with: Promotional letter

Title: The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
Date Received: 04/15/15
Method of Delivery: USPO
Sent from: Westminster, MD
Sent to: Phoenix, AZ
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: ER paperback
Publisher: Crown Publishing
Came with: Packing slip

Title: The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly by Matt McCarthy
Date Received: April 15, 2015
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent from: Westminster, MD
Sent to: Phoenix, AZ
Packaging method: Stiff envelope (Jiffy Rigi Bag(R) Mailer #3)
Format: Trade Paperback, Uncorrected proof
Publisher: Crown Publishers (Penguin Random House LLC)
Came with: Packing slip

Nice.

Title: The Full Catastrophe by James Angelos
Date Received: 4/15/15
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent from: Penguin Random House
Sent to: California
Packaging method: Stiff envelope
Format: Paperback, Uncorrected Proof
Publisher: Crown Publishing
Came with: Packing slip

Title: One Thing Stolen by Beth Kephart
Date Received: 4/17/15
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: Chronicle Books
Sent to: Wisconsin
Packaging method: padded envelope
Format: Paperback, Uncorrected Proof
Publisher: Crown Publishing
Came with: Packing slip

I would like to let you know that my copy of "Bodybuilding Anatomy" has been received in good order via US Mail on about April 1. I have reviewed this book and am pleased with the information found here. As in many cases a cursory tour of the gym facilities are offered by the workers at the current offering of workout facilities. These people are helpful in showing the main machines but offer very little in the way of assistance with setting up a routine or any plan of action. Even if you arrange for a "personal trainer" you are not assisted in putting together a total program. This tome offers a mechanism to build such a plan. By highlighting the various muscle groups and illustrating the exercises designed to target these various groups, you can build your own plan. The trick then will be to stay with the plan to develop the muscle tone that can lead to a productive lifestyle. At least a mechanism is available to point the correct application of equipment toward that goal.

SpriteTamer!

Title: The Dream Lover by Elizabeth Berg

Received: 4/21/2015

Method of Shipment: UPS ground

Publisher: Random House

Shipped to: Indiana

Packaging: Stiff envelope

Format: Hardback

Came with letter from Random House marketing.

Title: After Awhile You Just Get Used To It, A Tale of Family Clutter by Gwendolyn Knapp
Date Received: 4/21/15
Method of Delivery: UPS Ground
Sent from: Westminster, MD
Sent to: Healdsburg, CA
Packaging method: Cardboard mailer
Format: ARC Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Came with: Packing slip and note from publisher

Title: The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows
Date Received: April 23
Sent from: East Brunswick, NJ
Sent to: Arlington, VA
Packaging method: cardboard envelope
Format: ARC paperback
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Came with: letter from publisher

Title: Theft of Memory by Jonathan Kozol
Date Received: April 24
Sent from: Westminster, MD
Sent to: Boulder Creek, CA
Packaging method: cardboard envelope
Format: uncorrected proof
Publisher: Crown

Title: Mother of Eden by Chris Beckett
Date Received: 24 April 2015
Method of Delivery: UPS 2nd Day Air
Sent from: Westminster, MD
Sent to: East Greenwich, RI
Packaging method: Cardboard Mailer
Format: trade paperback, uncorrected proof
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Came with: Packing Slip

Title: Theft of Memory by Jonathan Kozol
Date Received: April 24
Sent from: Westminster, MD
Sent to: Walnut Creek CA
Packaging method: cardboard envelope
Format: uncorrected proof
Publisher: Crown

Title: Mother of Eden by Chris Beckett
Date Received: April 24 2015
Method of Delivery: UPS 2nd Day Air
Sent from: Westminster, MD
Sent to: NY, NY
Packaging method: Cardboard Mailer
Format: Trade paperback/ Uncorrected proof
Publisher: Penguin Random House (Broadway)
Came with: Packing Slip

