By: booksquare

booksquare — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 02:07:19 +0000

Yes, zippered interior compartment. For all the secret things that girls carry. Though…the husband acknowledged this week that men are about a year out from carrying purses. Far too much stuff to lug around, and far too few pockets big enough to lug it. Also, far too few women willing to carry double the weight in their purses.

I think there is already tiered pricing in place for mass market paperbacks. I vaguely recall an author talking about how she reduced her word count because her publisher told her that the length she submitted would push her up to the next pricing tier.

I think the author’s name does have a lot to do with it. Better known equals larger cover price. Apparently readers are suckers. I know I’ve been more aggressive about waiting for titles to be released in paperback. Once you make it through that first year of nothingness …the sacrifices we make when we decide we need a bigger house (and live in the greater LA area!).

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:44:12 +0000

And there has to be a zippered inside pocket. Because the damn thing will dump, and some items are irreplaceable . . . I’ve never thought of tiered pricing based on length. But they do that a little bit already, don’t they? Some TPOs are $14, some $11. But is it the name of the author that makes the difference, or the length? Yet another imponderable.

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