I worked in retail books for eleven years before I started my current municipal gig, and I have a lot of respect for booksellers as readers and advocates, so I was very moved by this, to say the least.Īs soon as I saw that galley, I was pretty sure that the ball was rolling.
You really had to hunt to find the book’s title. Consequently, Melville House was able to cover the galley with a ton of great bookseller testimonials. Unbeknownst to me, they had already circulated the manuscript to a bunch of indie booksellers around the country in the hope of getting early endorsements, and a lot of those booksellers ended up being very enthusiastic about it. I’m thinking specifically of the experience of meeting my Melville House editor Mark Krotov (now the publisher at n+1) for the first time last October, and of him handing me a copy of the bound galley that Melville House used to promote the book.
Thank you! It’s fair to say that parts of its reception have come as a surprise to me. Has its reception come as a surprise to you at all? First, congratulations on the success of The Mirror Thief.
0 kommentar(er)
