Comments on: Publication Day! New York Book Signing!

By: Susan F

Susan F — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:20:04 +0000

Roz, We all enjoyed your presentation at the National Geographic on Monday night. Great job – congratulations! Susan

By: Joan in Atlanta

Joan in Atlanta — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:37:34 +0000

I near my local Borders last night, so I went in to see how they had “Rowing the Atlantic” shelved, and they didn’t even have it in their computer look-up system. They said they could probably order it, but didn’t have it in the store and weren’t carrying it. WTH? This is a giant Borders next to a Whole Foods. Should be ideal. Have your S&S agent call them up and tell them up and tell them to replace their old all-”Twilight” window display with your book.

By: UncaDoug

UncaDoug — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:00:08 +0000

Roz, glad your tour was enjoyable and apparently very successful.

The numbers have been bouncing around — a real roller coaster ride.
I just checked and they are vary favorable … so time to report …

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,676 in Books

Popular in these categories:
#1 in Boating
#3 in Water Sports
#4 in Adventurers & Explorers

Get some rest and rest assured, Rozlings love your book … and so does a very interested and intrigued waitress at Marie Callenders in Modesto, California! (I’ve been keeping her current with your progress off-line every couple of weeks when I take my 92-year-old dad there for dinner.)

By: DogsDontPurr

DogsDontPurr — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:03:17 +0000

Roz~ I read your book and could not put it down! In fact, I actually want to go back and read it all over again. It was such an incredible journey and such an adventure. I felt like I was right there in the moment with you. When you wrote about your boat getting swamped and all your bedding getting soaked, I could just feel the frustration and horror of what that meant for the rest of the trip. Oy.

You have a great talent for writing. The way you describe all that went on was so vivid and personal. I was completely drawn in from page one….and I cannot wait for your next book!

Cheers to your continued adventures!

By: oldboyscout (Oregon, USA)

oldboyscout (Oregon, USA) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:32:32 +0000

YOUR PORTLAND BOOK SIGNING. Enjoyed your talk greatly. Was very impressed by how much you shared in a short time. PLEASE keep writing and sharing your incredible life journey ! (Hope you find the whale book of use) Very respectfully , Charlie N.

By: Texino

Texino — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:55:19 +0000

I’m very proud of you Roz and you deserve to be on top of the world, however; Do remember where you’ve come from, where you have been and where you still have to go. I believe the world holds many more grand days for you, unless you happen to be swallowed by a whale. (I’m sorry but these things must be factored)
Bon Chance
T.Texino
At Sea

By: renard8450

renard8450 — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:01:14 +0000

I had to stay up late two nights in a row because the book was too hard to put down. Don’t forget to post reviews to Amazon everyone! They say mine will appear in the next 48 hours. Bummed you aren’t coming to Chicago, Roz – I guess you’ll just have to come here for a book signing of your sequel!

By: Roz

Roz — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:42:06 +0000

Glad you enjoyed the epilogue, Doug – that’s my favorite bit too!

Quite exciting to see the sales figures, but even more I’m just excited about the book tour. The audiences have been fantastic and I’m having a blast! I’m surviving on adrenaline and 5 hours sleep a night, but feeling great!

Looking forward to tonight’s event at Writers and Drinks (a redundancy, as radio show host said yesterday!) in San Francisco!!

By: Unca Doug

Unca Doug — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:59:54 +0000

Seattle-Dave, Roz sold out tonight at the South End Rowing Club. The Green Apple Books guy brought a case of 40 and left empty handed … no books, but lots of green stuff. So I wonder how that gets into the Amazon.com equation. It is nearly midnight, and this is the current tally:

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,580 in Books
Popular in these categories
#1 in Water Sports
#1 in Boating
#3 in Adventurers & Explorers

Roz is headed your way so be sure not to miss out. Roz told her story to a packed room, standing on the third or fourth step of a creaky staircase in the old building. She was quite at ease as she gave us rare insight to her inner self — not unlike what I am reading in this wonderful book. Actually, for Roz, it is not so rare — she is so giving of her self — as we have learned from interacting with her here on the blog.

I have to admit that after reading the first page and a half, I was so enamored with the story that I succumbed to read the Epilogue and Acknowledgements. This is going to be good to the very last sentence.

The last sentence is a jewel. Now, don’t anybody [else] peek! It is a happy and humorous ending. I do believe that Roz is a master of everything she does.

