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August 27, 2010
Holy Toledo
The online of edition of American Flamingo has received 670 views! No small part of it due to the awesome and amazing Ron Silliman who gave it a shout out in his links post Monday. I may have a permanent smile stuck on my face. There are worse things.
Sweet
Teachers take note of my husband's new blog -- The Teacher-Coach. Check it out, pass it on!
August 25, 2010
Five Days
On August 31, 2010 I will return to work as a full-time writer. For the past seven and a half years I have been a full-time mother and a part-time writer. I wrote during naptime, I wrote on the weekends, I wrote at four in the morning, and I wrote during the hours of 9:15 to 11:15 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday if school was in session. I confess that sometimes I didn't write at all -- it was
August 23, 2010
What *exactly* is a "Poetry Bestseller?"
So, let's say your local B&N has 10 copies of a book by Charles Bukowski. That is a nice initial buy for a guy who tends to do well in B&N stores. That book could be displayed on a table, an endcap and faced-out in the section. Faced-out books sell 80% better than spined-out books. It catches the eye. And most Americans have trouble reading the titles of books on bookshelves. Assuming things in
August 22, 2010
The Poetry Chain Gang
I'm up at The Poetry Chain Gang -- the lovely Michelle McEwen asks me five fast questions. Many thanks to Sam for the recommendation~*~
How Do Poetry Books Sell Without Massive Distribution, Review Attention, or Being Featured on "Mad Men"?
OK. So we know that Bookscan doesn't cover sales at Walmart. But chances are you don't buy much poetry at Walmart. Do a search for poetry at walmart.com and it will say NOT SOLD IN STORES. Poetry isn't Stieg Larssen. We get it.Why should we be skeptical of Bookscan numbers? It's what the Book Industry uses to judge how everyone else's books are doing. The first rule of Book Publishing is to LIE
August 21, 2010
American Flamingo is now available online!
Open publication - Free
August 19, 2010
Confession
Sometimes I come here just to feed the fish.*
