When everybody hates your book - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T11:01:47Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/when-everybody-hates-your-book?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A212599&feed=yes&xn_auth=noDisclaimer: I don't like Fall…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-09-10:537324:Comment:2131932009-09-10T03:08:15.174ZBenjamin Sobieckhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BenjaminSobieck
<i>Disclaimer: I don't like Fall Out Boy, but I have heard its music, possibly while unable to change the channel from MTV while ironing a shirt or something. JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR.</i><br />
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Fall Out Boy has a song called "I Don't Care." One of the lyrics in the chorus goes like this:<br />
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"I don't care what you think<br />
"As long as it's about me"<br />
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That notion is true whether you're an author, in a band or in a career that attracts critics. Bad press is still press, which means your name is in front of an…
<i>Disclaimer: I don't like Fall Out Boy, but I have heard its music, possibly while unable to change the channel from MTV while ironing a shirt or something. JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR.</i><br />
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Fall Out Boy has a song called "I Don't Care." One of the lyrics in the chorus goes like this:<br />
<br />
"I don't care what you think<br />
"As long as it's about me"<br />
<br />
That notion is true whether you're an author, in a band or in a career that attracts critics. Bad press is still press, which means your name is in front of an audience. I don't know that it works th…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-09-09:537324:Comment:2131422009-09-09T13:12:41.066ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
I don't know that it works that way for me, but then I'm not at all typical.
I don't know that it works that way for me, but then I'm not at all typical. Brilliant, youve got everyone…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-09-09:537324:Comment:2131242009-09-09T09:34:34.702ZSiobhan C Cunninghamhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/SiobhanCunningham
Brilliant, youve got everyones attention - peoples morbid curiosity will buy it.... and thats part of what its all about, getting the books off the shelves! Go boy.
Brilliant, youve got everyones attention - peoples morbid curiosity will buy it.... and thats part of what its all about, getting the books off the shelves! Go boy. I love it (the trailer). An a…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-09-05:537324:Comment:2127092009-09-05T22:46:05.464ZLarry W. Chavishttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/lchav52
I love it (the trailer). An author that can laugh at his bad reviews must have something going for him. I believe I'll have to try Mr. Meltzer.
I love it (the trailer). An author that can laugh at his bad reviews must have something going for him. I believe I'll have to try Mr. Meltzer. The movie reviewer in our reg…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-09-04:537324:Comment:2126422009-09-04T23:03:21.867ZJack Getzehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JGetze
The movie reviewer in our regional paper was uncannily reverse of my taste. My wife, too. Anything this reviewer hated, we made a point of seeing.
The movie reviewer in our regional paper was uncannily reverse of my taste. My wife, too. Anything this reviewer hated, we made a point of seeing. Hilarious, Karen. Thanks for…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-09-04:537324:Comment:2126202009-09-04T21:28:43.588ZGrant McKenziehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/McKenzie
Hilarious, Karen. Thanks for sharing. And good for Brad. Great trailer for The Book of LIES.
Hilarious, Karen. Thanks for sharing. And good for Brad. Great trailer for The Book of LIES. Yes, true enough. Bad reviews…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-09-04:537324:Comment:2126192009-09-04T21:24:00.790ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Yes, true enough. Bad reviews sell books, too. Maybe better than good reviews. Ultimately, it's just a matter of getting your name and book's title mentioned. At some point later, someone's going to be in a bookstore, see the book and think, "Yes, I read about that someplace. Must be good." And buy the book.I don't expect they'll put the blurbs on the back cover.<br />
And of course, the devastatingly bad reviews may be the reviewer's revenge for having been forced by his editor to read the thing in…
Yes, true enough. Bad reviews sell books, too. Maybe better than good reviews. Ultimately, it's just a matter of getting your name and book's title mentioned. At some point later, someone's going to be in a bookstore, see the book and think, "Yes, I read about that someplace. Must be good." And buy the book.I don't expect they'll put the blurbs on the back cover.<br />
And of course, the devastatingly bad reviews may be the reviewer's revenge for having been forced by his editor to read the thing in the first place. I don't care what you say abo…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-09-04:537324:Comment:2126172009-09-04T19:33:27.308ZJack Getzehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JGetze
I don't care what you say about me, just spell my name right.
I don't care what you say about me, just spell my name right. I think a snarky review of a…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-09-04:537324:Comment:2126062009-09-04T17:57:30.192ZKaren Dionnehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/KarenDionne
I think a snarky review of a bestselling author's book has the potential to sell more papers than a nice review of an unknown's, is all it is. Not saying I don't wish it were otherwise (speaking as an unknown author at the beginning of their career); just that I think the purpose of book reviews aren't to promote authors and help sell their books, they're to help sell the magazines and newspapers in which the book reviews appear.
I think a snarky review of a bestselling author's book has the potential to sell more papers than a nice review of an unknown's, is all it is. Not saying I don't wish it were otherwise (speaking as an unknown author at the beginning of their career); just that I think the purpose of book reviews aren't to promote authors and help sell their books, they're to help sell the magazines and newspapers in which the book reviews appear. You raise an interesting poin…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-09-04:537324:Comment:2126052009-09-04T17:37:31.092ZDana Kinghttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DanaKing
You raise an interesting point, Ingrid. Reviews are, allegedly, for the edification of the reader, yet most outlets tend to print the reviews that are most likely to be read, which means authors who are already well known. Meltzer's fans are going to read this book, no matter what the Times , PW, or Kirkus say about it. He'll have to disappoint them several times before they give up on him. (If this book is even a disappointment to them.) You'd think some of the media outlets might like to get…
You raise an interesting point, Ingrid. Reviews are, allegedly, for the edification of the reader, yet most outlets tend to print the reviews that are most likely to be read, which means authors who are already well known. Meltzer's fans are going to read this book, no matter what the Times , PW, or Kirkus say about it. He'll have to disappoint them several times before they give up on him. (If this book is even a disappointment to them.) You'd think some of the media outlets might like to get out ahead of the curve (IJ Parker) and review a book (Convict's Sword) that might get some notice for a up and coming author (IJ Parker) that the outlet can then claim to have "discovered' (IJ Parker)<br />
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I don't think anyone in the business thinks of it that way, though.