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Tuesday, September 13, 2005

stupid web tricks

So, I think I'm going to go to the Dorchester Website and click on the link to A Darker Crimson about a bazillion times because that will make it look like I'm really popular... Right? They have the first chapter posted. Go visit. Make it look like there's a lot of interest in the book.

Interesting that they do their site in Cold Fusion. I've never heard that CF scales well.

I googled my name (another stupid web trick) but I didn't click on any of the links. There weren't any to A Darker Crimson yet. Argh! Sometimes it's a slow descent to insanity and other times, wham. You're just there. How is it for you?
Comments:
Carolyn, I just read the first chapter of A Darker Crimson, I am not sure I can wait for the full book!! I'm half way through the Spare and loving it too!
-Tess
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : Tue Sep 13, 05:23:00 PM PDT
 
Carolyn:
The excerpt is great. And your Amazon numbers? More than twice as good as mine, and my book comes out a month earlier than yours. So basically they mean nothing.
# posted by Blogger Megan Frampton : Tue Sep 13, 05:37:00 PM PDT
 
...Not like my book has nearly the print run or advance hype yours does. Just that the numbers fluctuate by the thousands just because one person orders a copy. I pre-ordered your book about a month ago.
# posted by Blogger Megan Frampton : Tue Sep 13, 05:38:00 PM PDT
 
Thank you for such kind comments about the 1st chapter of ADC, and I hope you continue to enjoy The Spare. Now, about Amazon numbers, I know they don't mean anything. Right. Of course not. But it's too late for me, I'm already insane. They're comming to take me away, he hah!
# posted by Blogger Carolyn : Tue Sep 13, 08:08:00 PM PDT
 
I just checked my ranking on Amazon's Regency Best-Sellers. I'm behind no fewer than 5 (five!) out-of-print books. So if you think Amazon's numbers are important, I might have to throw myself out the window.
# posted by Blogger Megan Frampton : Wed Sep 14, 04:32:00 PM PDT
 
*LOL* I'm glad that I'm not the only one who a) googles herself on a regular basis (and freaks out if there are fewer entries than, say, last week), and who b) constantly checks her sales numbers at amazon (which as we're told don't mean a thing). But since my amazon.com sales numbers are too bad for words, I only ever check the amazon.de and amazon.co.uk figures these days. *g*

Cheers, from Sandy :O)
# posted by Blogger Sandra Schwab : Thu Sep 15, 11:51:00 AM PDT
 
As you can see, you have good company, Sandra. Amazon sales numbers = author insanity. Same with googling. Although , painful as it is, googling your name isn't totally stupid, just totally painful.
# posted by Blogger Carolyn : Thu Sep 15, 04:50:00 PM PDT
 
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