What do YOU do to promote Trek book?
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Of course it is.
Jaysus, is it not acceptable enough to simply buy a Star Trek book?? We have a duty to promote them now as well? Sorry, last time I checked, I don't work for Simon & Schuster's marketing department.
And do you know how rare it is to find Star Trek fans in modern society? In all my life, I've only ever encountered one and he wasn't fanatical enough to read the books too, and I don't know him anymore either. I'm at a loss as to where you find your fellow Trekkie buddies.
So, no, I'm not going to feel bad for not promoting the books. I buy the ones I want to, sometimes, I'll post my thoughts here and that's it. And I shouldn't have to feel ashamed for not doing anything else, thank you very much.
Jaysus, is it not acceptable enough to simply buy a Star Trek book?? We have a duty to promote them now as well? Sorry, last time I checked, I don't work for Simon & Schuster's marketing department.
And do you know how rare it is to find Star Trek fans in modern society? In all my life, I've only ever encountered one and he wasn't fanatical enough to read the books too, and I don't know him anymore either. I'm at a loss as to where you find your fellow Trekkie buddies.
So, no, I'm not going to feel bad for not promoting the books. I buy the ones I want to, sometimes, I'll post my thoughts here and that's it. And I shouldn't have to feel ashamed for not doing anything else, thank you very much.
Ask around. You're in Dublin? There will be other ST fans in Dublin.
Is there a science fiction bookshop or comic specialist with a cork board for customer ads? Have you tried asking here, or on the Meetup section?
Hey, a quick Google tells me there are even gay trekkers in Dublin, who gather for meetings:
http://www.slovobooks.com/irishsfnews/news.php?postid=325
Oh right... sorry I should've been more specific. I'm not the type to actively seek out fellow Trekkies in life through groups and stuff. Not my thing. I have friends, they just don't like star trek. Granted, that makes my point kinda invalid but what I was saying was you don't really meet people who like Star Trek in your daily life.
Oh, and sorry if my earlier post was a bit flippant, I'm in that sort of mood. Nothing personal.
Oh, and sorry if my earlier post was a bit flippant, I'm in that sort of mood. Nothing personal.
Well, maybe you never mention the show, and neither do they. I meet ST appreciators all the time! But I'm likely to be on a train reading a ST novel, or browsing the SF section of a bookshop, or wearing a ST T-shirt, or will make an offhand comment about the series.
The antennae are a real giveaway, too.
I lend out copies to friends and occasionally buy them as gifts for friends. Also, I post at Memory Beta in attempt to whet the apetite for prospective readers.
Nardpuncher
Rear Admiral
WAIT! Did somebody call someone else selfish for not telling their friends to read Trek novels? In The Name Of High-School Football my brain just melted. I'm gonna have to start handing out my sister's phone number so some people can get their stuff in order and post some sane things.
That was great! I hear Krusty's voice when I read it. Or maybe Alec Baldwin's character from 30 Rock.
^ Well, I keep showing up in this dump................
(Really, I am kidding. I like it here. Bonzie, put down the honor blade.............)
That was great! I hear Krusty's voice when I read it. Or maybe Alec Baldwin's character from 30 Rock.
Well, maybe you never mention the show, and neither do they. I meet ST appreciators all the time! But I'm likely to be on a train reading a ST novel, or browsing the SF section of a bookshop, or wearing a ST T-shirt, or will make an offhand comment about the series.
The antennae are a real giveaway, too.
You got me there. I'm very private about my love for Star Trek simply because I'm too self-conscious. I remember in one of my lectures in college, the lecturer asked us if we were fans of Star Trek (he was making some analogy about Data in relation to computer theory). A collective chuckle went out in the room... do you think I put my hand up to admit I was a fan? No chance.
And I'd never wear any Star Trek t-shirts or things like that or read Star Trek books in public even.
You might think that's a bit sad but like I said, I'm self-conscious. And most of my good friends know I'm a Trekkie anyway so it's not like I keep it completely hidden.
Sure, this attitude kinda makes it impossible for me to meet fellow Trek enthusiasts, which pretty much makes my earlier post void. Oh well..
By the by, how'd you guess I was gay?? Was it the Leona avatar that gave it away?
Occasionally I have been known to leave the Star Trek novel I'm currently reading, just lying around the office. That displays a reckless disregard of the golden rule:
Namely, putting it back in the brown paper bag they gave me at the bookshop...
Namely, putting it back in the brown paper bag they gave me at the bookshop...
I kidnap random passersby and waterboard them until they agree to purchase the entire S.C.E. series-- in eBook form!
So far I've convinced about six. I'm still working on the other seventeen in the basement.
So far I've convinced about six. I'm still working on the other seventeen in the basement.
You have learned your lessons well, young padawan....
Occasionally I have been known to leave the Star Trek novel I'm currently reading, just lying around the office. That displays a reckless disregard of the golden rule:
Namely, putting it back in the brown paper bag they gave me at the bookshop...
I always leave the book I'm reading on my desk where people can see it when I walk by. A co-worker was cleaning out his garage and found a couple of old ST books and asked if I wanted them. I took one but had the other one so he left it in the kitchen for anyone to take. Three people came by that afternoon asking if I had left my ST book in the kitchen. I guess it's common knowledge I read ST books.
Dude, I don't mean to be rude, but they're entertainment books. It's not like we're talking about an election or a political cause or helping the homeless. I occasionally talk the books up to Trekkie friends of mine who don't read them, but to criticize someone as being "selfish" because he thinks that he doesn't have a moral obligation to provide free advertising for a book or TV series he enjoys is just silly. We're not talking about spreading the Word of God here, 'kay? (Even if KRAD is the Second Coming of Peter David.)
Me too.
But when that doesn't work, I chase strangers down the street and threaten them with a gun.
You're all very violent. Standing on a ledge and saying you'll jump unless everybody in the crowd buys a copy of Articles works just as well.
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
Um. Okay. Look, are we starting a cult of some sort here, or are we enjoying some science fiction novels? If the former, I'm looking for something else to occupy my time with. If the latter, then you are in way too deep and need to find something else to occupy your time with.
I enjoy Star Trek as much as the next guy, but I've never felt the need to exude this sort of missionary zeal that some folks hereabouts seem to exhibit. Am I happy if I can share someting I enjoy with someone else? Sure. Do I feel the need be actively go forth and preach the Gospel of St. Gene to the masses? No so much. It is after all just a couple of teevee shows, a few movies and a pile of novels. When it starts curing cancer, let me know and I'll put on robes and find the nearest street corner from which to proclaim it in all of its glory. Until then, I am content to simply buy the products that look promising and read them quietly in my corner of the room, thank you.
I face-out my and my friends' books at every bookstore I go to.
I do way too many cons to promote and hand-sell them.
I am a member of an all-female group of authors who got together to promote each other's work.
Outside of buying ad space on the MTA, I can't think of anything else to do.
I do way too many cons to promote and hand-sell them.
I am a member of an all-female group of authors who got together to promote each other's work.
Outside of buying ad space on the MTA, I can't think of anything else to do.
MTA?
I would assume that that means, "Metro Transit Authority."
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