http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/ If you are interested in engaging in polite Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:07:20 GMT Philip http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4941 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4941 I have no doubt that RR knows that a certain amount of books she signs will end up on the retail market - just think, she originally earned seventy-five pounds Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:00:01 GMT Philip http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4940 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4940 Publicists can certainly be a pain in the ass (though so can some authors!) - I attended an Anne Rice signing some years ago where she was accompanied by two Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:41:53 GMT john king http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4939 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4939 RR sounds very gracious to sign so many books and it seems she really appreciates her fans.  My only experience with a signing was with a very famous Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:59:49 GMT Philip http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4938 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4938 Well, learning that the gentleman next to you had 50 to 60 books for her to sign makes me feel less guilty about the 30-plus volumes I've already sent on ahead Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:15:48 GMT Samik Sengupta http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4937 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4937 I was in the Rendell appearance last night, in New Kanaan Library in Connecticut. We were a little late (a two-and-a-half-hour drive became longer in Friday Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:57:50 GMT Philip http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4936 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4936 They're almost certainly Book Club Editions, especially if their size is 8-1/2" X 5-3/4" - I think they've finally stopped printing "Book Club Edition" in the Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:51:58 GMT Philip http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4935 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4935 If you're a collector/fan, hardcover 1st Editions should take precedence - if you're just a fan, signed paperbacks are nice to have, perhaps as your personal Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:25:21 GMT johnk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4934 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4934 I have some Crown editions of RR. If there is no price on the dust jacket and no edition number after the title page doesn't that mean it's from a book club? Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:19:47 GMT johnk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4933 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4933 Regarding back titles, do you suggest bringing hardcover 1st editions over anything else? Is it worth it to have a paperback signed? (This must seem like a Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:15:05 GMT Philip http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4932 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4932 It's always good form to buy a copy of the new book at the store to be signed - usually as long as you do that you can probably bring back titles, but I'd Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:00:49 GMT johnk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4931 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4931 Is anyone going to the New York Ruth Rendell appearance tomorrow night? Does anyone know what these appearances entail? Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:56:08 GMT mwlindsey2000 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4930 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4930 I hope I don't sound like a dummy but could someone explain what exactly Wexler and the young man alluded to on the final page of the book? Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:39:39 GMT johnk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4929 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4929 Philip I'm very impressed you are flying out Denver. What do you expect to happen at this event? Will she be speaking such as on CSPAN booknotes? I gone to Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:06:17 GMT Samik Sengupta http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4928 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4928 I am planning to drive to the Connecticut one on November 6th. Is anyone from this group thinking of coming there? -- Samik ... [Non-text portions of this Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:51:00 GMT Vicke Britton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4927 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruthrendell/message/4927 Great, Philip. If I still lived in that area I'd go, too. I used to live close to Denver, where my son went to college. I love The Tattered Cover. It's a