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sereneone4u said:
Been sick since before Christmas...it is lingering forever!:(

Having computer issues especially with Yahoo...have not been able to chat with friends, boo!:(

However, someone I have been crushing on, has been crushing back and I am elated. :kiss::heart::rose:
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:rose:Warm hugs:rose: I hope you feel better soon. A little hug for you computer to get better too:)
Just so you know, I adopted you in the forumite adoption bid. You are now my adoptee to enjoy.:kiss:
 
I hate when I have to invent words to describe my moods, because the currently accepted words require longer than most people want to listen when they ask "How are you?"

I hate that the people who would get the words and the mood are so damn far away.
 
Salvor-Hardon said:
I hate when I have to invent words to describe my moods, because the currently accepted words require longer than most people want to listen when they ask "How are you?"

I hate that the people who would get the words and the mood are so damn far away.
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(hug) :rose::kiss: sorry about your (insert word here) mood, Sal.
 
My musical desires change constantly, but I suddenly revisited Kate Bush after years and years of not listening to her. All I can say is: Wow. The complexity, poetry, power and beauty of her lyrics and music overwhelm me. It's like the music penetrates me, or I penetrate it and go completely into it. Whatever it is, no other musician except Beethoven has ever had that impact on me. After listening to her, I find it difficult (at least for a time) to listen to more straightforward music.

I believe she is a genius.
 
We were studying submission moves at kung fu last night. One of those moves was a simple choke from behind (rear naked, for any MMA fans out there). I have known how to apply this choke for about twenty years now, so my technique just needed a little tweak, and I ended up being a test dummy for people that didn't know it though. One person didn't apply it properly a few times, and really messed up my throat. I have been having trouble swallowing since, and wouldn't you know it last night as I am trying to sleep I was salivating uncontrollably with the worst case of post nasal drip ever...
 
lesbiaphrodite said:
My musical desires change constantly, but I suddenly revisited Kate Bush after years and years of not listening to her. All I can say is: Wow. The complexity, poetry, power and beauty of her lyrics and music overwhelm me. It's like the music penetrates me, or I penetrate it and go completely into it. Whatever it is, no other musician except Beethoven has ever had that impact on me. After listening to her, I find it difficult (at least for a time) to listen to more straightforward music.

I believe she is a genius.
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I forgot about her! Thank you.:rose::) *Gia runs to rummage through her chaotic music collection*
 
Something's wrong with the UK book trade...

From my bookdealer's trade e-magazine today:

UK: 77 million wasted books

It is reported that UK publishers are quietly disposing of around 77 million unsold books a year.

More titles are published than readers or buyers want that they are being shredded, pulped or sold on market stalls at a fraction of their original price. Figures from the Publishers Association show that 61 million books were returned to publishers in the UK last year. Another 16 million were returned by overseas retailers.


And:

One amazing statistic in this report (from the figures made available by the book trade to Nielsen Bookdata) stands out. Of 86,000 new titles published in the UK in 2009, 59,000 sold an average of 18 copies.

Maybe our trade will avoid these unappealing titles if the unsold stock is pulped, but if publishers put out fewer printed titles and more for e-readers then the selling price of jacketed hardbacks in our trade ought to rise.

You thought you could make a living from writing? Nearly 70% of published books sold an average of 18 copies! How would you pay your agent?

Og
 
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oggbashan said:
From my bookdealer's trade e-magazine today:

UK: 77 million wasted books

It is reported that UK publishers are quietly disposing of around 77 million unsold books a year.

More titles are published than readers or buyers want that they are being shredded, pulped or sold on market stalls at a fraction of their original price. Figures from the Publishers Association show that 61 million books were returned to publishers in the UK last year. Another 16 million were returned by overseas retailers.

And:

One amazing statistic in this report (from the figures made available by the book trade to Nielsen Bookdata) stands out. Of 86,000 new titles published in the UK in 2009, 59,000 sold an average of 18 copies.

Maybe our trade will avoid these unappealing titles if the unsold stock is pulped, but if publishers put out fewer printed titles and more for e-readers then the selling price of jacketed hardbacks in our trade ought to rise.

You thought you could make a living from writing? Nearly 70% of published books sold an average of 18 copies! How would you pay your agent?

Og
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I won't give up the tactile and olfactory experience of a good book, but I do think that reports like this are more evidence that e-publishing, self-publishing and print on demand are much more economically sound choices.

Plus if there's that many books being printed and not sold, there are some authors with book deals who shouldn't have been signed.
 
Salvor-Hardon said:
I won't give up the tactile and olfactory experience of a good book, but I do think that reports like this are more evidence that e-publishing, self-publishing and print on demand are much more economically sound choices.

