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Subject: [Leica] armed america book tours
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Mon Jun 4 10:24:16 2007
References: <4268A9826B9DBE4D938B902A6BC803080BC975@exchange8.asc.local> <2918CEA4-AB43-4651-A98C-B01EE699A43A@cox.net>

That is a bet I would put my money on too - particularly in Germany - 
here, Martin Parr's books were very popular,Kyle's is more or less in 
the same vein.
Cheers
Douglas

Steve Barbour wrote:
> my hunch is that your book will sell...
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>
> especially in Europe...
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> Steve
>
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> On Jun 4, 2007, at 8:50 AM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
>
>>> will you be touring through D.C.
>>
>> At the moment, there are no plans for a tour, though I might do some
>> local signings. Figure that it costs ... $200 a day to be on the road,
>> so I'd need to make sure that I sold at least thirty or more books a day
>> to cover expenses (for my publisher) -- without knowing how well
>> something will sell, it could be a losing proposition for my publisher
>> to put me on tour.
>>
>> What I am doing is making up book-plates that I'll sign for anyone who
>> sends me an appropriately sized SASE and you can glue it into the front
>> of your copy.
>>
>> If sales go crazy, a tour might happen. Especially if they can package
>> me with a couple of other authors to cut down on expenses.
>>
>> So .. the answer is "who knows".
>>
>> kc
>>
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In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] armed america book tours)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] armed america book tours)