Finally. At long last, the Cactus Eaters cracked the top 10 bestseller list.
Yes, it's true. More than a year after the tome was released to bookstores, it has reached the top of the heap.
For the past 13 months, it has outsold a popular book by Barack Obama and has even overtaken Olive Kitteridge.
At some point in this blog entry, I should probably point out that this bestseller list applies to one book store, called Cover to Cover, in Noe Valley, San Francisco.
But still, it's pretty cool. On a serious note -- if you're a first time author, it's always interesting to see the way books perform in various stores -- even within the same city. A lot of it depends on the bookseller's attitude toward the book and the way it's displayed (or whether there is a shelf talker.) In the case of Cover to Cover, the book store has been extremely supportive.
2 comments:
It's doing well in Seattle, was well. I enjoyed the copy a friend gave me, at least. Well done - I'm inspired.
Chief Seattle
Chief Seattle-- thanks-- and by the way I've visited Seattle about six times in the past couple of years. I think I'm hooked on that city. I spent a couple of days in Ballard (checking out the fish ladder) and in Fremont (taking pictures of the giant troll).
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