It's launch day for A RELUCTANT SPY, my debut novel, although I have confirmation that it was out on tables at booksellers and arriving in people's letterboxes yesterday.
I got my author copies on Wednesday and I keep taking them off the shelf and looking at them - for me, a paperback book is really the final proof that my debut novel is really out there in a big way. I love hardback books (including very much my own) but I've always been primarily a paperback reader, so having my own one out in the world is so awesome.
Check out my Links page for ordering links with lots of retailers, including independent bookshops via Bookshop.org. And if you have the opportunity and willingness to order it directly from your local independent bookshop, please do. As always though, a sale is a sale - if you'd like to read my book, get it in the format and from the retailer you most prefer.
If you're new to my work and you've been waiting for the paperback, I really hope you enjoy it and that it accompanies you, well-thumbed, on public transport, on holiday, on your lunchbreak or wherever else the portable magic that is a paperback book takes you.
And if you've already bought or borrowed my book in another format, thank you for reading!