tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167755722274431521.post6971598263175967504..comments2023-03-24T02:29:23.447-05:00Comments on J.M. Madden: The New York Times...JM Maddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037066283077702618noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167755722274431521.post-24690841198229713902009-04-16T13:13:00.000-05:002009-04-16T13:13:00.000-05:00Hello ladies. Thanks for stopping by.
Magdalena, ...Hello ladies. Thanks for stopping by. <br />Magdalena, maybe he's a closet romance reader. Maybe he's like my grandfather, who moans and groans when the daytime soaps come on, then demands to know why so-and-so is with so-and-so now, or did this character die, or where did this character go? God forbid he ever admit to watching a soap. <br />Devon, the up sales are good, excellent in fact. The rise in submissions, well, not so much. Just what we need, more competition.<br />Got the box by the way, and thank you very much. I look forward to reading your book. As soon as I'm done with Magdalena's, that is.JM Maddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037066283077702618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167755722274431521.post-72100266454903326412009-04-16T10:52:00.000-05:002009-04-16T10:52:00.000-05:00Jennifer, had to pop back over and tell you to loo...Jennifer, had to pop back over and tell you to look at Bookends, if you haven't already. Jessica is talking about the economy and skyrocketing numbers of queries again.Devon Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12147639030654251761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167755722274431521.post-74415060579240146302009-04-16T10:46:00.000-05:002009-04-16T10:46:00.000-05:00I've been seeing this, too. And GMA did a video se...I've been seeing this, too. And GMA did a video segment on it the other morning. They interviewed someone at HQ. People who have lost their jobs are reading more, and even people who haven't lost their jobs are turning back to more economical and hopeful entertainment. They're turning to romance more than anything else because of the happy endings. YAY! The stats are up with submissions, too. People who've lost their jobs are writing and hoping to sell as a way of making money.Devon Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12147639030654251761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167755722274431521.post-40807726966376184932009-04-16T08:19:00.000-05:002009-04-16T08:19:00.000-05:00Thanks for sharing this, Jennifer. Apparently this...Thanks for sharing this, Jennifer. Apparently this story was also on NPR. A reader told me that on the blog, and then the other night at Kingfish when I had the booksigning set up, a man came in to go to the bar. (This is not a joke setup...man walks into a bar...) Anyway, since I'm in the entryway, everybody has to walk past me. He looks at the table and at the books, and mentions the 32% figure and that he heard it on NPR. How interesting that he would remember that!Magdalena Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09674381212999247449noreply@blogger.com