I don’t really believe this, but this is what Amazon says. I don’t see fox in here.
Let’s talk about you, though. You come here every day, you read my blog, you say you love me. But did you buy my first book yet? Did you get paid yet? If not, I won’t yell at you now but I might later. Go get it. Buy it used, new, though don’t steal it. Why? Because it is so much better than this blog.
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This is the blog of author Alexander Chee. My first novel, Edinburgh, is in paperback from Picador. 
My second novel, The Queen of the Night, is forthcoming from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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10 Comments
June 7, 2007 at 11:29 pm
I already have your first novel. (what’s with the no mention of the word fox?? I know I read it. That’s why I sent you “The Dream Hunters”) I’m waiting to buy your second novel. Hint. Hint.
June 7, 2007 at 11:43 pm
I ordered Edinburgh last Thursday, and it arrived on Tuesday. I finished it today. Just now–like five minutes ago.
It is easily one of my favorites. You’re among Hemingway, O’Connor, Proulx, Cha, and Miller to me. I anticipate your next book’s release.
June 8, 2007 at 2:44 pm
My boyfriend bought it for me last year. Isn’t he sweet?
June 8, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Wait, I can get paid for reading your first novel?
I especially love the middle section of the novel.
June 8, 2007 at 4:12 pm
What’s wrong with stealing it? The book store will just have to order another copy from the publisher then which is what they would do if I bought it. Seems like you’d still win.
June 8, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Tony and John, thank you, John especially for the super high praise. Jeffrey, I always knew I liked your boyfriend. Shadows, thanks—I love the middle also. Colin, I guess, note the ‘product’ tag. I know capitalism is suspicious in parts of the Pacific Northwest, but I’d like the publisher, the bookseller and myself all to get paid. Win-win-win. Stealing the book actually steals from me, not the bookstore.
Plus, it helps books like mine get published. It’s good for the people coming up behind me, young queer writers… like you. ;D
June 9, 2007 at 3:12 pm
I loved your novel Edinburgh. I’m one of the readers waiting anxiously, excitedly for your next one…
June 10, 2007 at 12:37 pm
I see Amazon is doing this now, too:
for Edinburgh; Words per Dollar: 5,620
for Ulysses, Words per Dollar: 22,648
What could this possibly mean?
Does this mean a collection of Sapphic fragments isn’t a very good return on your investment?
June 11, 2007 at 3:47 am
Nova: Thank you.
Lee: Words per dollar makes me feel like a miner.
July 16, 2007 at 3:09 am
i just read edinburgh. i came back from working the wesleyan writers conference and ordered it off amazon. if nothing else, i got a long list of good books to read from that job.
i did love it. i read it much too fast and now i am going to go back, and read it aloud to myself. and when the queen of the night comes out, i’ll buy it in hardback. i don’t do that often. i mean, i’m a poor student. i mean, be flattered.