Comments on: The 9/11 Report sales soar on Amazon http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/23/the-911-report-sales-soar-on-amazon/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:18:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: badMike http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/23/the-911-report-sales-soar-on-amazon/#comment-2276 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:50:16 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/23/the-911-report-sales-soar-on-amazon/#comment-2276 I'm sure the book is selling well and doing great, but those Amazon numbers don't mean as much as one might think. They have a weird algorithm to get that list. I've known folks with #1 DVDs on Amazon and didn't really sell all that much. I’m sure the book is selling well and doing great, but those Amazon numbers don’t mean as much as one might think. They have a weird algorithm to get that list. I’ve known folks with #1 DVDs on Amazon and didn’t really sell all that much.

]]> by: Kat Kan http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/23/the-911-report-sales-soar-on-amazon/#comment-2274 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:05:21 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/23/the-911-report-sales-soar-on-amazon/#comment-2274 To know that Colon worked on Richie Rich actually made me happy, because I read a LOT of Richie Rich comics when I was a little kid (many decades ago). A caller to the Talk of the Nation took NPR to task for perpetuating the image of comics as "the drooling idiot bastard stepchild of literature." We need to take Tom Paine and others like him to task for the very same thing. To know that Colon worked on Richie Rich actually made me happy, because I read a LOT of Richie Rich comics when I was a little kid (many decades ago). A caller to the Talk of the Nation took NPR to task for perpetuating the image of comics as “the drooling idiot bastard stepchild of literature.” We need to take Tom Paine and others like him to task for the very same thing.

]]> by: Jonathan Miller http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/23/the-911-report-sales-soar-on-amazon/#comment-2266 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:35:52 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/23/the-911-report-sales-soar-on-amazon/#comment-2266 What ticked me off about the Tom Paine review was the offhand dismissal of Ernie Colon as a "hack artist for Richie Rich," tossed off as if to explain the allegedly crappy quality of the material. (Wonkette also played the Richie Rich card.) If nothing else, it shows how low the reviewer's esteem is that they pretty much ignore all the other work Colon's done--not to mention condemning his work for Harvey, presumably simply because it was done for a kids comic. That's not only a lack of class, the lack of simple research also speaks poorly of the reviewer's journalistic abilities. Sorry, sorry, it just really ticked me off. I have yet to read the book (or the excerpts), but I appreciate Colon's work, especially the stuff he did for DC in the '80s. What ticked me off about the Tom Paine review was the offhand dismissal of Ernie Colon as a “hack artist for Richie Rich,” tossed off as if to explain the allegedly crappy quality of the material. (Wonkette also played the Richie Rich card.) If nothing else, it shows how low the reviewer’s esteem is that they pretty much ignore all the other work Colon’s done–not to mention condemning his work for Harvey, presumably simply because it was done for a kids comic. That’s not only a lack of class, the lack of simple research also speaks poorly of the reviewer’s journalistic abilities.

Sorry, sorry, it just really ticked me off. I have yet to read the book (or the excerpts), but I appreciate Colon’s work, especially the stuff he did for DC in the ’80s.

]]> by: Kat Kan http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/23/the-911-report-sales-soar-on-amazon/#comment-2251 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:39:34 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/23/the-911-report-sales-soar-on-amazon/#comment-2251 Jacobson and Colon were also on NPR's Talk of the Nation on Tuesday. They explained that they wanted to make the report understandable by all readers of all ages. I saw an advance copy at the American Library Association Annual Conference in June - Messrs Jacobson and Colon succeeded in doing just that. That's good enough for me. Jacobson and Colon were also on NPR’s Talk of the Nation on Tuesday. They explained that they wanted to make the report understandable by all readers of all ages. I saw an advance copy at the American Library Association Annual Conference in June - Messrs Jacobson and Colon succeeded in doing just that. That’s good enough for me.

]]> by: The Freaky Tiki http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/23/the-911-report-sales-soar-on-amazon/#comment-2240 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:41:24 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/23/the-911-report-sales-soar-on-amazon/#comment-2240 My mac played it fine. Which mac do you have Heidi? Maybae it isn't your mac, maybe it's your modem connection or something...? My mac played it fine. Which mac do you have Heidi? Maybae it isn’t your mac, maybe it’s your modem connection or something…?

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