I never noiced till you pointed it out, but the cover DOES look like a shlong...now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go giggle like a fourteen year old.
a) I bought the book, the book is good. b) You should put links to the amazon pages and your website into the description of the video so people can act directly on seeing it. c) Good luck.
To be honest. It's never the reviews that catch my eye. It's 1) the book image, 2) the summary. On bookshelves. I'm continuously amazed by the number of stories there... because I hardly ever turn on the tv when commercials for some of them are on. dang youtube cutting down the amount I'd like to comment. Short- I'm trying it next friday on kindle. Because of this video. not because I've ever read your novels before. though probably the comic books. Ah twitter. didn't know this was up
Simon, you missed me point. I am on your side. I wasn't dimsssing your video, i was trying to call attention to it, i am a PR maven par excellence and always try to help people out who need good PR, and i do it for free. my hobby over here in Taiwan. Sorry I was not more clear. I am on YOUR side, mate!
''Saying "it's not your job to publicise the book" is, sorry, crazy. Ultimately the only person who really suffers from an apathetic marketplace are the people creating the products. Why shouldn't - why *wouldn't* - writers step up and attempt to make known their plight? If this video goes even a tiny way toward persuading a few booksellers to stock a novel they otherwise wouldn't even have heard of, or persuades a few extra readers to take a risk on the Unknown, it's great.''
@MrDanloom: .. ''a bug has clearly occupied your anal pocket over this, judging by the efforts you've made to dismiss the video over on Youtube too.
For the record: the PR people at HH did a great job. It's simply not enough. In a tentative and contractive market, booksellers - and more importantly book *buyers* - are sticking to the tried-and-tested big-name authors and recognisable brands, and that creates a huge problem for those of us whose names are less well known
@MrDanbloom - appreciate the comments. For what it's worth: Headline is indeed a major publisher, their PR office did indeed do everything humanly possible, the novel did indeed appear on many "best of 2011" picks, and all the reviews have indeed been great. The point of the video is that in today's market, that's not enough. If that's sour grapes then, hey: you got me. There's an article on my blog about the whole thing, titled "on success", if you're interested.
Simon has written a number of novels, and in 2006 he signed a two-book contract with Hodder Headline, the first of which was 2007's ''Contract'' and the second was 2011's ''A Serpent Uncoiled''.
Hodder Headline is a major publisher in the UK, so why couldn't their PR office get the book noticed? that's THEIR job, not Simon's. This video makes him look like a sore loser full of sour grapes. Not a good career move. not all publicity Si is good publicity. This one sucks. But i know your pain too.
AdRants flogged this video too. Cute: re ''Simon Spurrier is a British comics writer, who has previously worked as a cook, a bookseller and an art director for the BBC.
Getting his start in comics with the British small press, he went on to write his own series for 2000 AD, like Lobster Random, and Harry Kipling, as well as a number of stories for the flagship character Judge Dredd. In recent years he has broken into the American comic book industry, writing mainly for Marvel Comics.
This could be a great viral video that would spur sales of his book, but it all depends on whether or not the book is that good of a page turner to warrant all this fuss. It's sounds a bit too sour grapey to my ears. Maybe the book was just not as good as the top 500 books out there in the top 500 last year. With over 30,000 books published every year, it is hard to get noticed. I fear he went about this the wrong way. The best revenge will be to write an even better novel next year.
Well, it worked! Now I see this author as a creative, clever fellow and I'm curious enough to go look his book up. I salute you, mono-buttocked buggernaut.
I'm only here because I read Lord of the Night and since then I've wanted to shake Mr. Spurrier's hand.
Madmanin 4 days ago
Did you try leaking a sex tape? Maybe one where your book is featured in every scene in a sort of product placement kind of way.
lagnath 1 month ago
did i hear ocelot discharge?
MrMagicalMoooCow 1 month ago
you should write science fiction
TheBlarges 1 month ago
I never noiced till you pointed it out, but the cover DOES look like a shlong...now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go giggle like a fourteen year old.
VampiraJen 1 month ago
@VampiraJen Tee hee hee!
McSpuddd 1 month ago
a) I bought the book, the book is good. b) You should put links to the amazon pages and your website into the description of the video so people can act directly on seeing it. c) Good luck.
Jascain 1 month ago 12
3075 hits and climbing! BRAVO
MrDanbloom 1 month ago
To be honest. It's never the reviews that catch my eye. It's 1) the book image, 2) the summary. On bookshelves. I'm continuously amazed by the number of stories there... because I hardly ever turn on the tv when commercials for some of them are on. dang youtube cutting down the amount I'd like to comment. Short- I'm trying it next friday on kindle. Because of this video. not because I've ever read your novels before. though probably the comic books. Ah twitter. didn't know this was up
cwolf201 1 month ago
AdRants linked this video too
MrDanbloom 1 month ago
Simon, you missed me point. I am on your side. I wasn't dimsssing your video, i was trying to call attention to it, i am a PR maven par excellence and always try to help people out who need good PR, and i do it for free. my hobby over here in Taiwan. Sorry I was not more clear. I am on YOUR side, mate!
