And a friend who was stocking D/FW airport at the time ran rows of FIRE SANCTUARY down the sides of the displays, because I was the only large SF novel that came out that month--but he could not do that with the other two books, because they would be perceived as not long enough for a plane trip.
Airports are almost a different category in terms of what they stock and what they sell -- but this would probably be the only place of which something this interesting could be said. quietspaces said something similar above, from reader perspective -- that short books that can be read in one sitting aren't as desireable, for the cost and time, as those that can be read over many.
One of our regular customers is a security guard, and he often works 12 hour shifts; for his reading purposes, anything that lasts a whole shift is ideal -- but very few books do. As with most voracious readers, he reads very quickly <wry g>.
How will readers find us? We can write, or we can promote--but it's not easy to do both well....
I know :/. I think more and more people find things via on-line review sites, etc., but I wouldn't suggest spending time and money in self-promotion that wasn't very targeted, for a variety of reasons.
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Date: 2004-09-10 03:27 pm (UTC)Airports are almost a different category in terms of what they stock and what they sell -- but this would probably be the only place of which something this interesting could be said.
One of our regular customers is a security guard, and he often works 12 hour shifts; for his reading purposes, anything that lasts a whole shift is ideal -- but very few books do. As with most voracious readers, he reads very quickly <wry g>.
How will readers find us? We can write, or we can promote--but it's not easy to do both well....
I know :/. I think more and more people find things via on-line review sites, etc., but I wouldn't suggest spending time and money in self-promotion that wasn't very targeted, for a variety of reasons.