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Feb 15 • 7 tweets • 3 min read

1. In one month EXACTLY*, The Kaiju Preservation Society will be unleashed upon the world! To prepare you for the MASSIVE AWESOMENESS THAT WILL ENSUE, a brief thread.

(*one month and two days in the UK, just because of how they release things there)

2. Want to be sure you get it the day of release, in these days of supply chain issues? Pre-order today! You can pre-order from your favorite local bookseller - they will appreciate your business! - and also from your favorite online retailers.

us.macmillan.com/books/97807653…

3. Want a signed copy? Come see me on tour and I'll sign your book for you! If you can't make it to a tour event, you can still order books from those stores and I will sign your book when I arrive. Here are the tour dates for this year:

tor.com/2022/02/11/ann…

@JayandMarys

4. You can also order from my local indie bookstore, @JayandMarys - I'll go in and sign stock before I go off on my tour, and after I come back.

If you don't see your town on my tour, I'll be doing more events elsewhere later this year. Stay tuned!

5. Prefer audiobooks? It'll be on Audible, and read by Wil Wheaton, and will be released simultaneous to the US print/ebook. And like those, you can preorder this version.

audible.com/pd/The-Kaiju-P…

@LibraryReads99

6. Also remember there's another resource to read Kaiju: Your local library! It's not too early to put in a request, and have Kaiju added to your library's collection. You can tell them it was a @LibraryReads99 pick for March!

https://twitter.com/LibraryReads99/status/1493601744777097239

7. As we get closer to release date, I and my publishers will have more from Kaiju-related things for you, but in the meantime, thanks for your early excitement and enthusiasm for the book. I think you'll love it. Just one month to go!

And now, to close, a picture of a cat. /end

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