----- Original Message ----- From: "Rene Ribic" <
rribic@optusnet.com.au> To: <
rara-avis@icomm.ca> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 9:13
AM Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: New Crider book & Norbert
Davis back in print
>
>
> > Rene, I've worried a lot about that cover. My
theory is
> > that mystery readers won't touch that book, and
I've
> > actually read a review in which the reviewer
said she'd
> > never let anyone see her with a copy of it. I'm
just hoping
> > that all the romance readers will buy it. That
would boost
> > my sales a ton. (The book is about a murder at
at romance
> > writers' workshop, so don't worry. It may not
be hardboiled,
> > but it's not a cozy, either.)
> >
> > Bill Crider
> > --
>
> One thing's for sure - the cover jumps out at you in
the context it was
> displayed in (new crime/mystery releases). From that
point of view it
> most definitely fulfils its function.
> I hope it goes well for you. At any rate, Abbey's
Bookshop in Sydney
> have got at least half a dozen copies on the
shelves. They must be
> expecting to sell a few.
>
> Rene
As I've already told Bill, this is the book that sold out in
the Wal-Mart in Weatherford, Texas. Actually, the Wal-Marts
in this area carry very few mysteries anymore except of the
James Patterson type, so just getting on their shelves is
quite an accomplishment.
James (not Patterson)
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