tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post7980688655413230831..comments2024-01-29T03:04:24.219+11:00Comments on Flinders Family Freer: Someone dropped the ballAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-27626805351613143302010-12-14T01:00:53.955+11:002010-12-14T01:00:53.955+11:00Amazon it is, then. I find it very strange that t...Amazon it is, then. I find it very strange that those figures don't include orders from the indies, but I can't say I'm surprised at yet another example of how broken the distribution side is. Sigh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-59725908768224267332010-12-13T19:40:52.999+11:002010-12-13T19:40:52.999+11:00Groblek - normally I'd have said "buy ind...Groblek - normally I'd have said "buy independent" but as those figures don't come up on Bookscan, I would have to vote for Amazon. Thank you for all that effort, and I really need to do LJ again - I just as Bilbo said 'feel thin and stretched.'Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-25823203621346138272010-12-13T12:56:15.413+11:002010-12-13T12:56:15.413+11:00So, I've preordered a copy from the local book...So, I've preordered a copy from the local bookstore, and put up posts on LJ and Facebook (miss you on LJ, by the way). Question - I've got at least one more copy to preorder for a christmas gift, does it make a bigger impact to preorder via amazon or a local bookseller, or does it matter?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-25893188904120913282010-12-11T20:48:36.019+11:002010-12-11T20:48:36.019+11:00Amanda that may have some very disappointed buyers...Amanda that may have some very disappointed buyers :-) And happy advance birthday to your son.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-16187460213507496812010-12-11T20:47:28.785+11:002010-12-11T20:47:28.785+11:00Katrina, that is part of how the compact between a...Katrina, that is part of how the compact between authors and publishers is broken: The deal is that publishing gets you retail space in exchange for the fact that retail, distribution and publishing get 85%* to 94% of the cover price. If what they're offering is basically very little more than self-publishing... then they're hurting themselves, authors and readers.<br /><br />*Royalty rates PB -6% for new authors, 8% for midlist Hardcovers 10% for the first 5K, 12.5% for next and 15% thereafter.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-39606561741423154312010-12-11T11:21:30.467+11:002010-12-11T11:21:30.467+11:00Dave, now you have me wanting you to write the Got...Dave, now you have me wanting you to write the Goth Sex Kit...and yes, I've fixed the front page for nakedreader.com -- again. I don't know what it is that causes the tables to shift and cut the titles off and our IT gal isn't around to answer. So I muddled through...still, if Goth Sex Kit gets you more sales ;-)<br /><br />As for the length of time we let you download, well, we believe you're buying the book, not just a "license" for it. Now I'm off to buy my pre-order of Dragon's Ring for my son's birthday.Amanda Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02927312739323222344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-88774716251781128142010-12-11T10:21:10.530+11:002010-12-11T10:21:10.530+11:00I am continually distressed by the failure of loca...I am continually distressed by the failure of local bookstores to put books that I know exist and that I want to buy on their shelves. If I want them badly enough, I'll order them, but I can't afford to order hardcovers that I might find interesting. I need to know I want them and being able to look at them helps a lot with that. I also need to know they exist, which isn't a problem for authors I follow on-line but is a big problem for otherwise. How are people who simply go to the store and browse supposed to buy books if they're not at the store? <br /><br />I never saw a hardcover copy of DRAGON'S RING despite regular trips to the bookstore. I will make an effort to hunt down a paperback copy though.Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08131903265618602894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-86026620597631793412010-12-10T17:14:53.396+11:002010-12-10T17:14:53.396+11:00I now of course want to WRITE the Goth-sex kit (wh...I now of course want to WRITE the Goth-sex kit (which I believe relates to the lubricant qualities of white pancake make-up) And of course I am in favour of allowing downloads In Perpetuum*. I will be watching the equivalent of electronscan avidly.<br /><br />* A small town in Ohio, I am misinformed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-88300342447648934042010-12-09T23:26:07.782+11:002010-12-09T23:26:07.782+11:00Just had to be impressed by the length of time tha...Just had to be impressed by the length of time that Naked Reader allows you to download your purchased books...