Timewaster's Guide Archive
Departments => Books => Topic started by: 42 on November 16, 2005, 01:36:11 PM
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http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?category=0&id=33282
Not a bad way of doing things. It helps that he already has a following.
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That's cool. It's the new serial model.
I don't think it would work at all, though, if you didn't already have a following.
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Well yes.
Course, isn't part of having a following just doing some really good marketing and getting people excited abouut your work?
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I think the marketing could be done. I believe that Drive Thru RPG and othe online book services show that people are willing to buy an electronic copy of a book, even though print ones are available and pirated electronic copies are available.
I also believe that you can pick up readers before you've built up a print following. Web comic artists are making money who were unknown before they went out and marketed themselves.
I think it would be a seriously hard job, but I think it could be done.
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Yeah. It could be any sort of following, print or otherwise. And, of course, it all comes down to turning out a quality product.
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Yeah but...who else here shakes in dread at the thought of reading a book with the word "Spriggan" in the title?
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Lol. How did that happen? Sprig, you need to sue for copyright infringement! Oh, if only you had patented your name! ;D
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You realize Spriggan is the title of an anime movie and manga series, right?
Though I don't know how this book got its name...
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A spriggan is a sprite in the fae realm, which might be where the manga got it from. Sprig has told me about the manga in the past, when I found a story in a fairy tale collection about spriggans that he knew about it. Let's see... it'll be tough, but I might be able to find that link.
Aha! Here it is:
http://www.timewastersguide.com/boards/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=books;action=display;num=1107364893;start=0
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Spriggans sometimes protect valuable treasures in the fae realm.
In the comics, where my nickname comes from, Spriggans were a group of people that protected artifacts (usually magical) from governments and anyone in general who would misuse them.
There's a Spriggan for each country, the main guy, Yu, is Spriggan Japan and USA. He's basically a Samsonite, I guess, he's got a magical Hebrew item that grants him strength and endurance. The #2 character is Jean, Spriggan France, who's a Werewolf. There are others like Spriggan England who's an illusionist.
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Was that a copy/paste?