By: Seattle-Dave

Seattle-Dave — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:20:05 +0000

Roz,

Your sales rank on Amazon is moving up every day! Today it is #3,326 up from about 9,000 on Monday, and according to Unca Doug it was #6,476 on Wednesday! WOW! You book tour is working!

Keep it up. I can’t wait to see you at a book signing in Seattle next week.

Seattle-Dave

By: Unca Doug

Unca Doug — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:40:29 +0000

Lea, I actually considered doing just that, but my evenings this week have been packed and I am just now sitting down with … guess what just arrived minutes ago … my copy. Today is furlough Friday thanks to the Governator (Ahnold) so I am now cracking open “rowing the ATLANTIC” and intend to finish it before I see Roz Sunday ;-D

P.S. Love your comment, as well as Naomi’s and DogsDontPurr’s

P.P.S. Serendipity … this post is Roz’s lucky number 23 ;-D

By: Lea

Lea — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:44:40 +0000

Roz, you were awesome in Laguna tonight! I almost hate to indulge that overused expression but in this case it fits.
I highly encourage anyone within walking,biking,driving,swimming or rowing distance to meet this remarkable unique individual on one of her book tour stops.
She is delightfully inspiring, interesting,and personable, mixed with a pleasant dose of humility and twinkle in her eyes.
It was an honor to meet you tonight Roz, but I must admit it was very cool to have a chance to meet beforehand on the proverbial bar stool many of us encouraged and imagined!
Also, it was a nice surprise to get to meet Lynne Cox as well…. a double dose of inspiration!
Enjoy the rest of your tour Roz, you deserve it. Plus, Thank-you for the
thoughtful sentiments, they are very much appreciated.
Enjoy SF and Seattle, two of my favorite places….

By: DogsDontPurr

DogsDontPurr — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:44:39 +0000

Hey Roz~ It was fabulous to meet you tonight in Laguna Beach! I am so in awe of your adventures. As you noticed, I am walking with a cane right now. But whenever I feel like slouching on my exercise/physical therapy, I think of your rowing for umpteen hours a day…it keeps me going.

Thanks for all that you do! And thanks for signing the book. I’ll probably be up half the night reading. Looking forward to it!

Cheers to your continued adventures!

By: Unca Doug

Unca Doug — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:50:14 +0000

Naomi,
I have been wondering if you are looking for hiking buddies on your trans-Britannia adventure.
Having never been to the British Isles, I think that would be a great way to see the country.
If you are receptive to guiding a covey of Rozlings — or one or a few — please let us know …

BTW, I happened to google our favorite ocean rower and found the following article in German
http://www.pbosetti.de/newswriter/article.php?article_file=1252904257.txt&showtopic=
Here is an English translation courtesy of Google Translate … http://is.gd/45Kfg
Roz is mentioned in the third paragraph.

By: Naomi

Naomi — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:28:01 +0000

The NY book signing was packed … and I loved Roz’s 20 minutes or so of anectdotal info about her Atlantic voyage and the Q&A time. I began the book on the train ride home and read 125 pages by the time I went to sleep. (I refused to go to sleep at a decent hour because I could NOT put the book down! … Had to force myself to turn off the light at 1:00 a.m. — only because my alarm set for 6:30 a.m. the following morning was “pressuring” me.)

I’ve been highlighting a bunch of passages in the book that seem to relate directly to my frame of mind as I anticipate my own challenging adventure planned for next summer — walking across northern England from the Irish Sea to the North Sea, about 200 miles all in all. I love the honesty with which you write, Roz. It’s refreshing and somehow coaxes one to engage in a similar level of self-reflection.

To sum it up — Rowing the Atlantic — I’m loving it!

Hope your West Coast signing tour and your time in Laguna Beach and upcoming time in San Fran are all you want them to be, Roz.

Naomi

By: Meg

Meg — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:04:46 +0000

I will ask for your book for Christmas. Congratulations!

By: Lea

Lea — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:05:45 +0000

UncaDoug, you could always beat a path to the nearest bookstore.
I’m still waiting for my order, but visited the bookstore in the meantime.
If you’re lucky enough to have some free time and find a comfy chair as I did, you can stop the torture of wondering. It’s hard to put down, so make sure you have time!
(I also moved the book off the shelf in the back where it was buried, to the prominent new book table in front…just doing my part:)

By: Joan in Atlanta

Joan in Atlanta — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:16:40 +0000

Roz, have you fallen into a luxury-suite coma? Those heavy draperies that block out all sunlight and the body-enveloping comfort of a really good pillow-top hotel bed can put you into a 14-hour blissful sleep if you’re not careful. Wouldn’t want that, would we? Must have our Roz fix.

