Comments on: Should Novelists Sell Advertisements? http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/infoquake/novel-advertising/ Science Fiction Novelist, Blogger, Web Programmer Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:03:01 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Louis Edelman http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/infoquake/novel-advertising/comment-page-1/#comment-3635 David Louis Edelman Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:58:40 +0000 http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/?p=120#comment-3635 Ken: Now that you mention this, I'm having very vague recollections of seeing something similar in some of <em>my</em> parents' trashy mass market paperbacks from thirty years ago. Next time I'm at a used book store, I'll have to start perusing the old thrillers and see what I see. (And <a href="http://www.infoquake.net/" rel="nofollow">endless</a> <a href="http://www.multireal.net/" rel="nofollow">promotions</a> for my <a href="http://www.geosynchron.net/" rel="nofollow">books</a>? Wherever did you get that idea? ;-) ) Ken: Now that you mention this, I’m having very vague recollections of seeing something similar in some of my parents’ trashy mass market paperbacks from thirty years ago. Next time I’m at a used book store, I’ll have to start perusing the old thrillers and see what I see.

(And endless promotions for my books? Wherever did you get that idea? ;-) )

]]> By: Ken http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/infoquake/novel-advertising/comment-page-1/#comment-3633 Ken Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:51:31 +0000 http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/?p=120#comment-3633 I remember reading one of my dad's battered, dog eared paperbacks when I was about twelve or thirteen. We're talking 30 years ago now, unfortunately. Anyway, it was a seedy American crime thriller (and exactly what I wanted to read at that age) and, smack bang in the middle, it had adverts! A couple of pages of glossy, full colour adverts, mainly for cigarettes I think. I've never come across it since, so maybe it didn't turn out to be that profitable. Great blog, by the way, even if it is filled with endless promotions for your books. ;) (Just read your post on Cory Doctorow and self promotion.) Cheers, Ken I remember reading one of my dad’s battered, dog eared paperbacks when I was about twelve or thirteen. We’re talking 30 years ago now, unfortunately. Anyway, it was a seedy American crime thriller (and exactly what I wanted to read at that age) and, smack bang in the middle, it had adverts! A couple of pages of glossy, full colour adverts, mainly for cigarettes I think.
I’ve never come across it since, so maybe it didn’t turn out to be that profitable.
Great blog, by the way, even if it is filled with endless promotions for your books.
;) (Just read your post on Cory Doctorow and self promotion.)
Cheers,
Ken

]]> By: Matt http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/infoquake/novel-advertising/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Matt Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:49:48 +0000 http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/?p=120#comment-110 wait wait wait...they have sour mentos now? man i've had my head in the books for too long. wait wait wait…they have sour mentos now? man i’ve had my head in the books for too long.

]]> By: kevin from become-a-copywriter.com http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/infoquake/novel-advertising/comment-page-1/#comment-109 kevin from become-a-copywriter.com Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:57:42 +0000 http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/?p=120#comment-109 That day HAS to be coming. It seems as if the novel is our only refuge from bloody advertising. Once the movie industry decided that those captives before a movie begins was rich unmined territory, I returned to my novels. Because, there must remain some places on earth where we don't have to learn about Sour Mentos. -kevin That day HAS to be coming.

It seems as if the novel is our only refuge from bloody advertising.

Once the movie industry decided that those captives before a movie begins was rich unmined territory, I returned to my novels.

Because, there must remain some places on earth where we don’t have to learn about Sour Mentos.

-kevin

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