Excited for Brandon Sanderson’s secret book release tomorrow. It has been a long time since I’ve started a book with thousands of other people on the same day. Probably not since Harry Potter. 📚

@manton I completely forgot about this. I think I get the ebook and audio versions. Thanks for the reminder!

@ericgregorich Enjoy! Pretty sure the plan is to send the ebooks and audiobooks tomorrow.

@manton did you back the kickstarter? I managed to prevent my fingers from pressing the buttons. But reading a book with a lot of other persons at the same time is fun.

@manton I’ll have to wait until the 10-11 as I’m not a backer!
Unrelated, but I’m still shocked to learn that The Lost Metal had ~70% preorders for the audiobooks!

@manton Whoa, that’s tomorrow? Is that the first from the Kickstarter?

@MrRooni Yep! And I think non-backers can get it just a couple weeks later.

@manton I did for the lost metal ^^
Can’t wait to start reading tomorrow morning :)

@V_ I did, couldn’t resist. Backed for the print editions too because I’ve read a lot of his only on ebook.

@manton Fantastic. I should check for a shipping notice.

@manton Looks like a slight delay:

“However, we just found out that the Secret Project #1 premium hardcovers will no longer arrive next week as expected—the bindery is shutting down early due to an incoming severe snowstorm and the holidays. […] We will send another update as soon as the books have arrived and January assembly has begun—likely around the middle of the month. Thank you all for understanding!”

@manton I’ve meant to get into Sanderson for ages, and at this point his library is practically intimidating! 😂

Where would you recommend an epic fantasy fan start? Way of Kings?

@danj Way of Kings is excellent. If you want to jump right into the deep end and don't mind a 1000-page book, go for it. 🙂 Personally I started with Mistborn and I think that's where Brandon says most people should start just because it's not quite as daunting.

@manton if I want to mention someone on m.b. on my own “non m.b. site”, how would I do that? Should I send a webmention to their main page with an in-reply-to? Is this even supported by micro.blog? Thanks!

@brandontreb The best thing is to send a Webmention to a specific page, because then it can be added to a conversation. It should also work to send a webmention to their home page... That isn't tested often so to be honest not 100% sure, so lemme know.

@manton got it. The goal would be to start a new note and mention someone.For example, I wrote you here to start a discussion about this and related topics.Not sure you ever received a mention.

Also, per that post above, when I mention FROM my site, it doesn’t link my m.b. user

@brandontreb I don't see that reply in my Mentions, so Micro.blog must've missed it... The way you did it should have worked, as long as a mention was sent. For matching the mention with your username, make sure you have a rel link (described here) so that Micro.blog knows it's your site.

@manton Thanks for the tip on the rel link. I’ll be sure to add that.

I’ll keep testing with post mentions and let you know what I find.

Thanks so much for the help!

@MrRooni @manton Hardcovers are basically art for me these days, looking forward to getting them, looking through, and displaying, but I’ll just be reading the ebooks to keep those hardcovers looking pretty 😀

@danvpeterson @manton My hardcovers are well-loved. The dust jackets, however, are pristine. 🙂

@MrRooni @manton I get that. I think it mainly comes down to me reading a *lot* in small moments. So carrying around physical books all the time (like I used to) became something I left behind for the convenience of always having a reading device on me.

@danvpeterson @manton Yeah, that absolutely makes sense.

@manton how did I miss this! Has he made the announcement yet?

@jasonwise Yes, he sent an email to Kickstarter backers last night around midnight with download info. I'm sure they'll be additional updates when it's available separately for purchase, audiobooks, etc.