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<editor@...> wrote:
>
> The kind of
> mystery novels we love might sell 5,000 copies or
15,000 or maybe
> even 50,000, but not 500,000 and definitely not
millions. Back in
> the Gold Medal days, you could reliably sell 100,000
copies of any
> book you printed -- but those days are long
gone.
>
> How many Hard Case Crime books have sold
20,000
> copies or more? Not many. Not zero -- but a very
small minority.
> And this is in spite of *outstanding* distribution
(we're in Barnes &
> Noble, we're in Borders, we're in hundreds of
independent bookstores,
> we're in drugstores, we're even in Wal-Mart, albeit
in small
> numbers), and outstanding reviews in every major
publication, and
> lots of award nominations, and occasional TV
appearances, etc., etc.
That's pretty depressing. I think I've seen you mention
before, Charles, that one or both of your Aleas entries is in
development for a movie adaptation? Any other Hard Case
originals in line for similar treatment? What kind of boost
do you think those books in particular and Hard Case in
general might get out of it? Anyway, I sure appreciate what
you're doing. I've reviewed a few HC's on my blog, with more
to come, and make a point of spreading my purchases around to
different retailers, in the hopes that they'll all continue
to carry them.
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