Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Hmm …

… What’s the Matter with Fiction Sales? (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

The book column that I wrote was probably the most successful thing I ever did. Not because I am so brilliant, but simply because it was a column that recommended reading a book I had just finished. There are plenty of people who want to read book reviews. The only people who don't seem to know that are the people who run newspapers.

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  1. I've always thought it was odd that book-review sections in newspapers tended to run few advertisements for things other than books—as if avid readers don't need tires, banking services, home-repair contractors, or whomever else advertises in newspapers these days. It's not as if the sports section run ads exclusively for sports-related things...

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  2. Yes, that tells you something, doesn't it?

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