tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post8460058265528699607..comments2023-08-14T10:44:59.007-04:00Comments on Novel Spaces: Book Sales: The Trump EffectKeVin K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14792797517571690942noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-63678953095925115472017-08-11T15:35:28.505-04:002017-08-11T15:35:28.505-04:00@SJFrancis: You're welcome! Congratulations re...@SJFrancis: You're welcome! Congratulations re the increase in reviews. That is awesome. I've given up on stressing about reviews, especially on Amazon. iBooks, where I get 90% of my sales, seems to have a star rating system that's separate from the review system and it's working very well for me. Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-17445732557422979162017-08-11T14:09:45.722-04:002017-08-11T14:09:45.722-04:00Thanks so much for sharing this interesting post. ...Thanks so much for sharing this interesting post. President Trump hasn't affected my reading habits or my sales. Though, I have noticed an increase in book reviews for my book to amazon this year. Are the two related? Haven't a clue.<br />Cheers!<br />S.J. FrancisSJ Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16454191848998570977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-79285495833392099592017-08-06T10:42:18.072-04:002017-08-06T10:42:18.072-04:00@GB Miller: Wow, I hear you re the politics.
Yes...@GB Miller: Wow, I hear you re the politics. <br /><br />Yes, generally you need a bit of a backlist before you start seeing significant sales. Just keep going. I haven't published anything new since 2016 but I did publish my existing catalog to a new market, Google Play, this year. Time for me to buckle down again. Life goes on, whatever the politics.Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-23168173751679335002017-08-06T08:13:36.880-04:002017-08-06T08:13:36.880-04:00As a rule, I do not read anything political, eithe...As a rule, I do not read anything political, either non-fiction or fiction. I probably know more than most of the commenters here about the national political scene* (starting in the late 18th century right thru the current debacle), so reading anything remotely political, either current or historical is verboten in my household.<br /><br />My current book sales are non-existent since I don't have that much of a catalog to begin with and realistically, it may be not until 2018 before I can get anything published (last book published was in 2016).<br /><br /><i>*no insult was intended or should be inferred by that particular sentence. I spent 1996-2003 working at the CT State Library helping microfilm old CT newspapers, thus I know all I ever wanted to know about the national political scene.</i>G.B. Millerhttps://gbmjrflashyofct.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-50162511544962276632017-08-05T11:25:38.467-04:002017-08-05T11:25:38.467-04:00Liane, I agree. I try to stay as far away from pol...Liane, I agree. I try to stay as far away from politics as I can on social media, but many of my friends say that can't keep away from it and are very affected. authorlindathornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02605805996356003012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-52493037545789180222017-08-03T00:15:00.314-04:002017-08-03T00:15:00.314-04:00@Linda: The overall effects of the politics on pub...@Linda: The overall effects of the politics on publishing are mostly conjecture right now, but one thing we can all agree on is that these are strange days. Some of us are personally affected, some very much so. I know writers who are so distressed/distracted they have not been able to write at all since the election.Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-59213658755022959302017-08-03T00:09:45.627-04:002017-08-03T00:09:45.627-04:00@Rushell: Yes! That's what's been happenin...@Rushell: Yes! That's what's been happening to me. I think you hit the nail on the head with "I've been attempting to find a safe balance between staying informed and not knowing too much." It's a real battle for me.Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-60580101688476089902017-08-03T00:07:21.998-04:002017-08-03T00:07:21.998-04:00@Neil Waring: You might very well be right. @Neil Waring: You might very well be right. Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-35375604788313653622017-08-03T00:04:33.708-04:002017-08-03T00:04:33.708-04:00Charles, good for you. I'm reading all right--...Charles, good for you. I'm reading all right--just not much fiction right now.Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-46425078693897580092017-08-02T19:54:25.628-04:002017-08-02T19:54:25.628-04:00I'm back to mentioning I only have the one boo...I'm back to mentioning I only have the one book until I get the second out, and I haven't noticed any improvement in sales since Trump. Maybe I need the second to get the improvement. Not sure. I read about the same amount of books as I did prior to the "Trump effect." Things are definitely different in the political arena, which blows me away when I see the stock market so high and unemployment so low. I don't think there's a connection, but still . . . authorlindathornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02605805996356003012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-61351854130027208172017-08-02T14:01:34.209-04:002017-08-02T14:01:34.209-04:00This is wild. I usually read one book a week, for ...This is wild. I usually read one book a week, for much of the last ten years. I love reading. I read both fiction and non-fiction. Books that I did not finish reading, I'd put them to the side and continue with others. In a few months or a few weeks, I'll pick them back up, start at the beginning and read through the end. <br />I call myself a reader, everyone around me knows that. I receive books as gifts 90% of the time. However, since December 2016, I have not been able to read a book to completion. I am startled and confused. Life is different!<br />I have tried to get through many different genres of books and was unsuccessful. I've even tried to read books that are collections of unrelated short stories- all to no avail. <br />As such, I haven't purchased a book since January. <br />I've been attempting to find a safe balance between staying informed and not knowing too much. Yet still, I find myself reading less blogs even and more current events articles. Rushellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15838441070072565115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-88106268294263678192017-08-02T11:32:22.676-04:002017-08-02T11:32:22.676-04:00My reading remains the same and book sales are on ...My reading remains the same and book sales are on a bit of an uptick, not much. I really do not believe politics changes much in the world of books.Neil A. Waringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01806771906152936599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-6471929777848165912017-08-02T10:21:42.548-04:002017-08-02T10:21:42.548-04:00It hasn't affected my reading at all. that pat...It hasn't affected my reading at all. that pattern is so firmly established it would likely take an apocalypse to disturb it. My personal book sales have remained low.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com