Title: The Gracekeepers
Date Received: April 25, 2015
Method of Delivery:USPS
Sent from: NYC, NY, USA
Sent to: Ipswich, MA, USA
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: Trade paperback ARE
Publisher: Crown Publishing
Came with: flyer

Title: The Theft of Memory: Losing My Father, One Day at a Time by Jonathan Kozol
Date Received: April 24
Sent from: Westminster, MD
Sent to: Atlanta, GA
Packaging method: cardboard envelope
Format: uncorrected proof
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Came with: shipping receipt

Title: The Gracekeepers
Date Received: April 25, 2015
Method of Delivery:USPS
Sent from: NYC, NY, USA
Sent to: Stevens Point, WI, USA
Packaging method: cardboard mailer
Format: Trade paperback ARE
Publisher: Crown Publishing
Came with: packing slip, sheet of blurbs

Title: Washing the Dead
Date Received: April 29, 2015
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: Altadena, CA
Sent to: FPO (Japan)
Packaging method: bubble wrap envelop
Format: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Prospect Park Books
Came with: Another free book! (Famous Baby by Karen Rizzo),catalogue of Prospect
Park Books, and letter requesting a review.

Title: The Fold (by Peter Clines)
Date Received: Around April 18 or 20, 2015
Method of Delivery: I think it was UPS (though I don't remember for sure)
Sent from: ...
Sent to: ABQ, NM
Packaging method: padded/bubble-wrap envelope
Format: Paperback (ARC paperback)
Publisher: Crown
Came with: an invoice

By the way, I started reading this book yesterday (got a little more than half done), and it is SO GOOD!!! :D

Title: Theft of Memory by Jonathan Kozol
Date Received: 24? April 2015
Method of Delivery: UPS Air
Sent from: Westminster MD
Sent to: Lancaster PA
Packaging method: cardboard envelope
Format: paper ARC
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Came with: packing slip

Title: A Spy Among Friends
Date Received: 30 April 2015
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: 10019
Sent to: 05250
Packaging method: cardboard envelope
Format: hard cover
Publisher: Crown
Came with: nothing

Title: The Noir Western by David Meuel
Date Received: May 4th, 2015
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: Jefferson, NC
Sent to: Concord, MA
Packaging method: Bubble mailer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland
Came with: Just the beautiful book

Title: The Water and the Wild by K.E. Ormsbee
Date Received: 5/6/15
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: San Francisco, CA
Sent to: NW Ohio
Packaging method: Bubble mailer
Format: ARC paperback
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Came with: "Congratulations!" flyer

Title: Grace of Gratitude Journal
Date Received: Saturday, May 9th
Method of Delivery: USPS Priority Mail
Sent from: Troy, NY
Sent to: West Virginia
Packaging method: USPS Priority Mail envelope
Format: Finiehed hardcover
Publisher: Applegate Valley Publishing
Came with: Note from New Shelves Distribution

Title: The Water and the Wild by K.E. Ormsbee
Date Received: May 21, 2015
Method of Delivery: USPS
Sent from: San Francisco, CA
Sent to: British Columbia, Canada
Packaging method: bubble-wrap envelope
Format: ARC paperback
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Came with: Congratulations paper

So happy I finally received this!

Title: William Blake's Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy by Eric Pyle
Date Received: May 26, 2015
Method of Delivery: USPS Media Mail
Sent from: Jefferson, NC
Sent to: Austin, TX
Packaging method: Bubble mailer
Format: Trade paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Came with: Nothing else

Has anyone received Beyond the Pale yet?

I was to have gotten Hong Kong State of Mind by Jason Ng but I haven't heard from the publisher or author. I have not received the book.

I'm in the same boat as nhlsecord. Haven't seen hide or hair of Hong Kong State of Mind. (I'm in Montreal, Canada, for the record.) Have you heard anything from them on the LT end?

Still waiting for my copy of Hong Kong State of Mind from the March 2015 list.