Comments on: Counting down the days… http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/08/counting-down-the-days/ What's hip, what's now, what's tomorrow in the romance genre world. Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:26:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dear Author.Com | Public Service Announcement for Romance Community http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/08/counting-down-the-days/comment-page-1/#comment-17910 Dear Author.Com | Public Service Announcement for Romance Community Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:09:53 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/08/counting-down-the-days/#comment-17910 [...] No matter how high of a rating your book gets from RT, you should not, as an author, go from blog to blog, making a comment about your newest book, your last book, because even if your book did receive 4 stars at RT or 10 stars at iloveyourbooks.com or 18 coffee mugs at readerslovecoffee.com, the seemingly non stop self promotion only serves to turn readers off. Blog comments aren’t a place to advertise your wares. The comments are a place to participate in conversation and if you add smart comments, readers will be interested. If not, you appear like a spammer. And spammers, well, they get deleted. Of course, on this blog, if you are BevBB or Sarah McCarty, the spam filter thinks you are spammers too. I haven’t figured that one out. Sorry guys. [...] [...] No matter how high of a rating your book gets from RT, you should not, as an author, go from blog to blog, making a comment about your newest book, your last book, because even if your book did receive 4 stars at RT or 10 stars at iloveyourbooks.com or 18 coffee mugs at readerslovecoffee.com, the seemingly non stop self promotion only serves to turn readers off. Blog comments aren’t a place to advertise your wares. The comments are a place to participate in conversation and if you add smart comments, readers will be interested. If not, you appear like a spammer. And spammers, well, they get deleted. Of course, on this blog, if you are BevBB or Sarah McCarty, the spam filter thinks you are spammers too. I haven’t figured that one out. Sorry guys. [...]

]]> By: May K http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/08/counting-down-the-days/comment-page-1/#comment-17862 May K Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:38:11 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/08/counting-down-the-days/#comment-17862 Edie, :( But what's important is that you pile up the books! ;) Edie, :( But what’s important is that you pile up the books! ;)

]]> By: Edie http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/08/counting-down-the-days/comment-page-1/#comment-17860 Edie Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:07:55 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/08/counting-down-the-days/#comment-17860 It's out of the way for me to go to a bookstore. The one closest to me doesn't have many romances.:sad: I get to Barnes & Noble about once a month. Otherwise, I go to Target or WalMart or the library. I still manage to pile up the books.:mrgreen: It’s out of the way for me to go to a bookstore. The one closest to me doesn’t have many romances.:sad: I get to Barnes & Noble about once a month. Otherwise, I go to Target or WalMart or the library. I still manage to pile up the books.:mrgreen:

]]> By: May K http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/08/counting-down-the-days/comment-page-1/#comment-17859 May K Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:38:32 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/08/counting-down-the-days/#comment-17859 Kate, oh no, it doesn't happen that way. I plan my errands to make sure I get a trip to the bookstore. I am an ADDICT, not just addict. LOL. (And I really am working on that post with the numbers you sent) Kathy, thank you! I don't drink coffee or anything else in bookstores because then I would only have one hand for books, and one armful? Just isn't enough.:mrgreen: Kate, oh no, it doesn’t happen that way. I plan my errands to make sure I get a trip to the bookstore. I am an ADDICT, not just addict. LOL. (And I really am working on that post with the numbers you sent)

Kathy, thank you! I don’t drink coffee or anything else in bookstores because then I would only have one hand for books, and one armful? Just isn’t enough.:mrgreen:

]]> By: Kathy Holmes http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/08/counting-down-the-days/comment-page-1/#comment-17858 Kathy Holmes Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:31:56 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/08/counting-down-the-days/#comment-17858 What a wonderful post! You've inspired so many wonderfully-long responses. There's nothing quite like being inside a book store. When I'm in a book store I don't even care what the weather is outside - the gloomier the better. And I remember the first time I discovered a book store with coffee - way before Starbucks was so popular - I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. :wink: What a wonderful post! You’ve inspired so many wonderfully-long responses. There’s nothing quite like being inside a book store. When I’m in a book store I don’t even care what the weather is outside – the gloomier the better. And I remember the first time I discovered a book store with coffee – way before Starbucks was so popular – I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. :wink:

]]> By: Kate Donovan http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/08/counting-down-the-days/comment-page-1/#comment-17857 Kate Donovan Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:26:06 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/08/counting-down-the-days/#comment-17857 It's funny how you can be running errands, and getting so much done, then you dash into a bookstore for one discreet item and time sloooooows down.... You find yourself standing in front of the racks, drooling and dreaming. And there are other people like you there too -- they're stealing time from their schedules to get caught in the bookstore's web for a few minutes/hours. No wonder we have to avoid them if we want to get anything done. Great post, May! It’s funny how you can be running errands, and getting so much done, then you dash into a bookstore for one discreet item and time sloooooows down…. You find yourself standing in front of the racks, drooling and dreaming. And there are other people like you there too — they’re stealing time from their schedules to get caught in the bookstore’s web for a few minutes/hours.

