Tor has developed a striking new banner for THE WINDS OF DUNE. The novel won't come out until August, but we would very much appreciate if you'd post it on your MySpace, Facebook, or other pages. Here is the code: "<p><a href="http://us.macmillan.com/thewindsofdune"><img title="The Winds of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson" alt="The Winds of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson" src="http://us.macmillan.com/CMS400/uploadedImages/TorForge/Non-Menu_Items/windsofdunebanner.jpg" border="0" /></a><textarea><a href="http://us.macmillan.com/thewindsofdune"><img title="The Winds of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson" alt="The Winds of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson" src="http://us.macmillan.com/CMS400/uploadedImages/TorForge/Non-Menu_Items/windsofdunebanner.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></textarea></p>" Also, I was recently...
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Boy is my hand sore (well, shoulder actually). Over the past week, night after night for a total of more than 16 hours, I autographed six thousand signature sheets for THE WINDS OF DUNE. Brian Herbert had already finished them and shipped two big boxes to me. Tor will be binding the signature pages (with Stephen Youll artwork) into "signed first edition" copies of the book, to be released in August. These signed books (which should have a sticker on the cover) will be distributed around bookstores and sold at no extra charge. Since Brian and I can't go everywhere...
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The sample tracks on the Roswell Six profile page passed 40,000 plays today. The major music distributor Ryko will be carrying the CD, distributing through retail channels.For those of you who preordered the CD through either AnderZoneShop or ProgRockRecords, copies have already shipped. Meanwhile, the booklets for the signed, limited edition are circulating among the performers. Chris Brown just sent us a photo of his autographing session (below); next, the booklets go to Gary Wehrkamp. The CD and the novel THE EDGE OF THE WORLD will both be released simultaneously on June 2.
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The winners of this month's drawing for free hardcovers are JR RAITH (who received an autographed Enemies & Allies) and NEAL WILLIAMS (autographed Last Days of Krypton). The names were drawn from those of you who have posted the Terra Incognita widget or added one of the Roswell Six songs to your profile on MySpace or other social networking sites. At the beginning of June, we will do one more drawing, this time for three hardcovers—Paul of Dune, Enemies & Allies, and Last Days of Krypton. We have kept all the names for the final drawing, but if you would...
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