For the moment, Amazon.co.uk seems to be selling the e-book of The Masked City at the reduced price of £1.19. I don’t know why, and I have no idea of how long it’ll last, but if you were thinking of picking it up cheap, and you’re on UK amazon, well…
Tor have just released the cover for book 3 of the Invisible Library series, The Burning Page. Here it is!
http://www.torbooks.co.uk/blog/2016/2/19/hot-off-the-press-the-burning-page-cover-reveal
It’s absolutely fantastic. I’m delighted with it. Look for it on the shelves in December…
And also, here’s a truly spectacular animation of Piranesi’s Carceri prints which a friend of mine found.
To quote the background information:
…one of the key elements of the exhibition Le Arti di Piranesi: architetto, incisore, antiquario, vedutista, designer (The Art of Piranesi: architect, engraver, antiquarian, vedutista, designer), a 12 minute animation of Piranesi’s Carceri series made by Gregoire Dupond at Factum Arte specifically for the exhibition. This series of 16 visionary images, originally etched by Piranesi when in his late 20’s, shows the workings of his imagination, merging his architectural ambitions with his obsessive interest in antiquity. Watching Gregoire Dupond’s animation is literally like entering Piranesi’s mind.
Imagine Vale and Irene walking through that.
Good news. Really good news.
Tor will be publishing Library books 4 and 5!
http://www.torbooks.co.uk/blog/2016/2/17/we-check-out-more-invisible-library-books-in-new-deal
I can confirm that book 3, The Burning Page, will be out in December 2016 and the first new book (book 4) is scheduled for December the following year.
This is absolutely fantastic news for me to be able to share. Thanks to Tor, and to all the readers who’ve been buying the books!
A happy new year to everyone. May you succeed in all your endeavours, may things all go well for you, and may you have fun.
And here’s a little something to make people’s purchases less expensive, even if it won’t necessarily help with the above. Amazon.co.uk currently have The Invisible Library as one of their Kindle Monthly Deals, and the price has been reduced to £1.19. Get it while it’s cheap!
Also, on a side note, the following people won audio copies of The Masked City and haven’t yet contacted me for their codes. Please drop me an email at librarian@grcogman.com, if you want your free copy:
Veleda
Sathyai Tomlinson
Douglas Robb
Congratulations to everyone who took part and suggested somewhere that Irene should go book-hunting. The winners of an audiobook code for The Masked City are:
Klaudia Seibel
Veleda
Sathyai Tomlinson
Robin
Douglas Robb
Please email me using the “Contact” function on this blog, at librarian@grcogman.com, and I’ll send you an audiobook code. Hope you enjoy it!
I have a few free copies of The Masked City audiobook, and this is your chance to get one.
Reply to this post, and in your comment, tell me about a library (real or imaginary) that Irene should visit. (Why? Why not? Besides, it makes things more interesting for other people reading the post.)
At midnight (UK time) on Sunday 20th December I’ll do some random drawing, and five of the commenters will win an audio code for the audiobook. Of course, if there are only five or less people replying to this post, then I won’t need to do much random drawing. Que sera, sera.
It’s the 3rd of December (just), and The Masked City is out!
(Apologies to all those in countries where it isn’t immediately available.)
And the giveaway on Goodreads is still running (again, UK-only, sorry):
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25761086-the-masked-city
Thanks to all my readers. Your time and attention is greatly appreciated, and I hope you enjoy the book.
Now that I’m back from holiday, and panicking in the run-up to the release of The Masked City on December 3rd – did I say panicking? I mean calm anticipation, of course, peaceful placid patient self-controlled etcetera, a lotus floating on the lake, a swan drifting down the river.
(So basically, panicking.)
But here’s a little giveaway – free copies of The Masked City available on Goodreads. I’m afraid it’s only for inside the UK, so apologies to all those who aren’t, and I will cross my fingers that you have a later opportunity to get one for your own country. (I can hope.) But in the meantime:
The Masked City – Goodreads giveaway
The very best of luck.
So, she said slightly guiltily, let me catch you up on the news.
Here’s a lovely shot of the cover proofs for The Masked City:
Look at the stunning cover proof for @GenevieveCogman's THE MASKED CITY! Top-class followup to THE INVISIBLE LIBRARY pic.twitter.com/q2SDDGv73V
— Bella Pagan (@BellaPagan) October 21, 2015
And here’s a link to the American covers of The Invisible Library and The Masked City, together with chapter one of The Invisible Library:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/exclusive-cover-reveal-excerpt-genevieve-cogmans-invisible-library-series-comes-to-the-u-s/
(go on, click it, you know you want to)
I’m just beside myself at the moment. They look gorgeous. I have been so lucky with my publishers.
And now there’s less than two months till The Masked City comes out (in the UK, at least)…
