Author: Cindy

2011 ended on a high note for me. On December 30th, I discovered that my new release, WHERE SHE BELONGS, was finally shipping from Canadian Amazon, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble. However, Canadian Amazon had an extra surprise in store. My book, which features the healing of a mother-daughter relationship as well as a romance between Jess, the heroine, and Adam, the hero, reached #6 on the Canadian Amazon Women’s Fiction Hot New Sellers list (it might have gone higher, I don’t know, but that’s where it was sitting when I learned the news, so that’s all I have to go on). This might not mean much to someone who isn’t Canadian, but I’m Canadian so it means a lot to me. Thank you to the readers who ordered the book and helped make my first day on Canadian Amazon memorable. Because not only did WHERE SHE BELONGS reach #6 on the Women’s Fiction list overall, alongside major American authors like Nora Roberts and Kristin Hannah, but my book reached #2 on Hot New Sellers, Women’s Fiction – Mothers and Children sub-category and #10 on Bestsellers for Women’s Fiction – Mothers and Children.

I’m pretty happy about all of that.

As a writer, I know that bestseller lists are subject to all sorts of nuances. Ten people buying your book in one hour can jump it up a bestseller list. And I’m the first to admit that the Canadian book-buying market isn’t in the same league as American book-buying markets, so appearing on a Canadian Amazon bestseller list isn’t in the same league as appearing on an Amazon bestseller list. But as a writer buddy said, stop making excuses for your work appearing on a bestseller list (how typically Canadian!) and take a screenshot. I did. I took three screenshots, one for each list.

However it happened, whatever computer algorithm was at work that made it happen on opening day, the year ended on a high note for me.

Technically, the “on sale” date for WHERE SHE BELONGS is January 6th, so I’d be curious to learn, when that time comes (or beforehand if you find out), if anyone finds the book in their library or at a bookstore. If you do, drop me a note. I’d love to learn how it’s making the rounds. Five Star/Cengage sells primarily to the library market, so especially if you spot the book in a store, I’d love to know. This goes for Americans and Canadians, although probably primarily American libraries and bookstores, if I’m being realistic.

Now that the book is readily available on-line, you can look forward to excerpts appearing on my blog this week that I’d had planned for the week of December 16th. In the meantime, an excerpt from the beginning of the book can be found on the Books page and an excerpt featuring a scene leading up to Jess and Adam’s first kiss can be found a few blog posts down, in the post titled Happy Book Release To Me!

Enjoy!

Lo and behold, this morning I checked Canadian Amazon and saw that WHERE SHE BELONGS is finally “order-able.” Slow shipping, which means they aren’t likely keeping copies in stock but ordering them as needed. Right now the site says “Usually ships within 1-2 months,” and if you bundle with other books (or order more than one copy!) free shipping applies.

There you go, my Canadian friends. Order away! But be patient re: the delivery time. Five Star/Cengage sells primarily to libraries, so I’m thrilled that Canadians can order the book off Canadian Amazon at all.

In case you need another link to the page on Canadian Amazon, here it is. And thank you so much!

WHERE SHE BELONGS is now shipping from Amazon (U.S.) and Barnes and Noble! Tell your friends, tell your buddies, tell your chipmunks.

Canadian Amazon still shows as Temporarily Out of Stock. Hopefully, that situation will change next week. However, Canadian Amazon does say that you can order the book now and they’ll ship when available (the Add to Cart button is clickable). For all I know, that means they won’t order in a copy until a customer asks them to. So if you’re waiting for Canadian Amazon to say the books are in stock, maybe…just go ahead and order now (for those of you who have been asking me, and, all right, for those who haven’t been asking, too).

Because of my laser surgery, I haven’t been able to update my Books page with this information, but if you’d like to get your librarian to order in a copy of the book, please print out the Five Star/Cengage Winter 2011 Catalogue and Order Form (handy-dandy link provided) and take it in to them.

Thanks to those who offered their commiseration on my release day SNAFU for my contemporary romance, WHERE SHE BELONGS. Usually if a book or magazine is dated, for example, January 2012, the issue or copy appears for sale during December. For example, I placed an ad  for WHERE SHE BELONGS in the February 2012 edition of RT BookReviews. Well, that edition will be on newsstands and in subscribers’ hands by January 10th or thereabouts. It’s not common for the “release date” to arrive before the “on-sale” sate, but in the case of my book that’s what happened.

C’est la vie! I’ll survive. And hopefully so will the sale of my book! If I hadn’t been so preoccupied with my laser eye surgery (recovery coming along), I might have questioned the Amazon and Barnes and Noble information.

In preparing this post, I checked Amazon again and the site is now saying WHERE SHE BELONGS will be in stock December 27th—next week!

No more info yet from Barnes and Noble.

I also have updated news for librarians. Or, rather, a link to the Five Star Winter Catalogue, which includes ordering information and a promo that can be applied to orders of my book. So if you’re eager to read a copy but don’t usually buy hardcover, or if you’re a frequent library patron, please direct your librarian to the PDF catalogue. Or visit the link yourself, print the pertinent pages of the catalogue and deliver them to your librarian. I am eager to make some library sales.