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Don't mistake yourself for the average consumer Larry Send a noteboard - 24/09/2010 04:03:57 AM
interest while waiting and those waits were much shorter. Also the last book was sorely dissappointing. I don't think I will be in a big rush to go out and buy it. I might be proven wrong if the reviews here are crazy wild about it. But other wise I may wait for a long time to buy it. He will lose the difference between the price of a hardback and a paperback.


It seems that once something gets a bit of visibility, delays often don't matter that much in sales and if there is any difference, it's usually an increase. After all, there have been tens of thousands of fans at the very least that have discovered this series in the past couple of years. They tend to more than make up for any "protest" no-buys. I suspect the print run for the upcoming book will top the quarter-million (or was it a half-million) that the last book had in 2005. After all, after a five year wait then, AFfC was the first #1 NYT Bestseller in the ASOIAF series.

Believe it or not, online communities tend to be outliers when it comes to predicting bookselling trends. It's been a sobering lesson over the past 9 years for me.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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Because George R.R. Martin does everything but write these days... Tom - 22/09/2010 04:15:04 AM 1996 Views
I don't hate him. But, like you, I'm fed up with him. LiterateDog - 22/09/2010 04:47:31 AM 1029 Views
I'm pretty much in the same camp as you and Tom. everynametaken - 22/09/2010 06:17:53 AM 1135 Views
I'm beginning to agree. Ghavrel - 22/09/2010 09:55:07 AM 1036 Views
I do like Neil Gaiman's writing, though. *NM* Ghavrel - 22/09/2010 10:01:24 AM 437 Views
I can forgive you. *NM* Tom - 22/09/2010 02:08:46 PM 472 Views
Not only is he a writer, but he has really only one successful series. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:40:30 AM 942 Views
Far more people watched B&B than have read ASoIaF. Werthead - 23/09/2010 07:01:22 PM 1126 Views
good point *NM* aragornital - 22/09/2010 08:07:16 AM 541 Views
Wait a minute... Larry - 22/09/2010 11:33:37 PM 1072 Views
I said I'm "growing" to hate him. I'm not ready to pay for his death yet. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:37:53 AM 962 Views
bahahahahahahahahaha temeraire - 22/09/2010 06:10:26 AM 1049 Views
I was in an odd mood last night Tom - 23/09/2010 03:36:46 AM 901 Views
Hahaha Darth_Katie - 22/09/2010 01:24:17 PM 1032 Views
I'm not sure I'd be dictating chapters from my deathbed Tom - 23/09/2010 03:35:43 AM 924 Views
I was thinking the same things a couple days ago Fox and Ravens - 22/09/2010 02:22:49 PM 1163 Views
I'm not sure Brandon Sanderson could finish the series, either. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:33:52 AM 947 Views
Sadly, I would be satisfied with this. StormCrow - 23/09/2010 03:01:04 PM 1045 Views
If I was an author I wouldn't defend him. Tigr - 22/09/2010 03:35:17 PM 1030 Views
I agree but emphatically endorse use of the subjunctive "were". Tom - 23/09/2010 03:31:25 AM 901 Views
If I were to be grammatically correct, the world would stop spinning. *NM* Tigr - 23/09/2010 02:27:00 PM 473 Views
Martin is not the only one... ajah - 02/10/2010 08:16:51 AM 1021 Views
If he had only ever written stand-alone books... Gher - 22/09/2010 03:42:48 PM 1006 Views
There is more than an expectation. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:30:32 AM 1007 Views
I stopped caring so long ago I don't even remember much of what it's about. *NM* Macharius - 22/09/2010 04:21:52 PM 439 Views
Wolves and incest and a big wall of ice with barrow-wights on the other side. *NM* Tom - 23/09/2010 03:36:19 AM 436 Views
You know whenever the new book is ever released, it'll sell even more copies due to the wait, right? Larry - 22/09/2010 11:06:37 PM 1057 Views
Bisson was already working on it when Miller died, IIRC Werthead - 22/09/2010 11:17:50 PM 1030 Views
Close enough Larry - 22/09/2010 11:26:51 PM 1072 Views
There's a huge difference between Song of Ice and Fire and Miller's Leibowitz. Tom - 23/09/2010 03:28:31 AM 950 Views
I know - I was just thinking about wait times for stories Larry - 23/09/2010 03:40:09 AM 888 Views
Not neccessarily. There are plenty of series that I started but didn't finish because I lost Tashmere - 24/09/2010 12:58:10 AM 877 Views
Don't mistake yourself for the average consumer Larry - 24/09/2010 04:03:57 AM 1131 Views
Re: Don't mistake yourself for the average consumer Werthead - 24/09/2010 08:55:29 AM 1046 Views
which is why I always rant - why review a book on your blog, but not Amazon? Aeryn - 25/09/2010 03:36:45 PM 980 Views
That's why I always do. Werthead - 25/09/2010 04:51:49 PM 891 Views
Re: Mostly, because I don't buy from Amazon. *NM* Danae al'Thor - 26/09/2010 12:09:03 AM 462 Views
I don't plan to read it. nossy - 26/09/2010 03:28:02 PM 1146 Views
As I said in a previous response... Larry - 26/09/2010 11:15:13 PM 927 Views
I only recently started reading the books fistofpainx - 23/09/2010 04:17:14 AM 966 Views
Re: I only recently started reading the books Fox and Ravens - 23/09/2010 03:36:17 PM 934 Views
Where's your evidence that Neil Gaiman thinks he's God? Tim - 23/09/2010 01:31:03 PM 996 Views
Re: Nothing wrong with him if does have a high opinion of himself. *NM* Danae al'Thor - 26/09/2010 12:11:06 AM 403 Views
I'm always amused by these threads. Variant - 24/09/2010 08:22:54 AM 977 Views
Re: I'm always amused by these threads. Fox and Ravens - 24/09/2010 02:42:27 PM 1059 Views
Truly, there's really no reason that you can't be both angry at him and planning to buy the book. Kotagg - 25/09/2010 12:46:03 AM 948 Views
I never said it was hypocritical, just saying it's amusing. *NM* Variant - 25/09/2010 11:06:42 AM 438 Views
So y'all just bitching? Variant - 25/09/2010 10:31:23 AM 981 Views
Re: I'm always amused by these threads. Werthead - 25/09/2010 05:04:56 PM 903 Views
Re: This is funny beyond the telling. Danae al'Thor - 26/09/2010 12:07:40 AM 941 Views
Re: Because George R.R. Martin does everything but write these days... Mossman - 02/10/2010 02:57:29 AM 880 Views
Here's the thing... ajah - 02/10/2010 08:23:14 AM 1307 Views
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