<br /><br />"Download until 1.15740740741E+113 days after the first download"<br /><br />[For the non-science people, if protons decay (so far we have seen no sign that they do) then this will be longer than the expected lifetime of the universe. If on the other hand, protons don't decay (as is seemingly the case), then I find it disappointing that they offer the downloads for such a short fraction of the time that baryonic matter will continue to exist in this universe. Admittedly it will be dead, cold and undifferentiated baryonic matter by then in either case, but at least your books will be effectively eternal.]Reverance Pavanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217657347160811310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-80954388840483271342010-12-09T23:09:30.829+11:002010-12-09T23:09:30.829+11:00Went to the indicated web site for your collection...Went to the indicated web site for your collection, and immediately got distracted whilst perusing the volumes on the front page by <i>The Goth Sex-Kit & Other Stories</i>.* So yes, it my mind is in the sewer, but it's so nice and warm and you have a wonderful view of the gutter, and you met so many interesting people, especially when it rains heavily. <i><grin></i><br /><br />[* Imagine my surprise to discover, after clicking the link, that it was actually <b>your</b> story collection that had inadvertedly distracted me. And that it was actually <i>The Goth Sex-Kitten & Other Stories</i>, whose title had been rather unfortunately truncated by a badly designed web-page. <i><grin></i>]Reverance Pavanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217657347160811310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-1510983040256264892010-12-09T21:46:33.034+11:002010-12-09T21:46:33.034+11:00Voradams - please do.Voradams - please do.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-78466262364363311432010-12-09T20:22:54.357+11:002010-12-09T20:22:54.357+11:00Can I cross post this on OZ-e-books?
I just found...Can I cross post this on OZ-e-books?<br /><br />I just found Charlie Stross's posts on the $&%^# state of the publishing world. This would add a nice counterpoint that an author does a great job and gets screwed by the system.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-31191604321833571282010-12-09T19:20:02.609+11:002010-12-09T19:20:02.609+11:00I figure he invited people to put their work up. D...I figure he invited people to put their work up. Do it!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01422171964652699673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-41867935087858829282010-12-09T19:16:40.900+11:002010-12-09T19:16:40.900+11:00Matapam - they've enjoyed an oligopoly on the ...Matapam - they've enjoyed an oligopoly on the key to publishing - access to chain retail space for so long, I think they have lost sight of their core functions.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-20144226960773991432010-12-09T19:12:56.981+11:002010-12-09T19:12:56.981+11:00Lin W - thank you for that. I loved the book. No o...Lin W - thank you for that. I loved the book. No one seems to have rated it bad or mediocre... but the people who OUGHT to push the books, get them to the readers, get reviews,let the readers decide... didn't do their job. Unfortunately it's not them who take the consequences for their actions. I am NOT a demanding author or a prima donna. I did let Baen know (with an e-mail to every person I have an e-mail for) that I was going through a major upheaval emigrating and would have limited computer access, that I would not be available to do all the 'rush do this at the last minute' jobs they always demand, and the promo work I normally do, so could they please help out. It's not like I ask for much, ever. Some of them may have done their bit extra, but someone couldn't make that much effort. Maybe it it was S&S or B&N... but at the end of the day, a good book and my career were left to destruct, without even bothering to tell me what went wrong.<br /><br />The answer is now I have to try and fix something that should never have been broken. If I succeed I want to be as independent as possible, because I don't want to try and do this twice.<br /><br />And I do not give in without a fight.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-66249443319813518982010-12-09T18:55:14.071+11:002010-12-09T18:55:14.071+11:00Mike -as little as I like promoting myself on some...Mike -as little as I like promoting myself on someone's Blog, I will do this...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-314196408210035142010-12-09T18:53:58.740+11:002010-12-09T18:53:58.740+11:00(Chuckle) Reverence Pavane the embarassment at the...