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By: Icy Sedgwick

Icy Sedgwick — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 12:54:39 +0000

Love everything about this post. Will you be my mum?!

By: Barbara Renner

Barbara Renner — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 00:38:38 +0000

I get it! I read your previous articles very carefully, and I got them! I was in a used bookstore today and noticed all the tattered and torn pages of the cookie cutter books, i.e. John Grisham, Danielle Steel, Nora Roberts, etc. All that is happening here is a literary recycling process. There was a woman in there shopping, and what I noticed was that she turned in the books that she had just read for the ones she wants to read. I surmised that this woman does not have a life. I envisioned her sitting in her Lazy-boy recliner reading a paperback book all day, every day. The books I was looking for are on a book club list that a friend gave to me. I didn’t find any of them. So, I will purchase them on Barnes & Noble, and the author will gain her/his just reward. I’m glad, really, after reading your posts. After reading your first 2 blog posts, I did a little research. I looked up bookstores in Arizona and found that the majority of bookstores are used bookstores – very sad. I found 3 bookstores that didn’t market themselves as a used bookstore in the Phoenix area (the 6th largest city in the U.S.), and one of those is Barnes & Noble. I enjoy your blogs very much. I hope you are feeling better:-)

By: Erika Beebe

Erika Beebe — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:40:17 +0000

What a great post. You always introduce points I need to know and have never thought about. Personally I wouldn’t discount any avenue to get a book into a reader’s hand. Doesn’t matter to me who they are. I hope you feel better soon!

By: Rachel Thompson

Rachel Thompson — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:22:02 +0000

You hit on social dynamics and authoritarian psychology and how it interacts with herd mentality Good stuff. The white stag is the rare independent thinker who can float in and out of herd politics unabated and unaffected.. The brown deer, the masses, are basically stupid and can be led to stamped with ease. he authoritarian big five need herd’s to feed themselves.

By: Ruth Ann Nordin

Ruth Ann Nordin — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 18:57:47 +0000

That’s a neat tip on using positives instead of negatives. I can see how “sign up for my email list” would be more effective than “Don’t forget to sign up for my email list.”

I love all your posts. You’re very informative, and I learn a lot from you.

By: Chelly Pike

Chelly Pike — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 18:06:05 +0000

Love this. Thanks for sharing.

By: storytellergirlgrace

storytellergirlgrace — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:54:05 +0000

Thank you, Kristen, for not only writing about something that needed to be said, but for backing up your points with actual human psychology and brain facts (though some of your nay-sayers will likely glaze right over that bit, too). I’m working my way through your “Rise of the Machines” book and I must say, it’s just gold. 🙂

By: Cher Gatto

Cher Gatto — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 15:53:40 +0000

Oh… a Brown Deer!!! I really did read every word :)… Just thinking of the flock 🙂