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Signed foreign editions for Worldbuilders

I’m stupidly fortunate to live as I do, with any food I want a block or two away and the means to pay for it in my pocket. That kind of thing gets taken for granted sometimes.

There’s a charity called Heifer International that provides families in impoverished places with things like chickens or goats or other livestock that will give them a sustainable source of food and perhaps provide some income as well. And Worldbuilders, the charity begun by fantasy author Patrick Rothfuss, raises money to send to Heifer International by providing donors the chance to win fabulous rare and signed editions of spiffy books. I’ve donated some books and sent them some money in the past, and this year is no different. This year I sent them a signed set of the UK edition of the Iron Druid Chronicles. The UK edition is trade paperback, so it’s bigger and on fancier paper and you can pet it if you like. It’s my belief that the signed set I sent them is the only one in existence. (If anybody else has managed to collect a signed set of UK copies, let me know!) Anyway, every $10 you donate to Worldbuilders gets you a chance to win that signed set, as well as a buttload of other donations sent in by authors and publishers. It’s pretty rad; I hope you’ll donate and I hope you win something awesome.

I was trying to think of what else I could do (besides send ’em money, which I did) because I don’t have any more full sets of my US or UK books to send as prizes. What I do have, however, is several foreign editions that maybe someone would like. If I sold those, then I could send more money to Worldbuilders and help more families eat.

So I’ve created an eBay account under the super-original seller name of kevinhearne, which I will use to sell some signed foreign editions of my books, all proceeds going to Worldbuilders.

Usually when you get your book translated the contract states that you’ll be sent 3-10 author copies. Sometimes the foreign publishers are really good about sending them, sometimes they’re not. Anyway, I always keep one of them because it’s fun—the Japanese covers just make me giddy—but it’s not like I can read them. And they’d just be collecting dust if I didn’t get rid of them somehow. So here we go: The editions below all start at $20. I hope they’ll sell for more than that because YAY MORE FOOD FOR HUNGRY PEOPLE but I also want to make sure they sell. If you would like ’em, please bid, or if you know someone who might like ’em, please let them know they’re out there, will you? I will continue to add more editions/copies once I see if these first eight go anywhere or as I get them in. (I am waiting for copies from Turkey, for example, and others.)

Signed copy of HOUNDED, German translation

Signed copy of HOUNDED, Japanese translation

Signed copy of HOUNDED, Spanish translation

Signed copy of HEXED, Japanese translation

Signed copy of HEXED, Spanish translation

Signed copy of HEXED, Polish translation

Signed copy of TRICKED, Polish translation

Signed copy of TRAPPED, Polish translation

Thanks very much.