here are some update on the book signing and visit of Neil Gaiman in Manila, read carefully and hmm buy a book on June 15 so that you can have that coupon for the book signing.
all info are from the InPrint Neil Gaiman ML
Hi Everyone,
To clarify and answer of the inquiries about the raffle, please see
more detailed mechanics below:
NEIL GAIMAN RAFFLE MECHANICS:
1. Every purchase of a Neil Gaiman book bought in Fully Booked from
June 15 – July 8,2005 (cash or charge) entitles the customer to one
raffle coupon.
2. The customer will have to fill in their name, address, telephone
number, and affix signature on the raffle stub and drop entries in
the designated dropbox.
3. PRIZES AT STAKE:
1st Prize - Complete "Sandman" series (1-10), signed by Neil Gaiman
AND dinner with Neil Gaiman on July 11,2005 (together with winner of
the Art Competition).
2nd Prize - "Marvel 1602" signed by Neil Gaiman
3rd Prize - "Creatures of the Night" signed by Neil Gaiman
4. Raffle draw will be on July 9,2005, 6pm at the Rockwell Tent,
Makati City to be witnessed by a DTI representative. Deadline for
submission of entries is July 8 at 10:00pm.
5. Winner will be notified via phone and registered mail. Winner
will claim the prize from Fully Booked, Powerplant Mall, Makati City.
6. To claim prize, winner must present his/her raffle stub,
notifcation letter, one (1) valid ID with photo. Prize is non-
transferable and not convertible to cash.
7. Prize can be claimed as early as July 9, 2005 right after raffle
draw, up to 60 days validity (for the signed copies). Should prize
be unclaimed, it will be forfeited in favor of Fully Booked with
prior approval from DTI.
8. All employees of Sketchbooks, Inc. and its affiliates, their
advertising agencies and relatives up to the 2nd degree of
consanguinity or affinity are not qualified to join this promotion.
9. The promo organizer's decision is final with the concurrence of
DTI.
Per DTI-NCR Permit# AI-472 Series of 2005
See you on July 9!
NEIL GAIMAN BOOK SIGNING PASS MECHANICS:
1. From June 15-July 11,2005, for a purchase of ONE Neil Gaiman
graphic novel or TWO Neil Gaiman books in any Fully Booked (The
Powerplant Mall, Gateway Mall and the Promenade Greenhills -soon to
open), Bibliarch (Glorietta, Waltermart (Pasong Tamo)) or
Sketchbooks (Greenbelt) store, you will get a book signing pass.
2. You can use the book signing pass in any of the book signing
venues (July 9 in Fully Booked Rockwell, July 10 FB Greenhills, July
11 FB Gateway).
3. The pass will entitle you to have two items signed by Neil.
Every person in each book signing can have max of 2 passes (equals
to 4 items). Should you have more than 2 passes, you can go to the
end of line after your turn or use the passes in other book signings.
4. Each pass has a one-time validity. (It will be marked and
returned to you so you can keep it as a souvenir)
5. Each pass will have a corresponding raffle ticket too, with a
chance for you to have dinner with Neil Gaiman on July 11, 2005!
NEIL GAIMAN IN MANILA
1. WHAT IS "THE GATHERING"?
This is the Main Event that you should all go to! It will be at
newly opened Rockwell Tent (we did need a big space for all of
you! :>). There will be a Reading and Talk by Neil Gaiman, a Q&A
Forum, and a Book Signing. Neil will also choose the winners of the
Raffle and announce the winning entries of the Art Competition. It
will be one big Gaiman party!
You do not need tickets to join the event but you will need the book
signing pass if you want to have your items/books signed Neil (Check
out "Book Signing Pass Mechanics" in the Files).
2. WILL NEIL GAIMAN PURCHASES FROM FULLY BOOKED BEFORE QUALIFY TO
GET THE BOOK SIGNING PASS?
Sorry we cannot consider old purchases from Fully Booked. As per
the mechanics, only purchases from June 15-July 11,2005 will be
valid.
3. ARE THE PRIZES OF THE RAFFLE AND ART COMPETITION TRANSFERABLE?
The prizes of the Raffle and Art Competition are non-transferable
and not convertible to cash. Prizes may be claimed right after the
announcement of winners at the Rockwell Tent and also from the main
Fully Booked store in Rockwell and will have a 60-day validity -- of
course this only refers to the signed copies. The "winners dinner"
with Neil will be on July 11.
