Comments on: Bestseller for President http://theharperstudio.com/2008/09/bestseller-for-president/ the 26th Story Wed, 16 May 2012 17:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: P.Allen Jones http://theharperstudio.com/2008/09/bestseller-for-president/comment-page-1/#comment-1412 P.Allen Jones Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:24:33 +0000 http://theharperstudio.com/2008/09/bestseller-for-president/#comment-1412 That's the problem with today's publishing company. They want a sure thing, so they don't take leaps of faith. Shamefully, many stories that should be shared with the world are not. That’s the problem with today’s publishing company. They want a sure thing, so they don’t take leaps of faith.

Shamefully, many stories that should be shared with the world are not.

]]> By: Moe's Books http://theharperstudio.com/2008/09/bestseller-for-president/comment-page-1/#comment-1413 Moe's Books Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:39:00 +0000 http://theharperstudio.com/2008/09/bestseller-for-president/#comment-1413 Read and enjoyed the blog, and have added it to my favorites. You have a very smart list, lots to interest an Indy/scholarly/alt/ store like ours. I hope the low advance serves to bring in new authors, and some books that are a little outside the mainstream. Googling around, and reading about the no return policy. Kind of scary. When ordering for events I always push the buyer to up the order--there's psychological advantage to having a big stack at a reading. Returns are a nice cushion. Also, it's tough to buy new authors without a net. I'm not an expert here--along with the events I do used and small press buying (mostly one or two titles at a time), but it seems like a gamble. Also, are you mostly promoting online? Not exactly music to the events person's ears. I'd like to host Maltin (perhaps with a tie-in with the Pacific Film Archive on campus), Emeril (of course), and if you could put me in touch with Mark Twain... Anyway, a fun & though provoking blog. Good luck with it. Read and enjoyed the blog, and have added it to my favorites. You have a very smart
list, lots to interest an Indy/scholarly/alt/ store like ours. I hope the low advance serves
to bring in new authors, and some books that are a little outside the mainstream.

Googling around, and reading about the no return policy. Kind of scary. When ordering
for events I always push the buyer to up the order–there’s psychological advantage to
having a big stack at a reading. Returns are a nice cushion. Also, it’s tough to buy
new authors without a net. I’m not an expert here–along with the events I do used and
small press buying (mostly one or two titles at a time), but it seems like a gamble.

Also, are you mostly promoting online? Not exactly music to the events person’s
ears. I’d like to host Maltin (perhaps with a tie-in with the Pacific Film Archive on campus),
Emeril (of course), and if you could put me in touch with Mark Twain…

Anyway, a fun & though provoking blog. Good luck with it.

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