Tualatin, Oregon – September 13, 2010 – VJ Books (http://www.vjbooks.com) presents signed editions of William Gibson’s Zero History (September 2010: Penguin).

The iconic visionary returns with his first new novel since the New York Times bestseller Spook CountryNeuromancer was the first book in a provoking trilogy that has come to be considered a benchmark in the history of the genre.  Since then, Gibson has gone on to create even more visionary science fiction, including The Difference Engine, a classic co-authored with Bruce Sterling, and ingenious cyber thrillers such as Pattern Recognition and Spook Country.

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 Two words:  KAREN VAIL

Okay, more detail . . . ALAN JACOBSON’S KAREN VAIL

Virginia and I first met Alan Jacobson a couple of years ago when he came to the PNBA to promote The 7th Victim, his first Karen Vail novel.  Having read and thoroughly enjoyed the book I was anxious to meet him.  We met at the convention hotel prior to the event, and got to know him while he signed books for us.   Since that first meeting we have come to enjoy a friendship with Alan as I continue to be impressed with his work.

Last years Crush took FBI profiler Vail west to wine country as she gets pulled into a case involving a serial killer in Napa Valley.  Alan uses the wine industry, its people, and its locale as characters in the novel, bringing the story to life.  Crush concludes with the story still raging, with many questions unanswered.  Somewhat frustrating for the reader, but as Alan explained at the time, “the story was just too big to be told in one book.”

So I waited.  Yes, I waited a whole year.  A few weeks ago I received an advance copy of Velocity, and it was truly worth the wait.   I immediately decided that this series deserves special treatment, and that we needed to acknowledge Alan’s work in way to get you to read the first two Karen Vail mysteries, get sucked in . . . anxious for the third, and NOT have to wait a whole year to be rewarded by the finale.

We have designed a special limited production collector package that features all three Karen Vail mysteries housed in a specially designed slipcase with an exclusive introduction written by Alan Jacobson.   Subscribe now and we will immediately ship to you signed first edition copies of The 7th Victim and Crush so that you can start reading.  Early in October we will send you Velocity, Alan’s exclusive introduction, and the deluxe slipcase to house your collection.   These are books you must have, by an author you must come to know, offering stories and characters that will astonish you, in a format to grace your collection.   I spoke with Alan recently and he agreed to produce the video below to introduce this collection.  Please enjoy it and pass it on to other booklovers!

John

For those who wonder what happens inside Disney World after the gates close at night, you’ll find the answers in the Kingdom Keepers series by Ridley Pearson.

When Disney Imagineers installed hologram guides for the Magic Kingdom using teenage models, they had no idea the technology might backfire.  But backfire it did: some nights when the kids go to sleep, they wake up in one of the Disney parks as a hologram.

In Kingdom Keepers III, Finn, Philby, Willa, Charlene, and Maybeck are back as they search to find Wayne, their mentor and head Imagineer who has mysteriously gone missing.  Concerned that Wayne has been abducted by the Overtakers-Disney villains who, along with other Disney characters, take over the parks when the turnstiles stop spinning.  They desperately want to steer the parks to a far darker place.  The five kids pick up a major clue from a close friend, Jez, whose dreams often accurately predict the future. The clue leads the kids to… (more…)

VJ Books celebrates bestselling writer Harlan Coben as March 2010 Favorite Author.  Coben is the bestselling author of sixteen previous novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Long Lost and Hold Tight.

Winner of the Edgar Award, Shamus Award and Anthony Award – the first author to win all three – international bestselling author Harlan Coben’s critically-acclaimed novels have been called “ingenious” (New York Times), “poignant and insightful” (Los Angeles Times), and “superb” (Chicago Tribune). 

His most recent novels, The Woods, Promise Me, The Innocent, Just One Look, No Second Chance, Tell No One and Gone For Good have appeared on the top of all the major bestseller lists including the New York Times, London Times, Le Monde, Publishers Weekly, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY – and many others throughout the world.  His books are published in thirty-seven languages around the globe and have been number one bestsellers in nearly a dozen countries.

In his first books, Coben immersed himself in the exploits of sports agent Myron Bolitar. Critics loved the series, saying, “You race to turn pages…both suspenseful and often surprisingly funny” (People). After seven books Coben wanted to try something different. “I came up with a great idea that simply would not work for Myron,” says Coben. The result was the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller Tell No One, which (more…)

John responds…The sticker that you refer to is placed on the book by the publisher simply only to indicate that the book is signed.  Typically, they are signed on a blank page (referred to as a tip-in) that the author signs in bulk, and the publisher inserts them in at the bindery.  There is some controversy as to whether this type of signed edition holds the same value as a book that has been signed on the title page.  VJBooks does receive some books signed in this fashion from various publishers.  However, Trojan Odyssey is signed directly on the title page by Clive Cussler .