Today is March 30th - one month left for the International release date of The Shelters of Stone, Jean's long awaited 'Book 5'!! Kerry, my WONDERFUL contact at Hodder & Stoughton - the publisher of the 'UK' edition - has offered me 5 Advance Readers Copies (unedited proofs - only 1000 printed) for an online contest of our own! * * * * 5 Copies of Book 5 in 5 Days! * * * * * In keeping with the wonderful Earth's Children spirit we have in our ECfans Community, and perhaps slightly in imitation of the recent Academy Awards... These 5 copies will be awarded to 5 AuelBoard members based on nominations by their fellow board members. Guidelines: - You can nominate any registered board member for whatever reason. If you (or your nominee) aren't registered yet - it's not too late! You can still register and nominate - or be nominated! - You can submit as many nominations as you like. - Entries must be received by 8am EST (US) Thursday, April 4th to qualify. - Anyone who already has a copy is not eligible to win. Nominations must be submitted in the next 5 days to SoS@ECfans.com as follows: Email Subject: User Name of the board member you are nominating. Email Body: Why you think this person should be awarded one of the 5 copies. Nominations should be written from the heart. Quality of content is more important here than quantity of nominations. Nomination contents will be kept private. After the contest we may request to post some of the nominations, but will post them without first getting the permission of the person who submitted it and the person they nominated. Note: If you want to nominate someone but don't have an email address, you can get a free, web based ECfans.com email address at http://ecfans.com. To keep the account active all you need to do is check it at least once a month (like Hotmail now requires). * * * * * Online Video Interview Clips of Jean Auel * * * * * Crown Publishers released a second set of web video interviews of Jean Auel last week and have 3 more releases planned before April 30th. You can find the links for those, as well as an online copy of Chapter One of The Shelters of Stone - as well as the details for the ongoing North American Search for Ayla - on their website at http://thesheltersofstone.com. Oh - they've added screensavers recently, also - you might want to check those out as well! :-) * * * * * Jean Auel Author Tour Dates for the UK * * * * * FRIDAY MAY 31 12.30 - 2.00 Waterstones Bookseller in Harrods, Old Brompton Road, London 4.30 - 5.30 Ottakars Bookseller, 100 The Glades Shopping Centre, Bromley, Kent SATURDAY JUNE l 10.30 - 12.00 Borders Books and Music, 203 Oxford Street, London W.l. 1.30 - 2.30 WH Smith, Brent Cross Shopping Centre, Brent Cross, London 4.00 - 5.30 Ottakars Booksellers, 72 Midsummer Place, Milton Keynes MONDAY JUNE 3 12.00 noon Event at the Hay Festival, Hay on Wye, Herefordshire There are a couple more coming in the next update! * * * * * Jean Auel US Author Tour * * * * * As soon as I get updated information on Jean's US tour I'll be sending it out. I have been asking but nothing yet! * * * * * Translation titles and publisher information * * * * * German - Ayla und der Stein des Feuers (Amazon.de) Danish - Folket i Klippehulerne Dutch - Een Vuurplaats in Steen (A.W. Bruna Publishers/Holland) Croation - Sklonista od Kamena Finnish - Luolien Suojatit ( Aug 2002 - publisher WSOY, contest) Norwegian - Klippehulens folk (Aschehoug) Swedish - Nionde Grottan (publisher Bra böcker i Malmö AB) French - Les Refuges de Pierre (publisher Presses de la Cité) Spanish - Los Refugios de Piedra (publisher Fireside books) Spanish - Los Refugios de Piedra (publisher EDITIONS MAEVA: Castilian & Catalan Editions) Please continue sending me information as you find it!! I am in the process of moving the updates for The Shelters of Stone to the ECfans Home page so it's easier to see. So look for the updates at http://ecfans.com now! * * * * * Next Update * * * * * I'll be sending out another Newsletter about this time next week with more info on Jean's plans, some insight to book 5, and the winner's list!! * * * * * Subscription Changes * * * * * If you have an email address change, please unsubscribe your old address and subscribe your new one using the sign-up box at http://ecfans.com All changes must be made by you - one of over 7,500 subscribers to this newsletter!