Codex Born Release Day! (And Giveaway!)
Today is the official release date for the U.S. mass market paperback of Codex Born, book two in the Magic ex Libris series. Which is a bit strange to me. The third book is done and turned in, and I’m finishing up another (unrelated) book, so it’s weird thinking of Codex as the “new” book.
But new it is, and as such, I MUST BLOG ABOUT IT AND ADD LOTS OF LINKS AND SUBTLY (AND NOT-SO-SUBTLY) ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO RUN OUT AND BUY ALL THE BOOKS!
Libriomancer
- PAPERBACK: Amazon | B&N | Mysterious Galaxy | Schuler Books | Indiebound
- HARDCOVER: Amazon | B&N | Mysterious Galaxy | Schuler Books | Indiebound
- EBOOK: Amazon | B&N | Kobo | iBooks
- AUDIO: Audible.com
Codex Born
- PAPERBACK: Amazon | B&N | BAMM | Mysterious Galaxy | Schuler Books | Indiebound
- HARDCOVER: Amazon | B&N | Mysterious Galaxy | Schuler Books | Indiebound
- EBOOK: Amazon | B&N | Kobo | iBooks
- AUDIO: Audible.com
What can I say. After nine books, I’m taking the direct route. Here, have a guilt tripping kitten!
THIS KITTEN IS SAD BECAUSE YOU HAVEN’T BOUGHT THE BOOK YET! Either that, or it’s thinking about that one scene from Guardians of the Galaxy.
Okay, seriously, it’s new book day, so if you haven’t guessed, I’m doing the traditional author freak-out. I’m excited to see this one out in paperback, both because I like my books being available in the cheaper mass market format, and because this means the ebook price is dropping as well.
Thanks for putting up with me through another release day. Now let’s give away a book! To enter, just leave a comment with a made-up book blurb by a fictional character. For example:
“I find your lack of Goblin Quest disturbing.”
-Darth Vader
“I am Groot.”
-Groot
I’ll send an autographed copy of one of my mass-market titles (your choice) to a random winner. There are no regional restrictions on who can enter, but only one entry per person, please.
Have fun, and in all seriousness, thank you so much for all of your support and encouragement over the years.
Steve Nagy
August 5, 2014 @ 8:57 am
“Lieutenant Dan got me invested in Jim C. Hines and the Magic ex Libris series. The books are better than a box of chocolates.”
–Forrest Gump
Jonathan H.
August 5, 2014 @ 8:58 am
DIDN’T BUY THIS BOOK? INCONCEIVABLE!
Vizzini -Sicilian criminal mastermind
Tegan
August 5, 2014 @ 9:05 am
“Codex Born? This isn’t a kissing book is it?” – ‘The Grandson’, The Princess Bride
Tamir
August 5, 2014 @ 9:15 am
“You write like a dairy farmer!” – Guybrush Threepwood, pirate
Dawn
August 5, 2014 @ 9:17 am
“Read Codex Born, you fools!” Gandalf
D. D. Webb
August 5, 2014 @ 9:22 am
“Hodor!”
-Albus Dumbledore
Eagle
August 5, 2014 @ 9:24 am
“It all began with the writing of the Magic ex Libris series. Three ARCs were given to the Elves; immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven, to the Dwarf Lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine ARCS were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire reading material. For within these ARCS was bound the strength and the will to govern over each race. But they were all of them deceived, for another copy was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret, a master ARC, to control all others. And into this ARC he poured all his inventiveness, his stories and his will to dominate all life. One story to rule them all.” – Galadriel
Siddhartha
August 5, 2014 @ 9:51 am
“This librarian once tried to shush me. I ate his fire spider with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.” – Hannibal Lectre
D. Moonfire
August 5, 2014 @ 9:57 am
Harry Callahan: I know what you’re thinking, punk. You’re thinking “did he buy six Hines novels or only five?” Now to tell you the truth I forgot myself in all this excitement. But being this is a Visa credit card, the most powerful card in the world and will blow my bank account clean off, you’ve gotta ask yourself a question: “Do I feel lucky?” Well, do ya, punk?
Siddhartha
August 5, 2014 @ 10:03 am
And of course I had to misspell the name. đ
Jared H
August 5, 2014 @ 10:18 am
“I am Locutus of Borg, and the “Magic ex Libris” series is one of the finest of our time. You will read it. Resistance is futile.”
-Locutus of Borg
Katie
August 5, 2014 @ 10:28 am
“This book is closed until further notice… I’m shocked – shocked – to find that conjuring is going on in here!”
– Captain Louis Renault
Deborah Laymon
August 5, 2014 @ 10:31 am
“That’s no moon. That’s — a NEW BOOK BY JIM HINES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” – Obi-Wan Kenobi
Jennifer J
August 5, 2014 @ 10:32 am
“‘Codex Born’ provides optimal defense against Librarians, and flies rather well!”–Tamika Flynn, Night Vale StrexCorp Resistance Leader
Ralph
August 5, 2014 @ 10:43 am
“Nearly as good as the Book of G’Quan!”
