Comments on: Infinitesimal Minutiae http://blogs.slj.com/heavymedal/2009/09/23/infinitesimal-minutiae-2/ A Mock Newbery Blog Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:12:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jonathan Hunt http://blogs.slj.com/heavymedal/2009/09/23/infinitesimal-minutiae-2/#comment-2989 Jonathan Hunt Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:17:48 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/heavymedal/2009/09/23/infinitesimal-minutiae-2/#comment-2989 ODD AND THE FROST GIANTS is a book with an interesting history. It was originally published for World Book Day with the proceeds going to charity, but the book went out of print very quickly as Neil Gaiman confirmed on his blog. He said-- It looks like Odd and the Frost Giants is out of print, yes. That's part of the thing of it being a World Book Day book. Everyone did things for free so it could be a one pound book, but that only happens once. Harpers should be publishing it in the US in 2009, and Bloomsbury will republish it in the UK eventually, although they may wait for me to write another Odd story first. (Odd in Jerusalem, perhaps. I'm pretty sure that he went there.) ODD AND THE FROST GIANTS is a book with an interesting history. It was originally published for World Book Day with the proceeds going to charity, but the book went out of print very quickly as Neil Gaiman confirmed on his blog.

He said–

It looks like Odd and the Frost Giants is out of print, yes. That’s part of the thing of it being a World Book Day book. Everyone did things for free so it could be a one pound book, but that only happens once.

Harpers should be publishing it in the US in 2009, and Bloomsbury will republish it in the UK eventually, although they may wait for me to write another Odd story first. (Odd in Jerusalem, perhaps. I’m pretty sure that he went there.)

]]> By: Jonathan Hunt http://blogs.slj.com/heavymedal/2009/09/23/infinitesimal-minutiae-2/#comment-2990 Jonathan Hunt Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:07:16 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/heavymedal/2009/09/23/infinitesimal-minutiae-2/#comment-2990 I stand corrected! Incidentally, the Carnegie Medal which is the British equivalent of the Newbery does allow for books to be published outside of the country first, so long as the British publication follows within three months. I stand corrected! Incidentally, the Carnegie Medal which is the British equivalent of the Newbery does allow for books to be published outside of the country first, so long as the British publication follows within three months.

]]> By: Sondy http://blogs.slj.com/heavymedal/2009/09/23/infinitesimal-minutiae-2/#comment-2991 Sondy Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:51:21 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/heavymedal/2009/09/23/infinitesimal-minutiae-2/#comment-2991 Looking again at the criteria, #6 is: "American literature published in the United States" means that books originally published in other countries are not eligible. So it looks like ODD AND THE FROST GIANTS is out of consideration? Looking again at the criteria, #6 is: “American literature published in the United States” means that books originally published in other countries are not eligible.
So it looks like ODD AND THE FROST GIANTS is out of consideration?

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