That's all for now! Til the next batch of queries and answers....
NEIL GAIMAN ART COMPETITON RULES AND MECHANICS
Artists, both professional and non-professional, graphic designers,
students, and all fans and enthusiasts are invited to join 'The Neil
Gaiman Art Competition'!
Contest Rules and Mechanics:
• The ARTWORK may be anything inspired by the work of Neil Gaiman.
• The contest is open to anyone regardless of age or citizenship so
long as they are currently based in the Philippines and will be in
Manila during the announcement of winners.
• Each contestant may submit only one (1) entry.
• Each entry must be done in:
Size: Minimum AE size (double bond paper) on paper or canvas
Medium: Any art form – pencil, ink, oil, charcoal, crayon,
photography,
graphic design, or any other art material
• Deadline for submission of entries: July 6, 2005 at 10:00pm.
• Entries must be submitted to any Fully Booked branch, packaged
appropriately and addressed to the Marketing Manager, Fully Booked.
• Together with the entry, the contestant must submit his/her name,
address, telephone number (BOTH landline & cellphone), email address
and a brief bio-data (school, profession, achievements, etc)in an
envelope.
• Announcement and awarding of top 3 winners will be held in "The
Gathering" event at the Rockwell Tent on July 9, 2005.
**NEIL GAIMAN himself will judge and choose the 3 winning entries!
Judging Criteria and Prizes:
• Criteria for Judging: Creativity (25%), Originality (25%), Skill
(25%), and Impact (25%).
• First Prize – Original Artwork from "Last Temptation" signed by
Neil Gaiman AND Dinner with Neil Gaiman on July 11, 2005 (together
with the winner of the Neil Gaiman raffle)
• Second Prize – "Mirrormask" signed by Neil Gaiman
• Third Prize – "Murder Mysteries" signed by Neil Gaiman
Submit Your Entries to:
FULLY BOOKED
Level R1, Powerplant Mall, Rockwell, Makati City
(632) 756-5001
OR
FULLY BOOKED
Level 2, Gateway Mall, Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City
(632) 913-4543
MAITA L. QUESADA
EVENTS & PROMO MANAGER
FULLY BOOKED
(632) 756-5001
BOOK SIGNING GUIDELINES
Hi Everyone! We have been receiving tons of messages on book signing
guidlines and this is what we've received in an e-mail from Neil.
(It is also posted on his site
http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/journal.asp):
1) It can be a good idea to call the store first and find out
if they have any specific ground rules. Some do, some don't. Will
they be handing out numbers? Will you have to buy a copy of American
Gods from them in hardback to get prime place in the line or will it
be first come first served? What about books you bought somewhere
else? Can you bring your ferret?
2) Get there reasonably early if you can. I'll always try and
make sure that anyone in line during the posted signing times gets
stuff signed. At evening signings I'll always stay and make sure
everyone goes away happy, but on this tour there will be several
places where I'll need to go from a signing to another signing,
so
don't cut it fine.
3) You may own everything I've ever written. I'm very
grateful.
I'm probably not going to sign it all, so you had better simply
pick
out your favorite thing and bring that along.
4) As a rule, I tend to tell stores I'll sign 3 things people
bring with them – plus any copies of the new book you buy (if you
have six brothers or sisters and buy one each, I'll sign them
all).
But stores may have their own policies – and we may wind up
changing
the rules as we go in order to make sure that everyone gets stuff
signed.
5) Eat first. I'm not kidding. If it's a night-time signing
of
the kind that can go on for a long time, bring sandwiches or
something to nibble (some signings with numbers handed out may make
it possible for you to go out and eat and come back. Or you may be
first in line. But plan for a worst-case scenario of several hours
of standing and shuffling your way slowly around a store). (If
it's
a daytime signing somewhere that a line may snake out of a store
into the hot sun, bring something to drink. I always feel guilty
when people pass out.)
6) You may be in that line for a while, so talk to the people
around you. You never know, you could make a new friend. I've
signed
books for kids whose parents met in signing lines (although to the
best of my knowledge none of them were actually conceived there).
