Comments on: As suddenly as the Gunslinger arrives, he leaves http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/04/as-suddenly-as-the-gunslinger-arrives-he-leaves/ Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:59:55 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John Struan http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/04/as-suddenly-as-the-gunslinger-arrives-he-leaves/comment-page-1/#comment-8526 John Struan Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:17:53 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=7770#comment-8526 It's odd especially because Born was terrible, a pale shadow of the source material. I'd hope Dark Tower fans would have heard that by now. It's odd especially because Born was terrible, a pale shadow of the source material. I'd hope Dark Tower fans would have heard that by now.

]]> By: Torsten Adair http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/04/as-suddenly-as-the-gunslinger-arrives-he-leaves/comment-page-1/#comment-8490 Torsten Adair Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:14:23 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=7770#comment-8490 I hypothesize that Marvel remaindered the book as noted above. Look at #10... New Avengers Illuminati. Out for a year in hardcover, the trade paperback has just shipped, and it appears. This goes against all theories of bookselling and retail experience. Customers will wait for a sale, or a cheaper version available in a month or so. Any buzz the book has will usually evaporate after three months, as publishers and media move onto the next thing, and word of mouth has dwindled. Very few hardcovers sell consistently up to the year-later paperback release. Time Frame was an unusual example. Try it for yourself. Grab a copy of the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list from last September and last May. Go to your local bookstore (the biggest you can find) and see how many of those hardcovers are still on the shelf. I hypothesize that Marvel remaindered the book as noted above. Look at #10... New Avengers Illuminati. Out for a year in hardcover, the trade paperback has just shipped, and it appears. This goes against all theories of bookselling and retail experience. Customers will wait for a sale, or a cheaper version available in a month or so. Any buzz the book has will usually evaporate after three months, as publishers and media move onto the next thing, and word of mouth has dwindled. Very few hardcovers sell consistently up to the year-later paperback release. Time Frame was an unusual example.
Try it for yourself. Grab a copy of the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list from last September and last May. Go to your local bookstore (the biggest you can find) and see how many of those hardcovers are still on the shelf.

]]> By: Glenn Hauman http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/04/as-suddenly-as-the-gunslinger-arrives-he-leaves/comment-page-1/#comment-8476 Glenn Hauman Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:12:21 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=7770#comment-8476 The real question: is it sales to the store that are counted, or actual sales to the customer? This is trickier than you might think. In direct sales, the books are non-returnable, so the sale to the store is the sale. This happened a few years back to get Elfquest on the regular NYT list, all the books shipped to stores in one week in numbers high enough to get it on the chart. The real question: is it sales to the store that are counted, or actual sales to the customer?

This is trickier than you might think. In direct sales, the books are non-returnable, so the sale to the store is the sale. This happened a few years back to get Elfquest on the regular NYT list, all the books shipped to stores in one week in numbers high enough to get it on the chart.

]]> By: Chris http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/04/as-suddenly-as-the-gunslinger-arrives-he-leaves/comment-page-1/#comment-8431 Chris Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:32:05 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=7770#comment-8431 I agree. My comic store recently received a large selection of discounted new graphic novels, and he is completely overstocked with the Gunslinger. For every several of the other graphic novels he'd pick up, he'd get free copies of the Gunslinger. I agree. My comic store recently received a large selection of discounted new graphic novels, and he is completely overstocked with the Gunslinger. For every several of the other graphic novels he'd pick up, he'd get free copies of the Gunslinger.

]]> By: Carroll http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/04/as-suddenly-as-the-gunslinger-arrives-he-leaves/comment-page-1/#comment-8430 Carroll Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:14:26 +0000 http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/?p=7770#comment-8430 I'm no longer a retailer, so I don't know this for sure, but I would bet that Marvel ran a deep discount on the hardcover to get rid of inventory and boost interest in the subsequent book. More retailers bought it based on the cheaper price, and therefore putting it on the NYT list. But that's just a guess. I'm no longer a retailer, so I don't know this for sure, but I would bet that Marvel ran a deep discount on the hardcover to get rid of inventory and boost interest in the subsequent book. More retailers bought it based on the cheaper price, and therefore putting it on the NYT list. But that's just a guess.

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