tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14008247.post112637341614541810..comments2023-12-20T19:41:46.280-07:00Comments on Focused Totality: Oh, The PossibilitiesMark Fossenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03623615263972844957noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14008247.post-1126634217406290572005-09-13T11:56:00.000-06:002005-09-13T11:56:00.000-06:00"New King novels are always first published in a f...<I>"New King novels are always first published in a format that's expensive and rarely appears in supermarkets or newstands. "</I><BR/>Not <I>The Green Mile</I>, which appeared as a monthly series of mass-market paperback novellas.<BR/><BR/>I thought that some others had appeared in paperback first, but my research isn't turning up any confirmation of that.<BR/><BR/>But with at least <I>The Green Mile</I>, King's name proved enough to change the way business is usually done.Mark Fossenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03623615263972844957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14008247.post-1126630848131907762005-09-13T11:00:00.000-06:002005-09-13T11:00:00.000-06:00"inevitable hardcover""financial sense to release ..."inevitable hardcover"<BR/>"financial sense to release graphic novels"<BR/>... It's that kind of "business as usual" that I would want to avoid. "Business as usual" won't "help everyone's future in comics".<BR/><BR/>Though I worked in book retailing for a few years, I'm no expert. It's just a feeling I have that a "business as usual" trade collection would not generate near the level of buzz as an original release. It certainly wouldn't be showing up at Target, WalMart, supermarkets, airport newsstands and the like. A new King novel (even if it included pictures) might.Mark Fossenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03623615263972844957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14008247.post-1126566844363450752005-09-12T17:14:00.000-06:002005-09-12T17:14:00.000-06:00But didn't Joe Quesada say it didn't make financia...But didn't Joe Quesada say it didn't make financial sense to release graphic novels?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14008247.post-1126548254949766662005-09-12T12:04:00.000-06:002005-09-12T12:04:00.000-06:00I think that if it's originally released in "flopp...I think that if it's originally released in "floppy" format, the book industry buzz goes from "the new Stephen King Novel" to "a reprint of his comics side-project". It will still be shelved, but with only a fraction of the buzz.Mark Fossenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03623615263972844957noreply@blogger.com