And while we're on the subject, bring something to read while
waiting. Or buy something to read – you'll be in a bookshop,
after
all.
7) Don't worry. You won't say anything stupid. It'll be
fine.
My heart tends to go out to people who've stood in line for hours
trying to think of the single brilliant witty erudite thing that
they can say when they get to the front of the line, and when it
finally happens they put their books in front of me and go blank, or
make a complete mess of whatever they were trying to say. If you
have anything you want to ask or say, just ask, or say it, and if
you get a blank look from me it's probably because I'm
slightly
brain dead after signing several thousand things that day.
8) The only people who ever get short shrift from me are the
people who turn up with tape recorders who try and tape interviews
during signings. I won't do them – it's unfair on the
other people
in the line, and unfair on me (and I was as curt with the guy from
the LA Times who tried it as I am to people who decide on the spur
of the moment to try and tape something for their college paper). If
you want to do an interview, ask the bookstore who you should talk
to in order to set it up.
9) Take things out of plastic bags before you reach me.
Firstly, it speeds things up. Secondly, I once ripped the back off a
$200 comic taking it out of a plastic bag, when the back of the
comic caught on the tape. The person who owned it was very sweet
about it, but tears glistened in his eyes as I signed, and I could
hear him wailing softly as he walked away.
10) Yes, I'll happily personalize the stuff I sign, to you, or
to friends. If it's a birthday or wedding present, tell me.
11) Remember your name. Know how to spell it, even under
pressure, such as being asked. [If you have a nice simple name, like
Bob or Dave or Jennifer, don't be surprised if I ask you how to
spell it. I've encountered too many Bhob's, Daev's and even, once, a
Jeniffer to take any spelling for granted.]
12) No, I probably won't do a drawing for you, because there are
300 people behind you, and if I had to draw for everyone we'd be
finishing at 4.00am – on the other hand, if you're prepared
to wait
patiently until the end, I may do it then, if my hand still works.
13) If it means a lot to you, yes, I'll sign your
lunchbox/skin/guitar/leather jacket/wings – but if it's
something
strange you may want to make sure you have a pen that writes on
strange surfaces legibly. I'll have lots of pens, but they may not
write on feathers.
14) At the start of the tour the answer to "Doesn't your hand
hurt?" Is "No." By the end of the tour, it's probably
going to
be "Yes."
15) Yes, you can take my picture, and yes, of course you can be
in the photo, that's the point isn't it? There's always
someone near
the front of the line who will take your photo.
**FULLY BOOKED WILL PROBABLY HAVE SOMEONE HELPING OUT WITH THE
PICTURE-TAKING!
16) I do my best to read all the letters I'm given and not lose
all the presents I'm given. Sometimes I'll read letters on
the plane
to the next place. But given the sheer volume of letters and gifts,
you probably won't get a reply, unless you do. (On one previous
tour
I tried to write postcards to everyone who gave me something at the
last stop on postcards at the next hotel. Never again.) If you're
after a reply or to have me read something, you're much better
off
not giving it to me on a tour. Post it to me care of DreamHaven
books in Minneapolis. (And although things people give me get posted
back, on the last tour FedEx lost one box of notes and gifts, and on
the tour before that hotel staff lost or stole another box. So
smaller things I can put into a suitcase are going to be more
popular than four-foot high paintings done on slabs of beech wood.)
17) No, I probably won't have dinner/a beer/sushi with you after
the signing. If it's a daytime signing I'll be on my way to
the next
signing; and if it's an evening signing I'll be heading back
to my
hotel room because I'll be getting up at six a.m. to fly to the
next
city. If there actually is any spare time on the tour it will have
been given to journalists, and if there's any time on top of that
old friends will have started e-mailing me two or three months
before the tour started to say "You'll be in the Paphlagonian
Barnes
and Noble on the 23rd. That's just a short yak-hop from my yurt.
We
must get together," and would have got themselves put on the
schedule. (Still, it never hurts to ask.)
18) If you can't read what I wrote, just ask me. After a couple
of hours of signing my handwriting can get pretty weird.
19) If I sign it in silver or gold, give it a minute or so to
dry before putting it back in its bag or closing the cover,
otherwise you'll soon have a gold or silver smudge and nothing
more.
That's about it for now,
Moderator
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