Blogcritics Comments on Slow sales for big authors http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2002-2006 by the authors Mon, 16 Dec 2002 18:31:39 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software Comment by Steve Rhodes on Slow sales for big authors http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/12/16/030223.php#comment-2519 They are right about the impact of book prices. I've been out of town, so I'm not sure if someone linked to the Salon <a href=http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/12/03/prices/index.html>piece</a> a couple of weeks ago on this topic. The other factor is all those returns means more remaindered books. Why pay $20 to $30 when you know you'll probably be able to get a remaindered hardcover in six months to a year for $4 to $8. ]]> 2519@blogcritics.org Mon, 16 Dec 2002 18:31:39 EST Comment by Eric Olsen on Slow sales for big authors http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/12/16/030223.php#comment-2518 If they weren't so big maybe they wouldn't be so slow. ]]> 2518@blogcritics.org Mon, 16 Dec 2002 16:59:49 EST