Gah?

[harpergrey.livejournal.com]

Blog flog: April 23, 2005
http://www.eridine.com/blog/2005_04_01_archive.html

It's official, A STROKE OF MIDNIGHT is number six on the New York Times list, and on the USA Today list! Very yea!

Huh? How? Why? How?

Who keeps on buying this crap? Honestly, people! *grumbles under breath* If she keeps selling well, she'll just assume that this is what people want to read and she'll never stop. Really, it's enough to make any serious writer want to bash his/her head against the wall for an hour or so.

As far as LKH is concerned, the library is most definitely my friend.

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[freyalorelei.livejournal.com]

*timidly raises hand* Are you still supporting her career if you're waiting to buy them in paperback?

Because there's no way I'd pay for a brand-new hardcover, but a brand-new paperback is still fair game to me.

.......I'm so weak.

[junipersgame.livejournal.com]

Not as weak as me. *hangs head in shame* I bought a copy of SoM with my sister, because we liked the MG series, and had hope for it. I was... not so impressed. Not quite as disgusted as I was with ID, but definitely not impressed. *le sigh*

[harpergrey.livejournal.com]

Ah, paperbacks don't count. Just the hardcovers -- 'cause seriously, who has the money to fork out for that level of crap? ;)

[pith]

As far as LKH is concerned, the library is most definitely my friend.

Except, you know... the stains. *shudder*

I don't understand why people keep forking out hardcover-money for her mud anymore. Maybe if it was bought for a group of people who were going to edit it to the core and send it back, I could fathom it.

And to think of all the good authors out there who write fantastic books, and don't get nearly that level of recognition. 'Tis sad.

[nanale.livejournal.com]

We'll see how long she'll stay number six. Me thinks, that all the hard core fans buy this book now and after a few weeks, she'll go down, because she has lost parts of the fan basis. Whether I'll buy future LKH books? If a friend of me doesn't buy them, than I have to buy them (IF, only if we want to know what will happen). I don't think any library has them here and I only know one person, who read her books.

[dwg.livejournal.com]

I have to wait long enough for the book to reach Aussie shores, I don't have it in me to wait the extra two years for it to get to my library. It's easier for me to just buy the damned book at the store, read it and abuse it as I see fit. Plus, it's always there for references, snarking and a weapon of opportunity.

I'm going to try really hard to wait for the paperback. Even though the first three books of the series I have are in hardcover. *facepalm*

I am weak. But in all fairness, I'm also snarky.

[nanale.livejournal.com]

With other words, we'll get a great review?

[dwg.livejournal.com]

Fingers crossed, yes.

There was a massive gap on "TEH LKH SHELF!" in the book store today, I'm starting to theorise maybe they've got a few copies of Stroke of Midnight (Dammit, I keep wanting to call the book Stork of Midnight) floating around. They got their stock of Incubus Dreams about two or three weeks after the US release.

I keep rushing out to check during my lunch breaks.

[saadiira.livejournal.com]

Part of this is also because lesser known, but better writers and works are not getting the exposure, hype, and placement that her books do in the various large chains, when they get published at all. There are a very FEW long series writers frankly out at the moment, and she is one, whose works USED to actually be good.

That also will explain alot, no?

-Dira-

[nanale.livejournal.com]

Don't forget, that it's harder for an unknown or new writer to get good PR. LKH can get as many signing tours as she wants, but for someone unknown? They must be lucky, if there's one or two copies of their books in the shelves and not in a pretty hidden place like at the top or the bottom of said shelf.