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  • Sep. 19th, 2007 at 4:37 AM
older and blonder
Seems there's been some kind of screw-up with Borders. It seems to have to do with the fact that a catalogue confused my book with another book of the same title by the same publisher (although different imprint). The other book -- a vampire YA novel by Amanda Marrone -- even had the same release date for a while. Also seems to do with the fact that my publisher's Borders sales rep left the company and there was some kind of interim which opened a crack into which my book tumbled. At least that's what they're telling me. My editor -- who really has been lovely to deal with ever since I first met her -- assures my agent that they are "on top of it" and so I'm curious to see what "on top of it" looks like. My first book had a high sell-through rate, my second book is with a popular imprint in a popular genre, so for Borders to shun me so completely doesn't make sense to me. Not yet, anyway. I mean, geez, at least give a girl a chance to flame out in the most hideous way possible before you refuse to stock her books...

In the meantime, if you're looking for UNINVITED, please proceed directly to your nearest Barnes & Noble. I know they have it. I am feeling warmth and affection for Barnes & Noble.

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[info]blubeagle wrote:
Sep. 19th, 2007 12:17 pm (UTC)
I mean, geez, at least give a girl a chance to flame out in the most hideous way possible before you refuse to stock her books...
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This made me smile.
[info]amanda_marrone wrote:
Sep. 19th, 2007 01:30 pm (UTC)
Sigh--I knew they should have changed my title--what with this and the ingrams mix-up. Blah!
[info]moschus wrote:
Sep. 19th, 2007 08:41 pm (UTC)
That'll teach me to swipe a title from an Alanis Morrissette song, which is all I thought I was doing! The title really is so right for the book, though, that I can't really regret it -- at least not right yet. You seem to be safe, though; since it was your jacket copy with my book info, as well as (I presume) with your own book info, your books should be on the shelves no problem (and I know they're on order...)

And who knows. Maybe this could even turn out to work for me in some way -- my humble midlist novel might end up getting more focus from sales reps this way if they have to explain what went wrong. Or not. But stuff like this happens, and the only thing I can do right now is concentrate on writing the hell out of Lord of Bones and hope that if I'm productive and focused enough, my backlist will get straightened out over time, since I'm in this for the long long haul (even if I do bomb out and have to come back again as a 'new' novelist with a different name and no previous sales history).

By the way, I was interviewed for Bookslut which should be going up for Oct., and your book & name get mentioned again. So at least you get a tiny bit of unusual & unexpected PR out of this. The silver lining. Or at least a nice shiny pewter. :)
[info]david_de_beer wrote:
Sep. 19th, 2007 08:28 pm (UTC)
jeez, I hope they get it all sorted out. Is probably just a misunderstanding of some kind, don't sweat it:)

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