Plus if there's that many books being printed and not sold, there are some authors with book deals who shouldn't have been signed.
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The UK (new) book market is distorted by supermarket chains such as ASDA (our Walmart subsidiary).

If a book isn't sold by them or their rivals it won't sell. ASDA require aggressive discounting and payment up front for prominent marketing display. The cost of marketing a new title by an unknown is a fantastic sum. Without that marketing the author might as well print their book at home, staple it together, and give it to friends.

Last night I bought a local history book on eBay, direct from the author. He bought the remaindered copies from his publisher and has been selling them on eBay for about three years. He is selling personally signed copies at half the retail price on the cover. He has sold three times as many on eBay as his publisher managed to sell.

My wife has an interest in the history of Kingston-upon-Hull. In the last ten years about twenty new local history books have been produced about Hull. She has bought almost all of them directly from the authors because once their book has been on the shelves for 3 months it is remaindered - but the scholarly effort will still be relevant in thirty years time.

In the secondhand book trade an often quoted statistic from a survey undertaken in the 1980s was that, on average, a book would remain on a secondhand bookdealer's shelves for SEVEN YEARS before it sold. New books are lucky if they get six weeks exposure.

The mnemonic for small traders is SPQR - Small Profits, Quick Returns. For secondhand bookdealers it was/is SPSR - Small Profits, Slow (very slow) Returns. No wonder most UK bookdealers are retired from other professions, trade from home with minimal overheads, and rely on other sources of income to survive. Any secondhand bookdealer with a shop is asking for slow bankruptcy.

Og
 
oggbashan said:
The UK (new) book market is distorted by supermarket chains such as ASDA (our Walmart subsidiary).

If a book isn't sold by them or their rivals it won't sell. ASDA require aggressive discounting and payment up front for prominent marketing display. The cost of marketing a new title by an unknown is a fantastic sum. Without that marketing the author might as well print their book at home, staple it together, and give it to friends.

Last night I bought a local history book on eBay, direct from the author. He bought the remaindered copies from his publisher and has been selling them on eBay for about three years. He is selling personally signed copies at half the retail price on the cover. He has sold three times as many on eBay as his publisher managed to sell.

My wife has an interest in the history of Kingston-upon-Hull. In the last ten years about twenty new local history books have been produced about Hull. She has bought almost all of them directly from the authors because once their book has been on the shelves for 3 months it is remaindered - but the scholarly effort will still be relevant in thirty years time.

In the secondhand book trade an often quoted statistic from a survey undertaken in the 1980s was that, on average, a book would remain on a secondhand bookdealer's shelves for SEVEN YEARS before it sold. New books are lucky if they get six weeks exposure.

The mnemonic for small traders is SPQR - Small Profits, Quick Returns. For secondhand bookdealers it was/is SPSR - Small Profits, Slow (very slow) Returns. No wonder most UK bookdealers are retired from other professions, trade from home with minimal overheads, and rely on other sources of income to survive. Any secondhand bookdealer with a shop is asking for slow bankruptcy.

Og
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One of my favorite places in the world is a second hand book dealer in Athens, GA. I got my first set of Van Nostrum's Science Encyclopedia there for $30 ($450 list price). I'm not sure how they make their money other than text books for students and pot in the alley out back. I would rather shop there than at Borders or Barnes and Noble, because the guys there really loved books. They knew the stories and the written word.

I hate that they have to live at teh mercy of publishers. There has to be a way for smaller shops to buy direct from authors and publish on demand out lets.
 
Salvor-Hardon said:
I hate when I have to invent words to describe my moods, because the currently accepted words require longer than most people want to listen when they ask "How are you?"

I hate that the people who would get the words and the mood are so damn far away.
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:rose::kiss::rose:
 
I have been taking bills out of my pockets and rotating them in front of my younger brother, for what reason I have no idea. When I started doing it earlier tonight we broke out in such heavy laughter that we were both crying. It's not ever going to be so funny again :(
 
TheeGoatPig said:
I have been taking bills out of my pockets and rotating them in front of my younger brother, for what reason I have no idea. When I started doing it earlier tonight we broke out in such heavy laughter that we were both crying. It's not ever going to be so funny again :(
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Best mechanism is laughter. Take that moment, least.
Hell, tackling it comes soon enough.
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Originality is the true proof of genius. Commonality combined with a lack of insight are the most obvious proofs of the mundane.
 
I really should have stuck it out in Aerospace Engineering studies. I love watching things I made fly, but I would suck at being a line engineer.
 
TheeGoatPig said:
I have been taking bills out of my pockets and rotating them in front of my younger brother, for what reason I have no idea. When I started doing it earlier tonight we broke out in such heavy laughter that we were both crying. It's not ever going to be so funny again :(
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No, probably not. But you can treasure how funny it was by making it an inside joke between the two of you. That always works in my family. ;)
 
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