Comments on: The Secret: Getting Readers to Buy New! http://www.alisonkent.com/blog/2006/08/20/the-secret-getting-readers-to-buy-new/ Blah Blog Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:01:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Read for Pleasure Makes the Case for Used Book Sales v. New | Dear Author: Book Reviews, Author Interviews, and Commentary http://www.alisonkent.com/blog/2006/08/20/the-secret-getting-readers-to-buy-new/comment-page-1/#comment-32929 Read for Pleasure Makes the Case for Used Book Sales v. New | Dear Author: Book Reviews, Author Interviews, and Commentary Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:09:36 +0000 http://www.alisonkent.com/blog/?p=1737#comment-32929 [...] side note–there’s some funny stuff in these debates over buying hardcovers and “supporting [...] [...] side note–there’s some funny stuff in these debates over buying hardcovers and “supporting [...]

]]> By: Angelle’s Blog: Calliope’s Faithful Servant » Blog Archive » New v. Used Part 2 http://www.alisonkent.com/blog/2006/08/20/the-secret-getting-readers-to-buy-new/comment-page-1/#comment-15006 Angelle’s Blog: Calliope’s Faithful Servant » Blog Archive » New v. Used Part 2 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:20:48 +0000 http://www.alisonkent.com/blog/?p=1737#comment-15006 [...] Mood / Status: After reading several discussions (Alison Kent, Julie Leto, May, Diana Peterfuend, Nicole, 2BRead, Lori plus online forums) this is what I learned. [...] [...] Mood / Status: After reading several discussions (Alison Kent, Julie Leto, May, Diana Peterfuend, Nicole, 2BRead, Lori plus online forums) this is what I learned. [...]

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.alisonkent.com/blog/2006/08/20/the-secret-getting-readers-to-buy-new/comment-page-1/#comment-15000 Jennifer Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:50:45 +0000 http://www.alisonkent.com/blog/?p=1737#comment-15000 I always buy new books. And not because I can necessarily afford it. I pass up books (well, I put them on my wishlist, aka my "To Be Bought" list) when I can't afford all the ones I want. That's a good thing, in terms of print books--I live in a small apartment, LOL! Only so much space, you know. But I also buy new books because I have obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and touching used items is a problem for me. However, after learning more about writers, and payment, and publishers, I made it a rule to buy new books, just to support them, even if I overcome the OCD issue. Additionally, I really like new books--the smell, the shiny covers, the feel, the newness...I've always liked newness. I always buy new books. And not because I can necessarily afford it. I pass up books (well, I put them on my wishlist, aka my “To Be Bought” list) when I can’t afford all the ones I want. That’s a good thing, in terms of print books–I live in a small apartment, LOL! Only so much space, you know. But I also buy new books because I have obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and touching used items is a problem for me.

However, after learning more about writers, and payment, and publishers, I made it a rule to buy new books, just to support them, even if I overcome the OCD issue. Additionally, I really like new books–the smell, the shiny covers, the feel, the newness…I’ve always liked newness.

]]> By: Evanne http://www.alisonkent.com/blog/2006/08/20/the-secret-getting-readers-to-buy-new/comment-page-1/#comment-14999 Evanne Mon, 21 Aug 2006 01:41:38 +0000 http://www.alisonkent.com/blog/?p=1737#comment-14999 Yeah publishing is a business. Yes marketing, covers, media fairy dust all counts. Writing the brilliant book, the clever book, the beautiful prose book is not enough. The book you need to write is the one that resonates with readers. The books that chills, thrills, tickles, teaches, shakes the reader. That is the book that sends her searching out your back list and adding your name to the autobuy list. Yeah publishing is a business. Yes marketing, covers, media fairy dust all counts. Writing the brilliant book, the clever book, the beautiful prose book is not enough. The book you need to write is the one that resonates with readers. The books that chills, thrills, tickles, teaches, shakes the reader. That is the book that sends her searching out your back list and adding your name to the autobuy list.

]]> By: Milady Insanity http://www.alisonkent.com/blog/2006/08/20/the-secret-getting-readers-to-buy-new/comment-page-1/#comment-14994 Milady Insanity Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:26:35 +0000 http://www.alisonkent.com/blog/?p=1737#comment-14994 [...] Angelle Trieste Alison Kent [...] [...] Angelle Trieste Alison Kent [...]

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