Milk, Bread, & Books!

It's a rare day here at the shop when I don't hear something like this from a fellow bookworm, "I was down to only two books and knew I had to get to the bookstore." Or, "I about freaked out when I realized I was on my last book." Now these are signs of a real Bookworm. This is like music to my ears. To know I am not alone when I pull in my driveway and with a tiny bit of panic think to myself, " I stopped for milk, but do I have a book on my nightstand?"

Karol

Enough Already!

Leave the old books where they belong. Goodwill!

So why do authors go back and re-publish their beginning works after they have become popular? Didn't they make enough on the bestseller to live on that for awhile? Come on! If the beginning work was crummy then, it's crummy now.

My #1 example is Janet Evanovich. So we all love her Stephanie Plum series. We can even get a good laugh out of the "Full" series, but get real. Let those old ones stay on the shelves in the dusty bookstores. You know which ones I mean, Ms. Evanovich. You know, the ones you cranked out for Loveswepts. I realize they only sold for $1.95, but aren't you doing well now?

Readers...check the copyright and publish date.

Karol

Book Exerpts as Foreplay

A woman skimming books at the counter the other day explained she was in search of books with sexy lines that would satisfy the eager question she said her husband was sure to ask that night when he crawled into bed -- "Did you go to the bookstore today; did you get some new books?" Hmmm. Maybe she has something there. At least the woman next in line thought it sounded like a good idea. She too decided buying romance novels was a good idea.

Karol