tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205629115324669426.post1212735286731775044..comments2023-10-08T07:39:49.102-07:00Comments on Book Calendar: Morning Thoughts, Evening ThoughtsBook Calendarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12549140171632794868noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205629115324669426.post-28793040596749571922008-09-18T18:05:00.000-07:002008-09-18T18:05:00.000-07:00Imran your expressing yourself fine. It is nice t...Imran your expressing yourself fine. It is nice to see someone who comes by to visit my blog.Book Calendarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12549140171632794868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205629115324669426.post-2580542490162678222008-09-18T18:03:00.000-07:002008-09-18T18:03:00.000-07:00Bowker is a publisher giving a review. People don...Bowker is a publisher giving a review. People don't listen to publishers. They listen to writers who are talking about the book, try to get it into review places like Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, New York Times Book Reviews. Or any place with cachet for writers and readers.<BR/><BR/> You want writers and bookstore owners to talk about the book. They are the ones buying the book. The key is to get the bookstore to buy it, the library to buy it, so the end user, the bookstore customer or library patron will buy it. This means reaching that audience.<BR/><BR/>The publisher is the one selling the book. People often don't listen to salesmen. They may put it in the wrong places, it seems they sold it to academics.<BR/><BR/>Try to get some copies into libraries and bookstores and out of academia.Book Calendarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12549140171632794868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205629115324669426.post-63578332142034116582008-09-18T15:10:00.000-07:002008-09-18T15:10:00.000-07:00You have some great thoughts on book selection. A...You have some great thoughts on book selection. As a guy on the other end, a writer of these fool things, I'm always perplexed. My last book, Six Hours Past Thursday, got great reviews, when it first came out 4 years ago, including a review from Bowker which compared it to The Great Gatsby. Result? Not much. Though it has sold well to lawyers, law profs, and law school libraries--even though written for the layman--it hasn't gone much futher.<BR/><BR/>Guess I simply never will be able to understand you true book lovers and the way you buy books.Jack Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02838385417692720281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205629115324669426.post-38736198527261340262008-09-18T09:27:00.000-07:002008-09-18T09:27:00.000-07:00Hi..nice to know your blog..and more happy that u ...Hi..nice to know your blog..and more happy that u are bookaholic..<BR/><BR/>I like to read the fiction book, coz the books are like the puzzle, we need to guess the end story. Like shidey sheldon book..or book describing imaginative environment, like harry potter..the writer built all with comprehensive way..<BR/><BR/>sorry my english is not well...<BR/>i don't know how to express my happiness here...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com