G’Kar
Katherine
August 5, 2014 @ 10:48 am
“Anybody want a paperpack copy of Codex Born?”
-Fezzik, a hyppopotamic landmass
I admit that this doesn’t scan as well as the original, but I think it has a certain ring to it.
Johnnie
August 5, 2014 @ 11:26 am
“Ook!”
âThe Librarian
Claudia
August 5, 2014 @ 11:34 am
“I don’t care
What they’re going to say
Let the Codex Born rage on,
The book never bothered me anyway!”
-Elsa, Queen of Arendelle
Ken O'Shaughnessy
August 5, 2014 @ 11:58 am
“Don’t let it go!”
~Elsa
Bookewyrme
August 5, 2014 @ 12:19 pm
“THERE IS NO MERCY, THERE IS ONLY THIS BOOK.” ~Death, Discworld
bunyip
August 5, 2014 @ 12:34 pm
“meepmeepmeep Codex Born meepmeepMEEP!”
~Beaker
JamesMostlyHarmless
August 5, 2014 @ 12:35 pm
“It was better in the original Klingon!” ~ Worf
VilcaRomba
August 5, 2014 @ 1:11 pm
I did it thirty-five goblins ago. ~Ozymandis
Sharon
August 5, 2014 @ 1:15 pm
“I’m about to finish Libriomancer and I don’t have Codex Born yet! Game over, man!”
-Pvt. Hudson
Gus Hinrich
August 5, 2014 @ 1:16 pm
“THAT’S not a weapon. THIS is a weapon.” — Luke Skywalker.
Patti L.
August 5, 2014 @ 1:22 pm
“You can never have too much money or too many Hines books.”
~some rich woman
Galena
August 5, 2014 @ 1:26 pm
“If reading wasn’t totally boring and lame, I’d love this book!” — Claptrap, overlord of all Pandora. (<–Borderlands video game)
Quinalla
August 5, 2014 @ 1:50 pm
“Obviously the magic system is a complete fantasy, but Codex born is an enjoyable read!” -Yomiko Readman of Read of Die
Chris
August 5, 2014 @ 1:54 pm
“Would you kindly….read Codex Born.” – Atlas, from Bioshock.
Keith Williams
August 5, 2014 @ 1:58 pm
“Simon Canderous never had to deal with this sort of thing…”
– Isaac Vaino, Codex Born
J. C. Salomon
August 5, 2014 @ 2:21 pm
âYes, Iâve read Codex Born; try not to faint.â âMalcolm Reynolds, Serenity
Sally
August 5, 2014 @ 6:15 pm
“I was a writer like Jim Hines till I took an arrow to the knee.” — that dude, who is probably annoying in every universe.
Marcia Minsky
August 5, 2014 @ 6:46 pm
“Shh! Oh, Smudge. Did you have to?” Marian, the Librarian
Daphne
August 5, 2014 @ 10:46 pm
“I don’t understand what you want me to write.” – Castiel
Janilee
August 5, 2014 @ 11:27 pm
“Your gonna need a bigger bookcase,” Brody.
Mike Griffin
August 5, 2014 @ 11:50 pm
Mission Control: Buckaroo, The White House wants to know is everything ok with the new release of Codex Born or should we just go ahead and destroy Russia?
Buckaroo Banzai: Tell him yes on one and no on two.
Mission Control: Which one was yes, go ahead and destroy Russia… or number 2?
danheretic
August 6, 2014 @ 12:00 am
“Oh please, Professor, why can’t we go with you and see the new Codex Born book?” ~ Dorothy
John
August 6, 2014 @ 10:23 am
“Oooh, wait till you read book seven. Made me *cry*.” — The Doctor
Hannah Steenbock
August 6, 2014 @ 10:44 am
“That is a formidable dryad, indeed.” – C.S. Lewis
AMM
August 6, 2014 @ 10:52 am
OK, I give up.
Which scene in “Guardians of the Galaxy” is the kitten thinking of?
(Yes, I saw the movie. No, I don’t remember any kittens.)
Jim C. Hines
August 6, 2014 @ 10:55 am
No kittens, but he’s thinking of the “We are Groot” scene.
Joe Tortuga
August 6, 2014 @ 12:09 pm
By Grabthar’s hammer, what a book!
–Sir Alexander Dane
Barbara
August 6, 2014 @ 1:16 pm
“Books! The best weapons in the world! And I like Isaac’s coat.” The Doctor
Bob
August 6, 2014 @ 1:52 pm
“I wish my dad had created Smudge” – J. Christ
Steuard
August 6, 2014 @ 2:29 pm
“Hoom, hm! The best book about trees that I have read since we lost the Entwives. Mustn’t be hasty, but in a few years I shall ask the Entmoot to add it to the lists. Ra-hoom-rah!” –Treebeard
Cynthia Price
August 6, 2014 @ 3:20 pm
Well, ya know, now, I’ve been playin’ Words With Friends with Jim fer a while, and he’s right good at it. I just never dreamed he could put all them words together in a book!
