Comments on mitali's fire escape: May The Force Be With Your Book

Gail,I don't mind so much about my other books, bu...

2008-03-24T11:26:16.837-04:00

Gail,

I don't mind so much about my other books, but two novels about a First Daughter wannabe in an election year? Don't you think they'd get that tweens and teens might be interested in the subject?

Hope you're well!

Mitali

Absolutely nothing wrong with admitting your geekd...

2008-03-22T13:30:03.425-04:00

Absolutely nothing wrong with admitting your geekdom, Mitali. One of these days I may update my LibraryThing to include all the Young Jedi Knights books I borrowed from my brothers' shelves back in the day.

As for the chains... I'll be watching as this develops :-)

Yes, they carry lots. But there's supposed to be m...

2008-03-21T19:41:53.971-04:00

Yes, they carry lots. But there's supposed to be more than 7,000 kids' books published every year. Between each year's new books and the backlist, it just isn't going to be possible for even the big stores to carry a large portion of the titles available for purchase. Sure, I'd like to be within that percentage that makes it onto the shelves, but I'm in good company in not being there.

Radhika, thanks for your encouragement; it means t...

2008-03-21T14:39:05.683-04:00

Radhika, thanks for your encouragement; it means the world to me.

Sarah, with Borders on the verge of being swallowed by someone else -- maybe even B and N -- indies might see A New Hope. Yes, I'm a Star Wars geekette.

Gail, the big stores I've visited stock lots of kids and YA books. They seem to have more floor and shelf space than indies. I wish somebody would demystify what happens between publishers and booksellers, like how much clout publishers have vs. the bookstore buyers when it comes to choosing the titles that are displayed face-out, or even purchased at all.

although i normally don't read "YA" books, i read ...

2008-03-20T21:35:01.993-04:00

although i normally don't read "YA" books, i read "monsoon summer" in the eighth grade and i loved it! it was the very first book about a south asian-american female character i had ever read, and i hope you keep writing and doing what you do.

thank you so much! :)

I've become very hardened about the chainstores no...

2008-03-19T18:53:07.214-04:00

I've become very hardened about the chainstores not carrying my books. I think what has helped me is realizing that they actually carry very few children's/YA authors' books.

"Jedi indies" - I love it!

2008-03-19T10:36:34.533-04:00

"Jedi indies" - I love it!