Comments on: Identifying the Market http://www.silviaacevedo.com/index.php/2007/08/23/identifying-the-market/ Tue, 13 Sep 2011 01:57:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Silvia http://www.silviaacevedo.com/index.php/2007/08/23/identifying-the-market/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Silvia Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:14:40 +0000 http://www.silviaacevedo.com/?p=20#comment-15 Too funny! Just have your people call my people and we'll work it all out! :) Actually, it would be wonderful to not have to think about the marketing and PR side of things, but, as you said, *sigh,* we must. I also really like the "If you loved this book, you'll love..." because gives a reader somewhere to turn without making anyone feel that the latter is a poor copy of the former. Too funny! Just have your people call my people and we’ll work it all out! :)
Actually, it would be wonderful to not have to think about the marketing and PR side of things, but, as you said, *sigh,* we must.

I also really like the “If you loved this book, you’ll love…” because gives a reader somewhere to turn without making anyone feel that the latter is a poor copy of the former.

]]> By: Rebecca Laffar-Smith http://www.silviaacevedo.com/index.php/2007/08/23/identifying-the-market/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Rebecca Laffar-Smith Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:53:23 +0000 http://www.silviaacevedo.com/?p=20#comment-11 We're often faced with these sorts of dilemmas. You don't really need to compare your own work between existing books. I cringe when I hear someone say, "She's a young, version of Nicole Kidman." I know, media switch there, but seriously, you can't compare people with each other, it doesn't work. There is no one in he world who could really be a young version of Nicole, Angelina, Avril etc. They're unique. In the same way I think each book is unique. No two authors are alike. The only real reason to consider the books yours could stand beside is so that you can capture the existing audience of those books. It sounds much better to say, "If you loved such and such you'll love this book because..." *sighs* Marketing is seriously something that will do my head in. I think I'll have to make sure I hire myself a full-time PR consultant to deal with that. Just tell me where to stand, what to sign, and what time I can go home so I can get back to writing. ;-) We’re often faced with these sorts of dilemmas. You don’t really need to compare your own work between existing books. I cringe when I hear someone say, “She’s a young, version of Nicole Kidman.” I know, media switch there, but seriously, you can’t compare people with each other, it doesn’t work. There is no one in he world who could really be a young version of Nicole, Angelina, Avril etc. They’re unique.

In the same way I think each book is unique. No two authors are alike. The only real reason to consider the books yours could stand beside is so that you can capture the existing audience of those books. It sounds much better to say, “If you loved such and such you’ll love this book because…”

*sighs* Marketing is seriously something that will do my head in. I think I’ll have to make sure I hire myself a full-time PR consultant to deal with that. Just tell me where to stand, what to sign, and what time I can go home so I can get back to writing. ;-)

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