[Wilshire]

I think that might cross some reproduction legislation, neh?

Sometimes it saddens me that publishing advertisement experiences no innovation.

Cross it? Maybe. But how active are Bakker's lawyers? Youtube my take it down after a while but several people might discover it by then.

[jamesA01]

I have no idea, I wont do it unless i'm sure its legit.

However youtube is def a good place to advertise these things IMO.

[Callan S.]

What teaser texts were given out for TDTCB? Perhaps you could release those in audio form?

It's still not actual permission to release anything. But on the other hand if it's already out in text form, its mostly pedantism to raise that issue in releasing the same material in voice form.

[Callan S.]

Apparently its an official thing: http://www.littlefreelibrary.org/
A small 'hope restored in humanity' moment.

I have a strange urge to use these as a kind of 'Canary' (ala coal mines) to test various regions quality of mind.

[jamesA01]

What teaser texts were given out for TDTCB? Perhaps you could release those in audio form?

It's still not actual permission to release anything. But on the other hand if it's already out in text form, its mostly pedantism to raise that issue in releasing the same material in voice form.

My idea was just to post a brief sample of the audiobook, like a few minutes. I'll hold off just to be on the safe side, but IMO its a good idea. If I was an author myself I'd probably do it.

[Wilshire]

Check what sample audio bit they play on Amazon,Audible, or some other offical site where you can buy it. I'm sure those sites have some kind of right to play those clips, but you might be able to get away with posting those same ones on youtube. Maybe

[Madness]

Now that I have a stable computer again I'm seriously considering editing a conversation between a buddy and I where we range across topics post-WLW.

The Second Apocalypse Podcast .

I always had a strange urge to make my own audiobook of PON, though. Not that I particularly favor the sound of my own voice.

[Wilshire]

Now that I have a stable computer again I'm seriously considering editing a conversation between a buddy and I where we range across topics post-WLW.

The Second Apocalypse Podcast .

I always had a strange urge to make my own audiobook of PON, though. Not that I particularly favor the sound of my own voice.

All good ideas.
 Though has ever a fan made their own Audiobook? Is that even legal? It would be funny regardless though.

[Madness]

Probably there is no precedent because fans are not fanatics.

It takes some zeal, no doubt.

[Wilshire]

Someone should take that picture of Chorae to a metal shop and manufacture a few of them. Bakker could sell them in some kind of cheap pouches on his site. Maybe put different sigils on the outside... Like Sil's S's or the 3 sickles of Yatwer. You get the idea.

The perfect gift for your TSA enthusiast!

[Callan S.]

Pffft - he'd sell two of them at a time, both attached at one end to some kind of holding stick (no wait...a 'grasping' stick)

No, but seriously it'd be pretty cool to have some of those swing from your backpack!! Certainly when people ask about them, they'd be easier to explain in interesting ways than the rape alien saga is.

[locke]

per Wert, Bakker is on his top 100 SFF selling authors of all time.

With a whopping 145,000 sold!

That's with only US figures, not counting UK and Canada.

But seriously, someone should tell Overlook et al so the blurb at the top of TUC can say, "One of the top selling fantasy authors of all time!" --Wertzone

[Wilshire]

Wow really? That is very surprising, but he's down there at 95th,which is a "conservative estimate". I'd have never guessed.

Here is the link for those interested:
http://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-new-and-improved-sff-all-time-sales.html



Thought this was interesting too:
"Frank Herbert's Dune is the biggest-selling SF novel of all time, shifting 12 million copies by itself. I would hazard that most of the remaining 6 million copies are of the five other Dune novels as well."

[Madness]

Honestly, I'm happy he's on the list and that it's quite possible that, conservative guess, some 30% - 40% of Bakker's digits are unaccounted for - allegedly.

[Wilshire]

Somewhere else in the list it is mentioned that a rule of thumb of the industry, for foreign sales of books, is taking the # sold in the US cutting it in half and adding it to the total. I think this rule might safely be applied to Bakker, especially since he's not actually an american writer.