…for a commercial. Amazon is having some sort of sale on pre-ordered books where you get another 5% off if you order now. If I understand it correctly, this means that you will be charged no more than that price when the order ships and you may even be charged less. Amazon has this "lowest price" guarantee. If you order something and the price goes down before the item ships, you will receive the lowest price.
I'm not sure what this means if you've already ordered a not-yet-released book like, say, Kirby: King of Comics, which they're saying will be out February 1 but won't. Their policy states, "Whenever you pre-order a book, CD, video, DVD, software, or video game, the price we charge when we ship it to you will be the lowest price offered by Amazon.com between the time you place your order and the release date." But they actually haven't dropped the price of my book. It's still (at this moment) at $26.40, which is where it's been for some time. So you may need to cancel your order and reorder to get the discount. This is if it matters to you to save another $1.32.
If you order right now, you'll get the 5% discount, which would bring the price to $25.08. This is an interesting amount because it's a few pennies over the $25 minimum order you need to place to qualify for Free Super Shipping. If you're ordering only my book, that's good news. (If they gave you a 6% discount, it would wind up costing you more because you'd have to pay for shipping.)
About the publication date: I'm being told I'll have a few copies in a week or two and I'll let you know when I have one. I'm also told there'll be copies at the Wondercon in San Francisco, which is February 22-24. I would guess Amazon will have a supply to ship around then or maybe within a week. The books are being printed overseas so some of this depends on how fast the crates make it through Customs. (By the way, I will be soon be announcing the list of panels I'll be hosting at Wondercon. One will be a panel about Mr. Kirby and his work.)
Here's a cute little ad for the book. If you click on it, magical things will happen.
