I just performed major housekeeping of my comment spam box and found a few valid comments that never made it past the gate.
I’ll check this more often in the future and will be sure to “un-junk” any valid posts.
I don’t know what makes me do it: An intrinsic need for order? My undergraduate job at the library? My former job as a bookseller and clerk? Or the fact that I’m your agent and want your books to sell?
Whatever the reason, if I rep your book and it’s currently in stock at the Borders in Folsom, California, it’s definitely sitting FACE OUT on the shelves today.
Not only that I probably tidied up the entire section. Heck, I do that anyways. I worry that the clerks are going to ask me to “step away from the books.”
What struck me yesterday, some wonderful backlist placements: about 25 copies of The Elegant Universe, and about the same for Into the Wild. I love both books and think that’s just great.
Tell all your friends to visit your books in the store often, and if there’s room, take advantage, shelve them face out!
Harold Davis’s Google Advertising Tools has a great review at Linux Books, and today he’s interviewed about keyword advertising by Wired — How To Almost Live on Blogging.
A big thank you and congrats to marketing and design guru Roger Parker on publication of his Publisher series on Microsoft’s Office Online, including articles on Improving Your Newsletters, Creating Promotional Postcards, and Creating Color Catalogs.
Congratulations to first-time author, and long-time telecom pro, Stephen Olejniczak, on completing Telecom for Dummies, which will be published in March. We’d love to give Newton a run for his money with this one!
And, in personal news, I figure Valentine’s Day is the best day to announce that Amy (my long-time sweetheart and all around best friend) consented to marry me last month (consented and wed!). One month in and we’re both exceedingly pleased with ourselves, me most of all.
Happy Valentine’s Day.
