Reminds me of the time I said to my Scouts and said, "Remember how mad it used to make you, when you'd get those YOU HAVE WON A MILLION DOLLAR fliers in the mail that didn't really mean it?" And one of the girls said, "But it still makes me mad!" The outrage is sort of moral, and not just practical.
Yeah, reviews make a difference, and awards even make a difference in YA. Some of them, at least, at the highest levels (we were just talking on a list about how many of the other awards don't make a difference, even if you do get a pretty sticker on your book).
One other interesting thing I've been hearing lately about the kids' book field, that somehow had never been on my radar before: apparently many people feel that if your advance doesn't earn out, even if the book otherwise does well, it could harm your chances of selling the next. While in SF/fantasy, the conventional wisdom was always (don't know if this has changed) that you shouldn't expect your book to earn out, especially if it's a first novel.
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Date: 2004-07-31 10:32 am (UTC)Yeah, reviews make a difference, and awards even make a difference in YA. Some of them, at least, at the highest levels (we were just talking on a list about how many of the other awards don't make a difference, even if you do get a pretty sticker on your book).
One other interesting thing I've been hearing lately about the kids' book field, that somehow had never been on my radar before: apparently many people feel that if your advance doesn't earn out, even if the book otherwise does well, it could harm your chances of selling the next. While in SF/fantasy, the conventional wisdom was always (don't know if this has changed) that you shouldn't expect your book to earn out, especially if it's a first novel.