By: Unca Doug

Unca Doug — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:53:16 +0000

Amazon’s shipment tracking page shows my orders are in the local USPS mail sorting center.
Should be delivered today or tomorrow. YAY!!! The waiting is torture.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:08:44 +0000

And of course, you will sign my copy when you eventually arrive in Australia….please!!!!

By: Claire in Los Angeles

Claire in Los Angeles — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:47:14 +0000

My book arrived! My book arrived! So excited to read it! Need more time!!! Have a great book tour. Thinking of you sleeping “just down the road” from me in L.A. in your swanky hotel room. You’ve earned it!

By: San Rafael Mike

San Rafael Mike — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:26:14 +0000

Hi Roz
My wife and I have been following your incredible journey since you rowed out from under the Golden Gate Bridge last year. As many others have commented, your daily blog is truly inspirational and very entertaining.
So glad we’ll have a chance to meet you at the book signing in SF this week.

By: Seattle-Dave

Seattle-Dave — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:19:00 +0000

Your book just arrived in the mail! I look forward to reading some of it tonight. I hope to see you in Seattle next week at the book signing on the 13th at Good Life in the Palace Ballroom.

Seattle-Dave

By: Sindy Davis

Sindy Davis — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:50:07 +0000

I haven’t received my book yet!!! Damn!!

By: Roz

Roz — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:14:56 +0000

Looking forward to meeting your sister, Cheryl!

Thanks to all who have posted reviews. I’m not quite up there with J K Rowling yet, but very exciting nonetheless!

By: UncaDoug

UncaDoug — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:52:03 +0000

Roz, I just checked John Kay’s review — which is wonderful — and noticed your ranking has improved

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,476 in Books http://tinyurl.com/ydxncr4

Popular in these categories:
#2 in Boating
#6 in Adventurers & Explorers
#7 in Water Sports

By: Cheryl Moore

Cheryl Moore — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:46:09 +0000

Roz,

How exciting! I can’t wait to get your book! I am so thrilled you will be in Portland. That is where I grew up and I am going to have my sister (hopefully!) go get my book and have it signed by you. I sure wish I could be there!

‘Have faith, Expect miracles’

Cheryl Moore

By: Lea

Lea — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:38:00 +0000

John Kay, let us know when your book comes out. That was a great review!
Yes, I also couldn’t put it down.
Well done Roz! It’s compelling, interesting and I like the way you weave the various time lines together. I’m inspired! Best of luck with your tour. Hoping to see you in OC.

By: John Kay

John Kay — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:14:14 +0000

Read it. Couldn’t put it down until the very end. Review posted.

If anyone out there has any doubts about this book, just get it. I have read, edited and reviewed hundreds of books and Roz’s is right up there with the very best of them. And I’m not just saying that because I’m one of her fans. Go read my review on amazon.com.
(And remember to wash your hands first, like Joan says!)

By: amy olmstead

amy olmstead — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:09:20 +0000

Good work Roz. I will order your book, and I have been keeping up on your posts. I erged this morning and was thinking of you,all the joy goes to you today. Amy in Austin. PS……… Who is Richard in Austin, I’d like to connect with him, as I am Kitchenkop@gmail!!

By: Joan in Atlanta

Joan in Atlanta — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:14:06 +0000

I don’t usually sound this paranoid, but wash your hands a lot while you’re out book touring and flying, and avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth. Every time I turn around lately I hear about someone else with a lot of public contact getting the flu.

Loved the beginning of your book. If I hadn’t had to get up early for work I would have been awake reading into the wee hours.

By: UncaDoug

UncaDoug — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:40:45 +0000

Congratulations, Roz!

There was a nice review yesterday on Three Sheets Northwest for Portland and Seattle.
Thanks to my Google Alert email this morning. See you soon in San Francisco.

By: Terrance L Smith

Terrance L Smith — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:11:18 +0000

The really cool thing about getting my book signed in Portland is the fact that I live in North Carolina and will be taking the train from Chicago to Seattle. I was then driving down to Vancouver (this was already in place before I knew my book would arrive before I left.) Portland is just across the river WILL be there for the signing !!! Terry & Bess