(Chuckle) Reverence Pavane the embarassment at the graphic cover is a reflection of the mind of the viewer... so they should be rather embarrassed by themselves. <br /><br />And the book depository or any outlet is just fine. All the books come from the same place anyway, and I have no real interest in supporting specific retailers who are screwing my fellow Australians.<br /><br />Always read a book reviewing... (the consequences of Harriet Klausner can be dire)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-81537966908184631532010-12-09T14:22:26.105+11:002010-12-09T14:22:26.105+11:00It's like the publishing industry has totally ...It's like the publishing industry has totally lost sight of what their product is. That just boggles the mind.MataPamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11128604732495114033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-75597494378156330632010-12-09T14:17:44.552+11:002010-12-09T14:17:44.552+11:00Dave, the ISBN number off my hardbound Dragon'...Dave, the ISBN number off my hardbound Dragon's Ring is:<br />13: 978-1-4391-3319-4<br /><br />I have *no* idea if the spacing and dashes make any difference.<br /><br />I'm heartbroken that Dragon's Ring didn't sell any better! It's fabulous!<br /><br />LinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-32965644312700622512010-12-09T12:44:21.348+11:002010-12-09T12:44:21.348+11:00Whoops -- maybe http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/12...Whoops -- maybe http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/12/03/your-holiday-book-suggestion-list-from-authors/ would be better? Sorry, went too fast.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01422171964652699673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-28114867051314379062010-12-09T12:30:29.183+11:002010-12-09T12:30:29.183+11:00Go over to Scalzi's blog http://whatever.scalz...Go over to Scalzi's blog http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/12/07/your-holiday-gift-suggestion-list-everything-else/ and add Dragon's Ring. I would do it, but it says must be creator, and you wrote it.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01422171964652699673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-84617109267340395942010-12-09T12:25:46.008+11:002010-12-09T12:25:46.008+11:00Sad to hear about it. Although are you sure whoeve...Sad to hear about it. Although are you sure whoever was responsible wasn't just embarrassed by the rather graphic nature of the cover. [<i><evi grin></i> and <i><deploy coconut shield></i>]<br /><br />Have preordered a couple of copies from The Book Depository.* [It's the free shipping to Oz that is so attractive. Amazon works out to be about three times as expensive when you take that into account, so I'm spending what I would have on freight on additional copies as surprise christmas gifts for friends. (Yes, <i>both</i> of them).]<br /><br />http://www.bookdepository.com/book/9781439134115/Dragons-Ring<br /><br />Or if you prefer the hardcover:**<br /><br />http://www.bookdepository.com/book/9781439133194/Dragons-Ring<br /><br />[* And if anyone wants a 10% off christmas voucher (valid to Dec 15) and has friends that want one try http://www.bookdepository.com/lovex]<br /><br />[** Incidentally if someone wants to review the book there, there are currently no reviews. I probably should read it first before I do. <i><grin></i>]Reverance Pavanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217657347160811310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-14513619828460055472010-12-09T10:48:17.057+11:002010-12-09T10:48:17.057+11:00Luneray, thank you. I hope you enjoy it.Luneray, thank you. I hope you enjoy it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-90558768665606750562010-12-09T10:46:57.134+11:002010-12-09T10:46:57.134+11:00Quilly - I must admit I was utterly stunned too. I...Quilly - I must admit I was utterly stunned too. I secretly hoped this one would be my breakout novel - It had what that takes IMO - story, cover... I very definitely expected it to do at least as well as A MANKIND WITCH. I was, I admit, too wrapped up in trying to uproot our lives, and pay for the dogs and cats to do my usual attempts at marketing (which is of course your publisher's job. They tell us our efforts are fairly futile. I have this on record in several places (where I had asked for some backing with my various attempts). Yes, well, it appears that those futile attempts account for 2/3 of their sales ;-)) I let the normal professional channels handle it. It seems they rewarded me for my trust and faith in them. Well, I hope I haven't left it too late, but I will never do that again. <br /><br />Yeah, I am very angry about it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-1439595556356607742010-12-09T10:35:12.261+11:002010-12-09T10:35:12.261+11:00Blloonatic :-) Just think how much GOOD it will do...Blloonatic :-) Just think how much GOOD it will do them. Thanks :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.com