Sky Barnhart in her very positive and well-written review of Men Are Easy in the Maui Weekly, commented on my oversimplification of men’s needs, quoting my words, “ ‘Men essentially need three things: food, sex and appreciation,’ Rasmussen says. Although that may certainly apply to what we think of as a ‘guy-guy,’ it does not in any way apply to all men out there.”
After reading her comment, Geoff Bourne, 50-something businessman and president of the board of Paia Youth Council, Inc., said, “She’s young.”
I think that he may be right, but she’s right too, of course. Read the rest »
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Big day.Â� Sky Barnhart interviewed me for Maui No Ka Oi magazine a couple of weeks ago and then–Surprise–I heard from Karen at Morgan Stanley this morning that Men Are Easy was reviewed in the latest issue of the Maui Weekly! I went to my hairdresser’s–Mary at Colours Salon–and then ran next door to Maui Coffee Roasters, also known as Nicky Bean’s, to grab the paper, get on the Internet, and eat lunch.
A half-page book review, better written than any of my ad copy so far!
Thank you, Sky!
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I woke up this morning and it was like Christmas. I couldn’t wait to check the Amazon number. The first ranking was 176,480 . Last night before going to bed we checked it: 187,138.
The algorithm Amazon uses to determine ranking is proprietary–that means secret–but people have figured out some of their methods. Greenleaf Book Group’s blog has a great article with links.
The top 10,000 are ranked every hour and those ranked between 10,000-100,000 are calculated every 24 hours. But Men Are Easy was just reranked 3 times in 24 hours so there must be an exception for books that are completely new. Somehow a new book with hardly any sales is ranked higher than a long-term seller. Something to do with the sales trajectory and rates of sales.
This is too fun. Now I want to buy a copy of my own book every hour or so for the next couple of days just to see what’s going to happen. And then buy 5 of them in one hour and see what happens. But that’s cheating and I won’t see the miracle of what really is happening.
Buy one! Let me know and we can track it!
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Somebody out there bought my book! Wow!
Yesterday the rank was “none.” Life’s good.
Tune in for a daily accounting.
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It’s up! Men Are Easy is on Amazon for preorders!
The final proofs went to the printer on Monday. Pub date is March, 2007. That’s when it’s available for sale in the book stores and online. I’ll have an e-version up in another month or so.
Wow.
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