No wonder we have to avoid them if we want to get anything done.

Great post, May!

]]> By: Lucinda Betts http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/08/counting-down-the-days/comment-page-1/#comment-17856 Lucinda Betts Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:17:36 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/08/counting-down-the-days/#comment-17856 I'm jealous of all of you! Now that officially become an author, I don't have time to read. I don't have time to browse in bookstores. (Although I usually have time to run, sign all the copies they have of my books, and run out!) On the upside, I must consider my time well spent because RT Book Reviews just gave my Jul/Aug release THE SUPPLICANT 4 stars! SWAK, Lucinda I’m jealous of all of you! Now that officially become an author, I don’t have time to read. I don’t have time to browse in bookstores. (Although I usually have time to run, sign all the copies they have of my books, and run out!)

On the upside, I must consider my time well spent because RT Book Reviews just gave my Jul/Aug release THE SUPPLICANT 4 stars!

SWAK,
Lucinda

]]> By: Friday, I’m Freaking Out « miladyinsanity http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/08/counting-down-the-days/comment-page-1/#comment-17855 Friday, I’m Freaking Out « miladyinsanity Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:02:52 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/08/counting-down-the-days/#comment-17855 [...] By the way, I’m blogging at RTB today. Rather, I blogged several days ago and it only went up today. It was one of those things I did whilst procrastinating my studies. [...] [...] By the way, I’m blogging at RTB today. Rather, I blogged several days ago and it only went up today. It was one of those things I did whilst procrastinating my studies. [...]

]]> By: May K http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/08/counting-down-the-days/comment-page-1/#comment-17854 May K Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:01:05 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/08/counting-down-the-days/#comment-17854 Alessia, I usually go in knowing what I want to buy. It's when what I want isn't there and I don't see anything else I want that I have hem and haw. LOL. Kimber An, I have ARCs. Shannon Stacey's Taming Eliza Jane, Larissa Ione and Stephanie Tyler writing as Sydney Croft's Riding The Storm and Nalini Singh's next book (brain dead and can't remember the title). It's just not the same as walking into the bookstore! Kerry, see, I buy almost exclusively for bookstores where they know me and I know them, so it's different for me. So I don't have that problem. And I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on the issue of ebooks! Kevin, I don't really write very much outside, unless I'm on the train or in a plane etc. I rarely head out with the idea that I'm going out somewhere to sit and write, and when I do, it's the library. I hear you, when I go into the bookstore, I MUST buy something. Otherwise I'll be stuck in there forever. Thank you, Mary Beth! Like I told Kerry above, I still have booksellers who give me book recommends and save books for me they think I'll want if they know I'm coming in. I know just how lucky I am, so I'm really sad that I'll be moving soon. Alessia, I usually go in knowing what I want to buy. It’s when what I want isn’t there and I don’t see anything else I want that I have hem and haw. LOL.

Kimber An, I have ARCs. Shannon Stacey’s Taming Eliza Jane, Larissa Ione and Stephanie Tyler writing as Sydney Croft’s Riding The Storm and Nalini Singh’s next book (brain dead and can’t remember the title). It’s just not the same as walking into the bookstore!

Kerry, see, I buy almost exclusively for bookstores where they know me and I know them, so it’s different for me. So I don’t have that problem. And I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree on the issue of ebooks!

Kevin, I don’t really write very much outside, unless I’m on the train or in a plane etc. I rarely head out with the idea that I’m going out somewhere to sit and write, and when I do, it’s the library. I hear you, when I go into the bookstore, I MUST buy something. Otherwise I’ll be stuck in there forever.

Thank you, Mary Beth! Like I told Kerry above, I still have booksellers who give me book recommends and save books for me they think I’ll want if they know I’m coming in. I know just how lucky I am, so I’m really sad that I’ll be moving soon.

]]> By: mary beth http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/08/counting-down-the-days/comment-page-1/#comment-17853 mary beth Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:46:44 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2007/06/08/counting-down-the-days/#comment-17853 Great post May. I used to love going to the bookstore. But like Kerry, I've started buying most of my books online. I also buy a lot of category at Wal-Mart. The bookstores I used to love frustrate me now. They're over-crowded and I can never find what I'm looking for, even though customer service says there should be copies on the floor. I remember when the clerks at my local bookstore would recommend new authors based on my past reads. They knew me by name and we would talk about the latest favorites. Those days are long gone. :sad: Another reason I like to buy online--discounts. Great post May.
I used to love going to the bookstore. But like Kerry, I’ve started buying most of my books online. I also buy a lot of category at Wal-Mart. The bookstores I used to love frustrate me now. They’re over-crowded and I can never find what I’m looking for, even though customer service says there should be copies on the floor. I remember when the clerks at my local bookstore would recommend new authors based on my past reads. They knew me by name and we would talk about the latest favorites. Those days are long gone. :sad:
Another reason I like to buy online–discounts.

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