MrDanbloom 1 month ago
2720 hits now, climbing, Good on ya, mate!
MrDanbloom 1 month ago
@MrDanBloom, ''For what it's worth, I'm not aaaactually that humiliated. That's all part of the gag, see?
(On the grounds that the best jokes are the ones you need to explain, this is all going great.)
Anyway. Way too much seriousness. Back to thy knave, thou twizzle-minded estrogen nugget."
-- Simon
MrDanbloom 1 month ago
@MrDanBloom -
''Saying "it's not your job to publicise the book" is, sorry, crazy. Ultimately the only person who really suffers from an apathetic marketplace are the people creating the products. Why shouldn't - why *wouldn't* - writers step up and attempt to make known their plight? If this video goes even a tiny way toward persuading a few booksellers to stock a novel they otherwise wouldn't even have heard of, or persuades a few extra readers to take a risk on the Unknown, it's great.''
MrDanbloom 1 month ago
@MrDanloom: .. ''a bug has clearly occupied your anal pocket over this, judging by the efforts you've made to dismiss the video over on Youtube too.
For the record: the PR people at HH did a great job. It's simply not enough. In a tentative and contractive market, booksellers - and more importantly book *buyers* - are sticking to the tried-and-tested big-name authors and recognisable brands, and that creates a huge problem for those of us whose names are less well known
MrDanbloom 1 month ago
@MrDanbloom - appreciate the comments. For what it's worth: Headline is indeed a major publisher, their PR office did indeed do everything humanly possible, the novel did indeed appear on many "best of 2011" picks, and all the reviews have indeed been great. The point of the video is that in today's market, that's not enough. If that's sour grapes then, hey: you got me. There's an article on my blog about the whole thing, titled "on success", if you're interested.
SiSpurrier 1 month ago
This has been flagged as spam show
2328 hits so far. Once Drudge and CNN pick it up, it will get 10,000 hits, then 100, 000 by summer!
MrDanbloom 1 month ago
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MrDanbloom 1 month ago
Simon has written a number of novels, and in 2006 he signed a two-book contract with Hodder Headline, the first of which was 2007's ''Contract'' and the second was 2011's ''A Serpent Uncoiled''.
Hodder Headline is a major publisher in the UK, so why couldn't their PR office get the book noticed? that's THEIR job, not Simon's. This video makes him look like a sore loser full of sour grapes. Not a good career move. not all publicity Si is good publicity. This one sucks. But i know your pain too.
MrDanbloom 1 month ago
AdRants flogged this video too. Cute: re ''Simon Spurrier is a British comics writer, who has previously worked as a cook, a bookseller and an art director for the BBC.
Getting his start in comics with the British small press, he went on to write his own series for 2000 AD, like Lobster Random, and Harry Kipling, as well as a number of stories for the flagship character Judge Dredd. In recent years he has broken into the American comic book industry, writing mainly for Marvel Comics.
MrDanbloom 1 month ago
This could be a great viral video that would spur sales of his book, but it all depends on whether or not the book is that good of a page turner to warrant all this fuss. It's sounds a bit too sour grapey to my ears. Maybe the book was just not as good as the top 500 books out there in the top 500 last year. With over 30,000 books published every year, it is hard to get noticed. I fear he went about this the wrong way. The best revenge will be to write an even better novel next year.
MrDanbloom 1 month ago
You just sold a book. Anyone who can say such wonderful insults with a straight face is worth a read. I'm glad I follow Wi Wheatons tumblr. :)
ElfHybrid 1 month ago
For what it's worth, of all those silly phrases, my absolute favourite remains "mouldy-gummed dentist-frightener". So pleased everyone's enjoying it.
SiSpurrier 1 month ago 7
Wait, you're not a celebrity writer?
TheSkizzfan 1 month ago
Never a prouder moment XXX
davidrymer 1 month ago
Bought it. How could I not?
BMcKenna44 1 month ago
Shameless, perhaps, but ingenious.
Bought the Kindle edition. <3
modida 1 month ago
Si - you're a legend
emmavieceli 1 month ago
Well, it worked! Now I see this author as a creative, clever fellow and I'm curious enough to go look his book up. I salute you, mono-buttocked buggernaut.
thecoolestnoob 1 month ago 4