Sorry, no   It's not going to be like the signing for TC.  To have a book signed, you have to order from Andersons.  When you buy the book, they give you a number.  They line up folks according to those numbers for signatures.  If you would, take a look at on page 2 of this thread.  Emgirl, Lany, Chiro, Alilisa and myself have all pre-ordered and received numbers.

Actually, I am glad it won't be like that last signing in this area.  Lots of people arrived very early that day to check into the store and several of the staff I talked to said you could just show up.  Well, it turns out they were giving out wrist bands showing your order of arrival.  Some people had been there, like me, for hours but ended up being closer to the end for signatures because of the lack of information on the bookstore's part.  I would think they were unprepared excepting the fact that they had plenty of books for all.  That just tells me whoever was in charge didn't manage things correctly.

Yeah, that same thing happened to me.  The nice thing about that Oakbrook Borders though (may it rest in peace soon) was that there was plenty of room...it's far larger than Anderson's. 

I had kept my eye on the Oakbrook Borders webpage to see if there'd be a signing for this release.  Once this was announced I put two and two together and figured Borders would not be long for this world.

I didn't get around to pre-ordering so I'm sure if I did it now I'd get a crazy high number and be in line all night.  Can't do that with two kids very easily.  I think they will be surprised with how many people Jim draws.  I went to a Rick Reilly signing there last year and it didn't draw too many. 

CHICAGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Please...

I'd love to see him do a release-date signing in Chicago (well, the Oak Brook Borders) again.   He did it for TC and SF but not Changes.

Hope to see Jim back in the Chicago area for a signing.  Hopefully at the same Oakbrook Borders which is really close to my house and hosted the last two signings...including the midnight release of Turn Coat!

I was 'Mac' that night.

Thank you! 

I decided to go with who I looked like based on the descriptions in the books, instead of who I want to be. 

Has anyone put up pictures or video online yet?

I should thank you because I overheard you mentioning Jim would be at Duckon this year which saved me from having to stay up until 2am to get things personalized.

Does Mr. Butcher have any signing guidelines?  I know some places you have to buy the book at that location that day and the only book signed is the one being touted.  I plan to attend the signing in KY and don't want to make a pest of myself.

When I went to the Oakbrook signing last year there weren't any 'rules' that I saw...other than the fact that if you had  TON of things to sign you might be asked to get some signed after waiting your place in line and then go to the end for the rest of your things.  Jim signed many things for people, I asked him to sign Stormfront and the first Alera book (still unread, but on my list) along with SF, and he did so happily.  A lot of people brought a lot more things than just SF to sign.  I'll probably bring Mean Streets and a few more of the Dresden paperbacks.

I will definately be there....and since it's in Oakbrook, I'm like 45 minutes from it, unless I stay at my model-friends house, then I'm like 5-10 minutes from there...so definately...

Oh, bonus: I'm going to make one of my supervisors extremely jealous. Woot!

There was a HUGE crowd turnout in Oakbrook for 'Small Favor'.  I heard something like 300 people.  The people there said it was 3x what they thought it'd be.

I only brought two other books to sign that time, but this time I'll probably bring a few more. 

I wonder what the crowd'll be like...

Ok, I'm doing a major happy dance... I think some of my coworkers and I are going to drive to Chicago for the signing/book release!  We're going to take a day to do a "Dresden tour of Chicago," too.

If you're looking for Wrigley Field to be surrounded by 'acres and acres of asphalt' (presumably for parking) you'll be out of luck. 

"Turn Coat," eleventh book in The Dresden Files, is released April 7, 2009.

I hope Jim makes the same signing rounds as he did last year.  I'd love to get some more books signed.