STATUS: Closed a deal. Now I want to end every Friday like this!
What song is playing on the iPod right now? I CAN’T GO FOR THAT (NO CAN DO) by Hall & Oats
And I have to confess, I’m not feeling all that inspired to rant today (but very inspired by this recent deal).
It’s my first sale for an author I met (and who pitched me) at a conference—the Pikes Peak conference to be exact.
And speaking of sales, Anna Louise has got her second treatise up on P&Ls and how books make (or don’t) money: part the second: the hardcover to mass market profitable/neutral book.
Now that’s worth some Friday afternoon perusing. I’ll be back in ranting form on Monday.
Out.
Wow, several things about that article struck me. The first is that Amazon sales only make up 5% of the market. I would have thought that number would be edging up closer to 15%. I do hope you’ll link the next two parts of the article when they come up. Very fascinating. Thanks!!
Congratulations to you and your author on the sale, Kristin!!
Congratulations! Is the book Chick Lit? Or is Chick Lit dead, as several New York Agencies are saying?
BTW is there a category for the “Desperate Housewives” type of story: Humorous women’s novels with married protagonists?
…or is everything dead serious blood and gore in books these days?
Crikey, I hope it’s all blood and gore–there’s a lot of it in my project! Not all, mind you, but hey, it’s what I love.
Perhaps Amazon only makes up 5% because most people don’t browse on Amazon–they go there going for a specific book that they’ve heard of through word-of-mouth or advertising. In a book store, however, it’s much more likely someone will be walking along the shelves and think (tying in!) “Hey, that’s a pretty nice cover. Looks like my kind of book. I think I’ll buy it.”
Congratulations to both of you! 🙂
I’m one of the rejected but I’ve been meaning to say thank you for your fast reply for some time now. I really do hate the waiting. 😉
Also, thank you for all the useful information you post here.
Wishing you many more days like this one!
Congrats on the sale. Have you ever advised a client to walk away from an offered deal? What are “deal breakers” for you?
Congratulations to you and your author. What a great thing to happen.
I wanted to know – how many clients on your list came from conferences? I have heard that not many agents collect clients from conferences – is this true in a generalized statement?
Yes, Kim!!! I just saw the PubMarketplace annoucement!! When Kristin wrote Pike’s Peak I was hoping it was you. *grin*
Major congrats!!! woo-hoo!! I am so happy for you!!!
BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITCH!!!!
I’ve just typed out 10 times.
“I will not feed the trolls.”
“I WILL not feed the trolls.”
“I will NOT feed the trolls.”
“I will not feed the TROLLS.”
“I WILL NOT FEED THE TROLLS.”
etc.