Books of Wonder has been taking preorders for MOCKINGJAY for weeks. The bookstore closed its doors at 7pm, like always, and reopened at 8pm for the party. The line formed out on the street starting at 3 o'clock in the afternoon!!! Suzie Townsend, of Fine Print Literary, and company were at the start of the line.
Those girls are carrying bow and arrows!
Sorry some of these are dark. That's the line all the way down the street.
The bookstore workers were very organized. They had us form two lines--preorders and those who needed to purchase books. I was cursing myself for having not preordered, until I got inside and saw the preorder line wrapping around the building. I stepped up to the counter in the empty buy-your-book-now line, and got ticket #103, meaning I would be person #103 (and I got there about 45 minutes before they reopened!) to get my book stamped by Ms Collins.
Books of Wonder hosted quite a few mega signings, they can handle this sort of event.
It was crowded, extremely, but it was amazing. They had a magician, jugglers, face painting, trivia games, raffles, and with the purchase of MOCKINGJAY plus one other book at a set price or more, they gave you this awesome mug!
On to more pictures!
David Levithan was there to announce Suzanne and just be his awesome self.
This is Mitali (http://www.thealleyofbooks.com/), myself looking freakishly tall next to them, and author of KNIGHTLY ACADEMY, Robin Schneider, AKA Violet Haberdasher.
Beautiful girl in a beautiful dress!
Elizabeth Eulberg (THE LONELY HEARTS CLUB) was there. Elizabeth, how did we not take a picture! And Elizabeth Law, publisher at Egmont USA was also in attendance. Unfortunately, she was on her way out, as I was on my way in and I didn't get the chance to speak with her again.
Suzanne Collins and Beautiful Dress Girl
Suzanne stamping my book!
*Squee!!*
It was a GREAT night! HUGE thanks to Books of Wonder, Suzanne, Scholastic, and all the entertainment! I've been to quite a lot of book signings and events and this was one of the very best, and not just because it was MOCKINGJAY! These folks worked hard to make it a successful night.
Did you attend a launch party last night? Don't forget to check Suzanne's tour dates!
7 comments:
Very cool! By the way, were they REAL bows and arrows? Are people allowed to carry weapons around like that? LOL. Cool "fire dress." Looks like an awesome event!
Wow! Thanks for sharing. I love the pictures.
She's going to be in Brookline, MA in a few days, and I"m thinking of going.
Lucky you, that is the coolest event! I love Suzanne's stamp, too. Girl in the fire dress rocks.
You are a lucky, lucky girl! We never have anything that cool happen in our little town! Those pictures were amazing, thanks for sharing!
How awesome! I was at home hating Amazon.com for not releasing it at midnight for the Kindle. It was released at midnight PACIFIC time. What dorks. :)
I got my copy in the mail yesterday afternoon. :)
That looks like so much fun! I wish she was coming to Texas.
Lol, Dorothy! We aren't even allowed to have pellet guns in NYC without some crazy hard to get permits.
Theresa, you definitely should!
Tricia, that dress was AWESOME! And she was such a sweet girl.
Renae, I am very lucky. The author events are one of the very few things I love about NYC.
Jess, we will have to discuss it soon!
Cari, I wish she was too. I have a bff in Texas.
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