[B5JMS] Script Book Volume 1 Received

Tue Nov 22 04:30:10 EST 2005

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From: Craig Riekena <craigsngs at yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 02:24:19 +0000 (UTC)
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No, I didn't get mine yet, but has anyone? How is it? Do tell!

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From: craigsngs at yahoo.com (Craig Riekena)
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 05:01:52 +0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 02:24:19 +0000 (UTC), Craig Riekena
<craigsngs at yahoo.com> wrote:

>No, I didn't get mine yet, but has anyone? How is it? Do tell!

Well now, I just did get mine. The outside looks nice, I've flipped
through it, but now I gotta go and and dive in. Bye!

Craig

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From: Jan <janmschroeder at aol.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 13:06:40 +0000 (UTC)
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In article <43800393.661926 at news.execpc.com>, Craig Riekena says...
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>On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 02:24:19 +0000 (UTC), Craig Riekena
><craigsngs at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>No, I didn't get mine yet, but has anyone? How is it? Do tell!
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>Well now, I just did get mine. The outside looks nice, I've flipped
>through it, but now I gotta go and and dive in. Bye!
>

Have fun!

And for those looking forward to Volume 2, the website now shows that it'll be
available for ordering November 26 at 6:00 PM pacific.

JMS seems to be having a great time writing the volume descriptions.  Check out
http://www.babylon5scripts.com/Vol02.htm .

Jan

-- 
Here, gathered together in common cause 
We agree to recognize this singular truth 
and this singular rule: 
That we must be kind to one another.
                           G'Kar (J. Michael Straczynski)

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:01:53 +0000 (UTC)
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Jan wrote:
> And for those looking forward to Volume 2, the website now shows that it'll be
> available for ordering November 26 at 6:00 PM pacific.
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> JMS seems to be having a great time writing the volume descriptions.  Check out
> http://www.babylon5scripts.com/Vol02.htm .
>

Sometimes I get a little loopy, yeah....

BTW, a number of SF-oriented bookstores have started buying copies in
groups, so that they can get it at the discounted rate during the 7 day
window, and sell them thereafter at the cover price, making a ten buck
profit per book...something I hadn't thought about or mentioned as a
possibility until it began happening, which is actually kind of a cool
idea.

They've now sold copies to over 30 countries, including Zaire and
Saudia Arabia, which for some reason just astonishes me.

jms

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From: Wendy of NJ <voxwoman at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 13:41:15 +0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:01:53 +0000 (UTC), jmsatb5 at aol.com wrote:

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>Jan wrote:
>> And for those looking forward to Volume 2, the website now shows that it'll be
>> available for ordering November 26 at 6:00 PM pacific.
>>
>> JMS seems to be having a great time writing the volume descriptions.  Check out
>> http://www.babylon5scripts.com/Vol02.htm .
>>
>
>Sometimes I get a little loopy, yeah....
>
>BTW, a number of SF-oriented bookstores have started buying copies in
>groups, so that they can get it at the discounted rate during the 7 day
>window, and sell them thereafter at the cover price, making a ten buck
>profit per book...something I hadn't thought about or mentioned as a
>possibility until it began happening, which is actually kind of a cool
>idea.
>
>They've now sold copies to over 30 countries, including Zaire and
>Saudia Arabia, which for some reason just astonishes me.

If you have access to your web site statistics, it's always fun to see
the list of countries that visit the site.

Is this the first time you've been so intimately involved in the sales
end of your stuff? 

I know that regular distribution channels also collect this data, but
they seldom pass the information along to authors.

-Wendy

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 22:09:52 +0000 (UTC)
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Wendy of NJ wrote:

> If you have access to your web site statistics, it's always fun to see
> the list of countries that visit the site.
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I'll get that info and post it.

> Is this the first time you've been so intimately involved in the sales
> end of your stuff?

I am and I'm not, both at the same time...the B5scripts sales team came
to me about five months ago with the idea of doing this, and they've
handled all of the production elements, assembling the book, proofing,
layout, working with Cafe Press, answering emails and
inquiries...basically doing all the heavy lifting.  My job has been to
find the author's preferred drafts of the scripts, photos and memos,
send them on over, and write the intros and some of the web site copy
since they felt that this really needed to be in my voice.  So in that
respect, it's really not *that* much different than when I've had a
novel published or the like.  I don't really get into the sales aspect
of it much, except to receive periodic reports and updates, and to let
folks know when stuff is going up.

But it's been a fascinating endeavor, because this kind of venue is the
ONLY one where you could put out 14 volumes of this material, this
quickly.  It's a bit tough keeping up with it all sometimes, but in the
end I think it's definitely worthwhile.

jms