—
Some Relative or Other of Mine from back East đ
Barbara
August 6, 2014 @ 3:22 pm
I figured that was artistic license… or Hannibal putting on airs…
Dawn DeMarco
August 6, 2014 @ 3:24 pm
âI gasp, and I’m Eve in the Garden of Eden, and Jim C. Hines’ books are the serpent, and I cannot resist.â
~50 Shades of Grey
Yes, I went there. I could have found some raunchier ones đ
Libby Block
August 6, 2014 @ 4:50 pm
âOutside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, you need Smudge to make some light so you can read. Luckily this book has Smudge, so you’ve no excuse not to read it.â
â Groucho Marx
Griffin
August 6, 2014 @ 6:18 pm
“I find its lack of Goblins disturbing.” – Darth Vader
Lauren
August 6, 2014 @ 6:35 pm
“I really hate Jim C. Hines and his body of work.” – No One Ever
Brann mac Finnchad
August 6, 2014 @ 6:59 pm
Gentlemen–you will always remember this as the day you *splash*…Librarian Isaac Vainio.”
Pirates of the Copper River
Sheila
August 6, 2014 @ 7:59 pm
There is nothing to fear but untrained magic users.
Rachel, The Witch With No Name
Sara Why
August 6, 2014 @ 8:43 pm
Yip,yip,yip! Yip,yip,yip! Uh-huh! Uh-huh!
Yip-yip Codex Born! Yip-yip Third Book! Yip-yip happy fan!
Sesame Street Aliens
Sheogorath
August 6, 2014 @ 9:55 pm
“If to read the print version of Codex Born at night your wish is, switch the light on you must.” – Grand Jedi Master Yoda.
Sheogorath
August 6, 2014 @ 10:02 pm
This is supposed to be a blurb about Jim’s book, and all you’ve done is make a Discworld reference that’s so vague that even some of the people who have those novels might not get it.
Sarah S.
August 6, 2014 @ 10:27 pm
“Ches ko ba tuta creesta crenko ya kolska!”
-Greedo
Mike
August 7, 2014 @ 12:20 am
Rocket: But what if someone else has a Jim C. Hines book that I want? Can I take it?
Dey: No… that’s theft.
Rocket: But what if I want it more than them?
Dey: It… it’s still theft.
Rocket: No, no, you don’t understand: I want it more than them!
Jonathan Wessner
August 7, 2014 @ 12:29 am
“Mr. Frodo, Sir, I don’t understand, the goblin is the hero in this book? It makes as much sense as planting taters next to tulips.” Sam Gamgee, Lord of the Rings
Dusty
August 7, 2014 @ 1:08 am
“Best f***in’ book you’ll ever f***in’ read. Tell ’em Paulie.” – Tony Soprano
“It’d be in in your best interest to buy the book.” – Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri
“The boss says you should buy the book? You buy the book.” – Silvio Dante
“Keep lookin’ at me like that and I’ll and I’ll rip ya f***in’ balls off.” – Christopher Moltisanti
Jim Ryan
August 7, 2014 @ 8:10 am
“I am stone-solid behind Jim and his CODEX series; can’t wait for the third book, impossible to stand like a statue for it!”
– Lisa Ikeji, author of HEART OF STONE
Jim C. Hines
August 7, 2014 @ 8:13 am
Looking back at the post, I don’t think I specified that it has to be about my book. And personally, I thought it was funny, along the same lines as the “I am Groot” blurb from Groot.
Arlene M
August 7, 2014 @ 2:03 pm
“I’m gonna offer him a book he can’t refuse, Codex Born,” Michael Corleone.
Kaye Killgore
August 7, 2014 @ 2:03 pm
Luke, you will buy this book and read it. Daerh Vader
Lisa M. Collins
August 7, 2014 @ 2:39 pm
“Codex Born, buy it. Now.” –Chuck Norris
Dax Allen
August 7, 2014 @ 4:50 pm
“The universe is made up of stories, not of atoms. It is through these stories, this Foundation of Faith, that Jim C. Hines crafts a literary adventure that will resonate through the ages.”
– Samantha Wallace, Author of Renfield
Sheogorath
August 7, 2014 @ 6:31 pm
Ah, sorry. I was joking myself, but I guess my sense of humour id do different that you misunderstood me. Apologies again.
Jim C. Hines
August 7, 2014 @ 7:59 pm
No problem. I’ve run into trouble on occasion myself with humor not coming through the screen as well as I’d like. Thanks!
Sheila B
August 7, 2014 @ 8:37 pm
You complete me.
Isaac Vainio to the Library.
Griffin
August 7, 2014 @ 9:42 pm
D’oh! I paraphrased one of the author’s examples by mistake. Sorry.
rinib
August 7, 2014 @ 11:10 pm
We wants it, we needs it. Must have the Codex Born.
~ Gollum ~
Russ Ault
August 10, 2014 @ 11:26 am
“This is not a book to be set aside lightly. It is a book to fling you across the room to get more chocolate and a cup of tea so that you can finish it TONIGHT.” – Dorothy Parker
(Yes, I know it’s no longer release day, but I couldn’t resist.)