tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post5635328608995545725..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Realio & trulio O-U-TMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-7377047649819144442012-08-19T00:53:05.590-04:002012-08-19T00:53:05.590-04:00Hah!
Well, I suppose that explains part of the do...Hah!<br /><br />Well, I suppose that explains part of the dominion of the Amazonian.<br /><br />And I'm very glad you like multiplication, Paul. XDMarly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-2061642988396394782012-08-18T23:38:27.043-04:002012-08-18T23:38:27.043-04:00Bookstores... Hm.
Nice places (the better ones)...Bookstores... Hm. <br />Nice places (the better ones) but possibly not the best way to buy books anymore. <br />I guess times change, but to be able to order a book one day and have it delivered to one's home a couple of days later has encouraged me back into book buying big time.<br />I guess I'm not the kind of person to go into a book shop to see what may be there that would Paul Digbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872829068371700917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-90854909813788734822012-08-16T12:21:42.291-04:002012-08-16T12:21:42.291-04:00P. S. Don't feel you have to read the article-...P. S. Don't feel you have to read the article--put it up as a kind of apology for not sounding so positive about the indie route. Which is in some ways better, some ways worse, I suppose, than the path I am on.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-34299151806488965372012-08-16T12:15:00.807-04:002012-08-16T12:15:00.807-04:00I'd be afraid to say that you could wait... Us...I'd be afraid to say that you could wait... Usually when you publish overseas, fewer people from your own country order than would otherwise, so it might still be around, as poetry doesn't sell wonderfully well. On the other hand, we have a double attraction with poems/artwork, and I'm sure some Clive fans will buy the book. Nicky told me that they had a good number of pre-orders, butMarly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-42702778299047561292012-08-16T12:09:45.450-04:002012-08-16T12:09:45.450-04:00Thanks Marly, I'll read it. It does sound com...Thanks Marly, I'll read it. It does sound complicated, and kind of wearying. I'll try to order from publishers when I can, I think I have with all yours... oh except the e-book of White Camellias, which I got from Amazon but that still counts doesn't it? I'll probably want another copy of Foliate Head for my brother's 70th next year, will I be able to get it then or had I Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-18590909907823299122012-08-15T17:14:59.751-04:002012-08-15T17:14:59.751-04:00I suppose that last comment was unduly negative ab...I suppose that last comment was unduly negative about indies, so here's an article: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidvinjamuri/2012/08/15/publishing-is-broken-were-drowning-in-indie-books-and-thats-a-good-thing/" rel="nofollow">http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidvinjamuri/2012/08/15/publishing-is-broken-were-drowning-in-indie-books-and-thats-a-good-thing/<br /></a>Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-61615127012016095412012-08-15T15:52:06.313-04:002012-08-15T15:52:06.313-04:00Lucy,
Aren't you lovely? Thank you. I'm g...Lucy,<br /><br />Aren't you lovely? Thank you. I'm glad you will have another of my books!<br /><br />Good question.<br /><br />If you desire to benefit the writer and also to maximize profits for the publisher, the publisher is the place to order.<br /><br />But that usually makes no difference profit-wise to the writer--if you buy at retail price anywhere, the profit is the same. If youMarly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-48961018328826122902012-08-15T15:10:26.847-04:002012-08-15T15:10:26.847-04:00Phew, thought this might be as in you bowing out o...Phew, thought this might be as in you bowing out of blogging as you threatened a bit ago. I am excited and happy about the Foliate Head, mine is pre-ordered so I shall look forward to its arrival.<br /><br />Marly, can you tell me, as I remember you talking about the ways of ordering books which most or least profit the writers and other deserving people: if I order a new copy through Amazon butLucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-25804482800515688832012-08-15T14:48:29.447-04:002012-08-15T14:48:29.447-04:00I hear some people have their pre-orders already! ...I hear some people have their pre-orders already! Want mine...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-14540478561108349772012-08-15T13:06:44.792-04:002012-08-15T13:06:44.792-04:00Hurray!Hurray!Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.com