Obviously it makes a difference if an author has a public online profile of some sort, even just down to the level of having a moderately popular blog. Most books sell 5, 10, or 15 thousand copies. Most are midlist books. With those people, even a modest online presence can make a difference in sales.
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Patrick Nielsen Hayden:
I have a severe Google Reader habit. I think people will use blog forms and Twitter to contrive ficLynda Barry:
If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.Lynda Barry:
If I had had me for a student I would have thrown me out of class immediately.Lynda Barry:
I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.Lynda Barry:
I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who need to be cheered up.Lynda Barry:
If I didn't try to eavesdrop on every bus ride I take or look for the humor when I go for a walk, ILynda Barry:
I listen like mad to any conversation taking place next to me just trying to hear why this is funnyLynda Barry:
I go to work the minute I open my eyes.Lynda Barry:
I do dumb stuff, like playing my favorite dumb Barry White song and lip-synching into the mirror soLynda Barry:
Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I