Here's a sad one for you...
reality check in aisle three!
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Roze
8/02/2004
12:47:48
Subject: Sad Sad Roze.....
Message:
I don't think I belong here among you authors, Barnes and Noble proved that for me with a refusal letter to shelf my book in their stores. In the letter they said.
"The book does not meet the competition currently available for sale in this category. If the book is on the shelf next to other books with similar subject matter, it will not meet the quality of those books in either content or presentation.
Ok, now tell me, where did we go wrong? Is it my writing skills, or is it the PA publishing skills? They just killed me with this letter. I feel like I'm nothing, all that time I sat down and wrote about my life, my precious sad life and Barnes and Noble thinks, it was not well worth it. I am doomed, very unhappy, and I think they took my self confidence away from me, something that PA had given me by accepting to publish my book.
I need coffee or maybe whiskey? I don’t even drink………….I am so sad. I don’t think I can ever type another story again in my life………………I am done…………bye all.
Roze........
Roze Dawson
www.rozedawson.com
[email protected]
ISBN 1-4137-2392-6
"Yesteryears, The Pain Left Unhealed"
SherryMoore
8/02/2004
13:18:59
RE: Sad Sad Roze.....
Message:
ROZE: Please, please, please do not let Barnes and Noble get to you like this. It is one person writing that letter and there is an enire world out there. Everyone has different views on what is good and bad and not everyone is going to like your style or my style, but obviously Publish America saw what Barnes and Noble didn't. Besides, how can your writing be bad if it came from you????? That alone makes it INCREDIBLE! Please don't be down!
Thinking of you!!!!!!!!!
Sherry
website:
www.publishedauthors.net/sherrymoore
email:
[email protected]
whitewolfzty
8/02/2004
13:22:42
RE: Sad Sad Roze.....
Message:
Roze,
Don't give up, Don't give up, Don't give up. B&N aren't the only ones to sell books. Have you tried Borders, or Hastings?
Try everything you can before you give up.
I believe that if PA thought your book was worth publishing it will be worth reading.
I haven't even seen the proofs of mine yet and I worry about not being read but I won't quit, no matter how many rejections I get.
If you write it they will read... (a take off from Field of Dreams, but then, everyone knew that)
Oh, have I said Don't give up?
KenC.
SDSchaffer1
8/02/2004
13:48:07
RE: Sad Sad Roze.....
Message:
Roze,
Like the others have said above, don't give up! Please don't give up! Refusals like this are part and parcel of being an author. The biggest, most recognizable names in the business, have been refused many a time by both publishers and by bookstores. Like PA says -- and they say it with good reason -- the name of game is Persistence. Keep trying! Just because one chain of stores refuses to sell your book, doesn't mean another one won't.
Like I said on another post, to another author, once you do become a big name and a big seller, Barnes & Noble will be kicking themselves all the way to the grave for having refused your work.
So please, Roze, don't give up! Keep working at it. You'll prove them all wrong, Roze. But you've got to keep going!
Please don't give up, Roze!
Sean D. Schaffer
'Wyverinia Chronicles'
ISBN: 1-4137-2354-3
www.freewebs.com/sdschaffer/
Email:
[email protected]
chellesy
8/02/2004
14:01:34
RE: Sad Sad Roze.....
Message:
Oh Roze, how disappointing it must be. Please don't let that get you down and force you to give up. There are other bookstores you can sell in and many different ways you can market your book. If PA published you they must have seen something special in your writing.
Don't let this one incident cause you to stop doing something that you love. Adversity will always present itself, you've just got to overcome it. Learn and grow from the experience and prove them wrong. Now, won't they be sorry when you are selling your book in all the other bookstores and they're missing out??
Like Ken, I will continue to write no matter how many rejections I get.
Roze, I got so many rejections from so-called agents for the book PA is publishing that it's just sad. I began wondering about my writing skills and whether they were up to the task. I thought about just throwing my hands up. But then I realized that most the agents were not reading it because they were turned off by the genre/subject or not accepting new names. I didn't let that stop me because I knew that I had something worth fighting for. I'm a damn good writer and I dare anyone to tell me otherwise!
You've got to grow a tough skin in this business. Not everyone is going to like what you've written and some will even have the balls to tell you to your face. You just have to shrug it off, try a little harder and keep your eye on the prize.
I'm stepping off my soapbox now.
If you need to talk, feel free to email me. You can find the email on my homepage.
Sorry this post is so long! Seems I had a lot to say today! Could be the pot of coffee I just drank. Heh heh.
Best wishes,
Michelle
www.michelleclay.bravehost.com
Roze
8/02/2004
14:15:57
RE: Sad Sad Roze.....
Message:
Dear Sherry
Dear Ken
Dear Sean
Dear Michelle,
Oh, you guys are great, you made me see the light. I never realized that if one refused there is always others.However, My dream was to shelf my book at Barnes and Noble.But,when I was refused I got sad and lost self confidence (at least for a day)"wink".
I'm keeping positive outlook at this, again, thank you so much for taking your time and replying.
Roze........
Roze Dawson
www.rozedawson.com
[email protected]
ISBN 1-4137-2392-6
"Yesteryears, The Pain Left Unhealed"
whitewolfzty
8/02/2004
15:04:35
RE: Sad Sad Roze.....
Message:
Roze,
When you get someone else to shelf your book, you can go back to the *#$@ B&N people and rub it in their respective noses. Sometimes it takes that to wake them up. They may rethink their decision and allow your dream to come true. Best of luck to you and I hope it sells millions. It would be nice to know another top selling Author (as there are many on this board), it's nice to know you anyway.
A fellow hopeful,
KenC.
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sweetie, it's your PUBLISHER!
Here's your sign...