LEARNING TO SING * DISCUSSSION

[Pamela]

Clay’s book has finally been titled.  

“Learning to Sing – Hearing the Music in Your Life” is due for release in November of this year.  

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been hearing some very sweet music in my life for quite a while now.

This will be the permanent thread for all discussion about Clay's book.
 
RANDOM HOUSE
AMAZON US
AMAZON CA
BARNES & NOBLE

[STEPHANIE1130]

Can't wait for it to come out,thanks so much for letting us know! :D

[fhmmany2]

Pamela - Thanks for the link to Barnes & Noble. I emailed Amazon today to see why I could not pre-order from their site, and I received an email telling me that they are already SOLD OUT of the amount they expect to receive. They told me to just keep checking back in case they are able to get more copies of the book. I was able to pre-order just now with Barnes & Noble. Amazing for a book that won't even be out for four months.

[Ilovetowrite]

I am telling you it looks like we will have to print our own. It is already number 32 at amazon.com and number 3 at barns and noble.

Learning to Sing: Hearing the Music in Your Life
Clay Aiken
 
 Hardcover, November 2004
 
 
  List Price:   $21.95
 Our Price:   $15.36  (Save 30%)
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Product Details:
 
ISBN: 1400063922
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: November 2004  Publisher: Random House, Incorporated
Barnes & Noble Sales Rank: 4
 
   
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[Pamela]

Clay's ghostwriter is apparently Allison Glock.  

Learning to Sing
Hearing the Music in Your Life
Written by Clay Aiken and Allison Glock
Religion - Inspirational | Random House | Hardcover | October 2004 | $21.95 | 1-4000-6392-2

Allison Glock was the author of the article in last October's Elle magazine.

[HavinaClayAffair]

I was able to pre-order on Amazon just now- just fine! Maybe enough time has passed and they are to up speed again? $15.36 per book..free shipping over $25.00 so..I ordered 2!

Lora-Ohio

[clayaikenwow]

Hey just wondering is allison one of his friends or something!? This book is goin to be so beautiful that i know! I cant wait to get it. Question though ... we will be able to buy it in stores wont we?? I cant wait im sure he may even do book signings and things it will be awesome. I think that this book is goin to touch all of our hearts!

[playingclay]

To write the article, it sounded like they spent most of the day together.  I guess they became friends.  She is the one that first said that he smelled like fresh laundry.........hmm.

[summerstar]

THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE BOOK INFO, I CANT WAIT FOR IT TO COME OUT. SOMEONE SAID THERE IS A 32PG BIOGRAPHY BOOK FOR TEENS SUPPOSED TO BE RELEASED SOON? DOES ANYONE KNOW ABOUT THAT?

[ACcountryFan]

i think the book you're thinking of, the biography, is already out. it's also at Amazon. {sales rank: #1,301}. i pre-ordered Learning to Sing yesterday from Amazon. i don't if i should send them a money order so soon...after all, it IS just July...months before it's released! so i'm gonna e-mail Amazon and ask. there are so many order for this book {i'd imagine} that i'm afraid my order will get "lost" in the fray.

[heater]

I can't wait to get his book!  I'm sure it will be great!

[Jan]

Does anyone know anything about the content of the book? Is it biographical, philisophical or what??
What ever it is , I will buy it anyway. Anything of Clay's

Jan

[LadyC]

My understanding is that it's inspirational in genre.  I can't wait to get it either.  Where has Clay found the time to write a book?  He is such a motivated person.  I admire him.

[Claysupporter]

I thought Clay's Biography book by John Torres is not due out until
July 2005? Can someone else confirm if it is out already?

[Marilyn]

I ORDERED BOTH BOOKS-THE BIO AND CLAYS BOOK!!

[Ilovetowrite]

I found this over at the www.clayaiken.com site and I thought I would pass this along.


Quote:
was checking on Clay's memoir this morning at Baker & Taylor and still no cover art but the initial print run for the book is 225,000 copies. That is huge for a book that is not written by an author with the name of John Grisham or Danielle Steel. Most books have a print run of 3,000 - 5,000 copies initially and if you sell 20,000 copies of a non-fiction book that is considered doing well. So Random House isn't in the business of publishing books for charity purposes so they are banking on Clay having a big fall book. If he goes on a publicity junket they'll be doing a second print run of his book.

More from lapeapod1:
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Just an update on my figures on Clay's print run of 225,000 of his memoir. Random House is printing up this many because the sales to the public (bookstores, Amazon, etc) are expected to be huge. Based on how well Clay tracks with his CD and television appearances the execs come up with an initial print run. We're talking a couple of hundred thousand bucks they are putting out to publish this book (print run plus Clay's advance). Sales to libraries will be only a few thousand. They will put some marketing behind this big print run and I wouldn't be surprised if Clay did some author signings at some of the big superstores. Let's face it anything with Clay's name on it will be a big seller ......



I need to get mine pre ordered. I AM SO HAPPY FOR OUR MAN.

[ClayObsessed]

I noticed that Amazon has the book for sale again.  And lo and behold,
it is also selling a cd version read by Clay.

I do believe we are all going to go broke.  But of course it will be worth
it.  As I have read before, we would pay to hear him read the phone book.

shirl

[lorilovesgolf]

ClayObsessed:

And lo and behold, it is also selling a cd version read by Clay.

I went online to Amazon.com but I can't find the cd version of Clay's book.  Where is it located?

[lorilovesgolf]

Never mind, I found it under:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author=Aiken%2C%20Clay/104-7722890-1113542

3rd item down.

[ClayObsessed]

lorilovesgolf
Glad you found it and I am glad there is someone else as nutty as I am
over Clay.  I would spend money to hear or see him, speaking, singing or
just silently standing there in a picture.
shirl