My book is now out! I’ve been debating with myself whether I should associate my very serious academic work with this somewhat silly blog, but I decided that given that my blog readership is, so far, limited to my high school buddies, former roommates, and my mom, what’s the downside? Unfortunately, this group also includes all the likely (early?) buyers of my book.
It is quite expensive as a non-library purchase ($95 list price, HC only). Two sites are offering it at a significant discount right now: bn.com and Amazon.ca.
Amazon and Cambridge UP both offer free access to parts of the book online; google books does not yet.
My Amazon rank is around 500,000, which I think means at least someone has ordered my book. My BN rank is a respectable (for an academic title) 150,000 ish, and the page reports that people who bought my book also bought books by Emily Bronte, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Francine Prose, which, as the author, I find infinitely fascinating.
Update: Amazon is now offering a 20% discount, and free shipping too, although by sales rank the book is doing much better at BN.com.
2 responses so far ↓
Ivan // April 24, 2008 at 1:46 pm
I am currently #1,764,080 in Books on Amazon if it makes you feel better. My book seems to have held onto a fairly high resale value, though, which maybe is good???
Patrick // April 25, 2008 at 2:00 am
Welcome to the $95 list price club. It makes the royalties better, once you get there.
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