M. C. A. Hogarth ([info]haikujaguar) wrote,
@ 2008-03-09 12:22:00
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I've sold 24 books in 5 days! Without serious advertising. O_O

I am so going to buy a cup of drinking chocolate when I hit 25. Hee.

Edit: Lol! Thank you, kind person who wanted me to have chocolate. I will go next week. :D


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[info]damewindhunde
2008-03-09 04:34 pm UTC (link)
Congratulations! That's awesome!

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Congratulations
[info]ysabetwordsmith
2008-03-09 04:51 pm UTC (link)
This is an exciting sign that cyberfunded creativity works! You should include a mention of it in your post to the community, when you get the full-on promo message finished.

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[info]haikujaguar
2008-03-09 08:21 pm UTC (link)
It occurs to me that that's 24 copies of a book sold that... can be read for free online.

That is pretty amazing.

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[info]ysabetwordsmith
2008-03-09 08:38 pm UTC (link)
Yes. It's vital evidence that people really like to have something they can hold in their hands, especially for favorite items. That's an excellent sign for cyberfunded creativity, which relies strongly on personal connections and people subsidizing favorite material.

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[info]janni
2008-03-10 12:56 am UTC (link)
For me, a large part of it is that I know in this case, the book itself is going to be a lovely work of art.

I think having free copies out there can help sales in general, too, but that this may be a book particularly suited to this sales model, because of the art side of it. Online art is less similar in quality to print art, while the words are in many ways the same in both formats--but art makes me more prone to see a book as an object I want to hold.

I would have bought the book anyway, But I might have ... put it off longer? ... if it were just about the words?

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[info]archangelbeth
2008-03-09 05:42 pm UTC (link)
Oh, cool, they're putting you together with Nurk! (At least today.) That's probably my fault. "Customers who bought Aphorisms also bought Nurk."

I'm going to do a review when I have the book in my hands, so I can enthuse over the layout as well. O:>


Edit: Oh, hey, the next Bujold is ready for pre-order... How can I get this to give me free shipping? *grin* (Go get your drinking chocolate.)

Edited at 2008-03-09 05:48 pm UTC

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[info]haikujaguar
2008-03-09 08:22 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, I find it kind of funny, that pairing, as Ursula Vernon and I are pretty diametrically opposed, from an artistic standpoint. :)

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[info]archangelbeth
2008-03-10 03:42 pm UTC (link)
Hmmmmm.

No, you're not, actually -- your styles are different, yes. You're the tall and elegant and fwoosh, and she tends to the short, roly-poly, and amusing. But the sense of color that you both bring to your art, and the details and care in them? I think those are actually similar, though the, er, details of the details is different. O:>

Also, you both do sketches that are just plain Fun sometimes, which is a "feel" that is shared.

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[info]endlessland
2008-03-09 05:47 pm UTC (link)
Glee, fantastic! And like Ysabet said, this is certainly exciting news for the cyberfunded creativity market. Congrats! :)

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[info]jeriendhal
2008-03-09 05:48 pm UTC (link)
Hurrah! Now I feel like I should have bought two so you could have your chocolate now.

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[info]haikujaguar
2008-03-09 08:22 pm UTC (link)
Heehee!

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[info]typographer
2008-03-09 06:24 pm UTC (link)
Congratulations!

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[info]netdancer
2008-03-09 07:32 pm UTC (link)
Gratz! :)

I'll be ordering a copy Friday myself. Imma push you for all it's worth on my friends. :)

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[info]haikujaguar
2008-03-09 08:22 pm UTC (link)
Yay, thank you! :D

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[info]janni
2008-03-09 10:00 pm UTC (link)
25. :-)

Or more, no doubt, by now.

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[info]haikujaguar
2008-03-09 10:04 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! Heehee!

I will photograph the chocolate for you. |)

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[info]desertcoyote
2008-03-10 12:47 am UTC (link)
Congrats on the book!!! :D

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[info]floorlamps
2008-03-10 01:36 am UTC (link)
Wooo! Congratulations! I've had to postpone ordering till I've got the money to spare, but soon! I hope!

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[info]artfulruin
2008-03-10 02:15 am UTC (link)
This is lovely.

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[info]solcita
2008-03-10 02:31 am UTC (link)
Just ordered my copy, too. YAY!

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[info]thedigitalkuri
2008-03-10 03:15 am UTC (link)
Got Ya! Hopefully I make it 26 for the evening. I'm salivating in anticipation over having a copy in my hands. I'll also be making an unlocked journal post about print, as well. I have accolades to lay upon my copy of 'ghost'. Printer is MIGHTY.

<3 Congratulations.

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[info]haikujaguar
2008-03-10 03:19 am UTC (link)
I am up to 27! *dance*

And is not the print gorgeous? My entire family grouped around it and stared at it in silence.

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[info]thedigitalkuri
2008-03-10 05:18 am UTC (link)
For a moment I seriously thought that you had sent me a watercolor. I was blown. XD

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[info]forgotten_moon
2008-03-10 06:48 am UTC (link)

wOOOooo! you go girl!

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[info]synnabar
2008-03-10 02:24 pm UTC (link)
Bought mine Saturday afternoon - not sure what number I was *laughs* but I look forward to it!

I know I can read it online for free, but I like to show my support (when a donation isn't possible - why I pay for songs via iTunes etc. rather than download them for free somewhere), AND I like to have the book in my hands. I love books - the printed words, the creamy pages, all of it from cover to cover. Also, I prefer to read something I can carry with me, and feel like things "sink in" more when I'm reading from pages, as opposed to reading on a screen. And it's wild to actually KNOW the person who wrote it; 20 years ago that would have been unheard-of for me. Plus, the art----! :D :D :D

Congratulations!

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