That's what I heard this morning from an unexpected phone call from the local Barnes & Noble bookstore. But when I heard what they were holding for me, it seemed that nothing else mattered at the time.

I know what you're thinking, "What the heck are you talking about, Nick?"

I'm talking about this book, which is sitting on the desk right next to me:

More will come later, but I have to head out!

UPDATE: More pics!

Hopefully I can find some time to read this book soon!

UPDATE: It seems that many people think that the book looks big. I guess that's because I don't have anything to compare to for perspective. Hopefully, the following picture will give a better idea of the size of this book:

In terms of height and width, the book isn't any bigger than the normal manga book size. If you have one of the Twelve Kingdoms DVD Boxsets, one of those boxsets is about the size of the book.