Comments on: Things To Do While On Hold http://booksquare.com/things-to-do-while-on-hold/ Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Mon, 21 May 2012 06:15:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ann Harrington http://booksquare.com/things-to-do-while-on-hold/comment-page-1/#comment-93240 Ann Harrington Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:39:39 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/07/25/1479/#comment-93240 I recall seeing a scholarly study that said that women have purchased the majority of novels since the beginning of novels as a recognized category, way back to the Georgian and Victorian eras. Be an interesting research topic if no one has looked at this recently. I recall seeing a scholarly study that said that women have purchased the majority of novels since the beginning of novels as a recognized category, way back to the Georgian and Victorian eras. Be an interesting research topic if no one has looked at this recently.

]]> By: Booksquare http://booksquare.com/things-to-do-while-on-hold/comment-page-1/#comment-93238 Booksquare Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:27:46 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/07/25/1479/#comment-93238 I think JG is a little confused, on many levels. Such is the joy of unsupported arguments -- it gives us stuff to make fun of (also I saw a man buying a book this past weekend, so it appears they have not completely lost their ability to purchase items). I think JG is a little confused, on many levels. Such is the joy of unsupported arguments — it gives us stuff to make fun of (also I saw a man buying a book this past weekend, so it appears they have not completely lost their ability to purchase items).

]]> By: Bill Peschel http://booksquare.com/things-to-do-while-on-hold/comment-page-1/#comment-93237 Bill Peschel Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:14:01 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/07/25/1479/#comment-93237 Wait a minnit. What JG is suggesting is that, if men used to have the buying power but now the women do, that means that men have lost their ability to buy books. That, in essense, men are unable to buy books, because they've either lost interest or lost the buying power. In theory, it seems that if men continued to buy books, they would still be able to support the writers who wrote books aimed at that market. Now they don't. I would guess, however, that men are buying fewer books because they can find similar material on TV and in movies. Wait a minnit. What JG is suggesting is that, if men used to have the buying power but now the women do, that means that men have lost their ability to buy books. That, in essense, men are unable to buy books, because they’ve either lost interest or lost the buying power.

In theory, it seems that if men continued to buy books, they would still be able to support the writers who wrote books aimed at that market. Now they don’t.

I would guess, however, that men are buying fewer books because they can find similar material on TV and in movies.

]]> By: Lauren Baratz-Logsted http://booksquare.com/things-to-do-while-on-hold/comment-page-1/#comment-93234 Lauren Baratz-Logsted Mon, 25 Jul 2005 17:25:55 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/07/25/1479/#comment-93234 I had to laugh at the headline of the Telegraph article: they make it sound like a conspiracy! :) Regarding trends, I've noticed that more literary novels by women are being pubbed with chicky covers, chick novels have moved into a Blue Period (see the top several titles on Amazon's Summer Beach Reads list), while men are going pinkpinkpink (Frey's My Friend Leonard and Weber's Miss Gazillions). I had to laugh at the headline of the Telegraph article: they make it sound like a conspiracy! :) Regarding trends, I’ve noticed that more literary novels by women are being pubbed with chicky covers, chick novels have moved into a Blue Period (see the top several titles on Amazon’s Summer Beach Reads list), while men are going pinkpinkpink (Frey’s My Friend Leonard and Weber’s Miss Gazillions).

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