tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post9123383547452287827..comments2023-10-31T10:59:03.023-04:00Comments on INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life: The Original Book TourLinda O. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-87256265880683744682009-07-01T08:45:47.533-04:002009-07-01T08:45:47.533-04:00Good point, Lisa and Gin (and thanks for the welco...Good point, Lisa and Gin (and thanks for the welcome back, Gin!). There's a lot of competition. We'd need to have holograms of ourselves, or read while battling it out with light sabers. I'm in. Anyone else?Jessica Loureyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11157662092822156124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-56093693821752896962009-06-30T15:16:44.030-04:002009-06-30T15:16:44.030-04:00Welcome back from your travels, Jess!
I have to a...Welcome back from your travels, Jess!<br /><br />I have to agree with Lisa. Author readings are a difficult sell in this day and age...too many other diversions are available, many of them free. I wonder how many people would show up even to see a modern-day Dickens?G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-5596555447331607172009-06-30T12:57:13.853-04:002009-06-30T12:57:13.853-04:00It seems like authors were once a phenomenon, and ...It seems like authors were once a phenomenon, and reading aloud to groups was an accepted way to pass the time hundreds of years ago. Now we have to compete with television and movies and much more written material, both online and hardcopy.Lisa Borkhttp://www.lisabork.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-32927116743734774262009-06-30T12:40:39.084-04:002009-06-30T12:40:39.084-04:00Any idea how much he charged, and how many people ...Any idea how much he charged, and how many people showed? And did they ask him where they could find the latest Stephanie Meyers' book?Jessica Loureyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11157662092822156124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-12410869736695475872009-06-30T12:00:18.782-04:002009-06-30T12:00:18.782-04:00Dickens charged for his American appearances. If ...Dickens charged for his American appearances. If memory serves, his English works were not protected by American copyright so it was about the only way he could make money in this market.Keith Raffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926077627965529183noreply@blogger.com