tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post116716022852758198..comments2023-10-11T09:22:33.136-04:00Comments on Paperback Writer: Ten for SaleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1167269344126755082006-12-27T20:29:00.000-05:002006-12-27T20:29:00.000-05:00Mark wrote: I'm ever so slightly tired of people a...Mark wrote: <I>I'm ever so slightly tired of people asking me, "So how's the book doing?"<BR/><BR/>I'm fairly sure the subtext here is: "How much money have you made?"</I><BR/><BR/>Or the other most popular subtext, "Why aren't you raking in the millions and sharing some with me?"<BR/><BR/>Whenever anyone in real life asks me how much money I'm making, I say more than I did scraping the remains of drunk drivers up off the freeway. If that doesn't shut them up, my anecdote about the driver whose body we found crushed under 17 tons of semi and raw lumber generally does. <BR/><BR/>Nalini wrote: <I>If I go crazy, I'll know who to blame.</I><BR/><BR/>Rats, my evil plan so quickly revealed....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1167265968481573592006-12-27T19:32:00.000-05:002006-12-27T19:32:00.000-05:00If I go crazy, I'll know who to blame.If I go crazy, I'll know who to blame.Nalini Singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035379088067281196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1167248509699423312006-12-27T14:41:00.000-05:002006-12-27T14:41:00.000-05:00Ah, well, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one......Ah, well, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one...<BR/><BR/>I've got all these Post-Its above my desk with the numbers from Ingram every week. It's hard to know what they actually mean except that The Devil's Pitchfork is actually selling. I've noted a few jumps that seem to tie into particularly noteworthy promotions, like David Morrell's rave review in the International Thriller Writers' Report, but aside from that... beats me.<BR/><BR/>The Amazon ranking is even more amusing, since there are authors whose novel doesn't come out for 8 months who have a higher ranking than my novel that's been out a couple months. I kind of take the Amazon ranking to be an internal indicator of whether anybody has ordered your book on any particular day, but aside from that, it's almost wildly unuseful.<BR/><BR/>I'm ever so slightly tired of people asking me, "So how's the book doing?"<BR/><BR/>I'm fairly sure the subtext here is: "How much money have you made?"<BR/><BR/>And neither one really has an answer, but instead of saying, "Beats me," I'm inclined to say, "Doing good, thanks," and let them figure out why I'm driving a used Saturn VUE rather than a Mazerati.Mark Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410424046477699059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1167241484125126472006-12-27T12:44:00.000-05:002006-12-27T12:44:00.000-05:00Rob wrote: Thank you so much for giving me somethi...Rob wrote: <I>Thank you so much for giving me something new to occupy my already crowded brain.</I><BR/><BR/>You're welcome, lol. I know how much writers obsess over these things, so I thought that at least the freeware would come in handy -- and that Title-Z service gives you little stock-market type graphs. A great way to track what, 1-2% of your sales. :)<BR/><BR/>Cora wrote: <I>#9 is very, very interesting. I didn't know half that stuff!</I><BR/><BR/>Me, either. The most comforting part of that article for me was this statement: <I>These days, what best-seller lists are most likely to reflect is the amount of money spent to publicize the books that wind up on them.</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1167237030389549262006-12-27T11:30:00.000-05:002006-12-27T11:30:00.000-05:00#9 is very, very interesting. I didn't know half t...#9 is very, very interesting. I didn't know half that stuff!Cora Zanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09461246984192089505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1167223188677742542006-12-27T07:39:00.000-05:002006-12-27T07:39:00.000-05:00Thank you so much for giving me something new to o...Thank you so much for giving me something new to occupy my already crowded brain... :)Rob Gregory Brownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11952008139132652259noreply@blogger.com