Comments on: PR: What Not to Do: Marketing a Cancelled Title

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 25 May 2007 17:26:44 +0000

David, thanks for clarifying. I got to that page by using google to search for Angel Skin NBM. That’s a change that I have to get used to, too — once something’s on the web, it’s published, whether you link it or not.

I’m editing the post to clarify, but if I can make a suggestion to all publishers going forward — don’t send out material promoting a title until you’ve got information on it available and ready on your website, because that’s the first place most people will go to look for more.

Also, make sure it’s clear to readers (through dates or other identification) which pages are current and when webpages were published, as well as putting all the key information in press releases.

The lesson on my part is: be more patient!

By: Heidi M.

Heidi M. — Fri, 25 May 2007 15:21:19 +0000

Amazon makes lots of mistakes of this kind especially on upcoming books…it’s not all that reliable.

By: David Seidman

David Seidman — Fri, 25 May 2007 14:19:28 +0000

Hi, Johanna. David Seidman from NBM here.

I saw your writeup on Angelskin, and I wish you had waited to hear from me before you wrote up “Stupid Publisher Tricks.” Here’s the reply that I got from Terry Nantier, our publisher.
“I dunno how the heck [Joanna] came up with a page dated of last year and for which there is no access on our site presently!We did announce this last year and I felt the timing wasn’t good then so we rescheduled for this summer. Amazon does say October as that is the general trade pub date, but it’s August 2007 for comics stores.”