[Wilshire]

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

Not sure if this makes me feel more or less like a hipster. Is Bakker now "cool" because he's on this list, or has be already been cool and I just didn't know it?

[Madness]

Hmm. I would ask the Nonmen but they are erratic and do not return...

[Callan S.]

no-cool

[Wilshire]

When you sell space on your website to advertisments, how specific can you be? Like if you did Amazon, could you specify what books you'd like to advertise? Probably not

Wouldn't it be entertaining to sell space to Penguin Press, or whatever other publishing company sells Bakker's books, and advertise his books on this site? Then you could get paid to do what we are kind of already doing, which is disseminating Bakker's stuff. Everybody wins, Bakker gets more sales (at no cost to him) and Madness gets two nickles to rub together for being awesome and running this site.


... we might have already discussed this somewhere but i cant find it.

[Callan S.]

By becoming an amazon affiliate (which is easy enough) they give you link codes to whatever books you want to sell in particular (along with cute little graphic options for the link, if wanted). The codes can be just for a specific book. And obviously you can show several codes on one page. And a cut of any sales goes to the affiliate.

[Madness]

Interesting... I'll definitely look into it when I find some time.

[Garet Jax]

I talked with the manager of my local Bookmans about getting RSB on a main display for a couple months and she plainly told me that if I can donate enough books to keep a stock on the display shelf, she will keep him out there...  Anyone know the cheapest place to get a decent stock of Bakker books to donate?

[Wilshire]

What condition? I bet many can be found in good, but not new, condition for cheap all around the internet. What are you looking for(#, condition, price), and what is Bookmans?

edit.
I like half price books, they are a used books store, and they've got a decent site. The link below has 16 copies of TDTCB for $0.99 each. (not sure about shipping)
http://www.hpbmarketplace.com/The-Darkness-That-Comes-Before-R-Scott-Bakker/book/8033202?qsort=p&matches=203&cm_sp=works*listing*buyused

Edit. Edit.
I like this site as well. Its a bit search engine that looks through a bunch of sites and compares prices for you. Saves time when buying text books, but i'm sure it can be used to any book. Here is the search result for  R. Scott Bakker:
http://booksprice.com/compare.do?inputData=R+Scott+Bakker&Submit2.x=-896&Submit2.y=-421&Submit2=Search&searchType=theAuthorName

[Garet Jax]

What condition? I bet many can be found in good, but not new, condition for cheap all around the internet. What are you looking for(#, condition, price), and what is Bookmans?

edit.
I like half price books, they are a used books store, and they've got a decent site. The link below has 16 copies of TDTCB for $0.99 each. (not sure about shipping)
http://www.hpbmarketplace.com/The-Darkness-That-Comes-Before-R-Scott-Bakker/book/8033202?qsort=p&matches=203&cm_sp=works*listing*buyused

Edit. Edit.
I like this site as well. Its a bit search engine that looks through a bunch of sites and compares prices for you. Saves time when buying text books, but i'm sure it can be used to any book. Here is the search result for  R. Scott Bakker:
http://booksprice.com/compare.do?inputData=R+Scott+Bakker&Submit2.x=-896&Submit2.y=-421&Submit2=Search&searchType=theAuthorName

The best condition possible, but pretty much any condition works.  If it is in bad condition, it goes for a cheaper price.  I honestly wanted to provide 5 or 6 copies of each book if possible with a funding ceiling of $100 to get started.

Bookmans is a self proclaimed entertainment exchange that is a local "chain" with about 6 locations throughout Arizona.  I actually live around the corner from one, and a couple miles from half priced books as well.

http://www.bookmans.com/about-us

[Wilshire]

I'd be willing to help out. Like ordering some and sending them your way or some such. Let me know.

edit
Anyway, if you look at the second link, you can find 5 or 6 of each book for around 5 each (including shipping). Though there are 5 books, which will max out your budget at $4 a piece so you'll have to look around, but its a place to start.

Also, amazon might have a couple.

[Garet Jax]

Sounds good.  I will probably make the first donation in full, and then need help (hopefully) keeping them stocked enough to continue his display.

[Madness]

Probably best to start a link like Bakker's paypal e-karma.

I'd definitely be down to pitch in.

Lmao, anyone interested in starting a Publishing House? 'Cause this is how it begins .

[Wilshire]

Oh yeah sure a publishing house. My degree in chemical engineering and my 3 months experience in consulting will help out tremendously. 
Guess we could start some crowd source funding project to help us start out. How much would that cost lol?

[Madness]

Well, ideally, we sign some kind of contract that protects us as investors. We can't profit from our facilitating Bakker's book sales (and ultimately doing the publisher's job for them) but using the same crowd-sourced investors as a publishing firm would be interesting. We'd have to volunteer our time to various jobs, etc, work with a small number of clients.

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[Garet Jax]

Can I turn this topic around (if it hasn't been done before)?  Who introduced you to the Bakkerverse?

My father was the one that delivered the above mentioned favor.  He recommended the book to me under the pretense that it was "dark" enough to pique my interest.