Comments on: The Heavyweight Champion of Arguments https://booksquare.com/the-heavyweight-champion-of-arguments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&%23038;utm_campaign=the-heavyweight-champion-of-arguments Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:37:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Susan Gable https://booksquare.com/the-heavyweight-champion-of-arguments/#comment-41203 Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:37:45 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/03/16/1095/#comment-41203 I learned about the Harlequin Large Print program when a fellow Super author discovered her book in large print on Amazon. (Yes, this is how we discover important stuff like this, or that cover prices are going up – we find out on Amazon.)

My July Super is going to be offered in the Large Print – and the best thing about it (at least for now!) is that the price is only .25 different. The book is 80 pages longer (again, given facts discovered at Amazon) but only .25 more. So, a regular Super is $5.50, and the Large Print goes for $5.75, which I think is a pretty good deal.

On the other hand, I’m not sure how well they’re getting the word out there that these books will be available. Will they be in all the same outlets as the regular versions? Must they be special ordered by the customer?

I called my local Waldens, and the woman there wasn’t aware that HQ was starting this progam. I asked her if she had people who came in looking for books in large print, and she assured me that she did – but that sometimes expense was an issue. I hope Harlequin keeps the cost down – that will be a huge factor in the success of this venture, IMHO.

As to the whole supermarket thing – I agree. (G) Of late, I’ve been grabbing a lot of my books at the supermarket – fortunately my store of choice has a pretty decent selection of the books I love. (G) (Not just the H/S but loads of romance novels.) I haven’t abandoned my bookstores – its just that I love the convenience of grabbing a book when I run in for milk and stuff.

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