[at-l] A Request for Information

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

Well at 700+ potential readers it would have to be an awfully expensive book
to cover the cost of publication and give Curtis even minimum wage for his
effort in writing it.

Saunterer (who just finished reading "Campfires Along the Appalachian Trail"
and would wait for the paperback version of Curtis' book)

----- Original Message -----
From: <redhead@hack.net>
Subject: Re: [at-l] A Request for Information


> I'm pretty sure that a majority of AT hikers are less discerning than your
> editor.  We read every account of the AT we can find without regard to
> punctuation, grammer or whether you actually completed a thru. Heck, we
even
> read soap labels. I am pretty sure that Bryson only managed a high selling
book
> because he was published previously, and had a reputation for humorous
writing.
> (and he had an editor, which means there were few, if any, typo's ;) )
There
> are no hikers that think of him as an actual thru hiker. That he was
thought
> that way by millions of people simply shows that those millions - thank
> goodness - haven't been on the AT and don't know what it's about. Crowd
control
> could be a bigger problem if everyone who read Bryson's book ran out to do
a
> thru hike :)
>
> I guess I'm saying - every journal, every account of a thru hike, or even
a
> section hike, or a thru hike that ended - we read, if we can find it. It's
nice
> to find it free on the web. We devour those accounts. But most of us buy
any
> books related too. Even those of us with limited means find the money to
> purchase the books about the AT.
>
> If you ever decide to publish a book, let us know. With a readership of
700+,
> you might not want to expect initial books to sell that well - but word of
> mouth rules - and that will expand.
>
> In the meantime - if you want to, you could put up your journal or any
related
> writings for free on backcountry.net, so we could all enjoy them.
>
> :)
>
> red
>
>
>
>
> Quoting "Bob C." <ellen@clinic.net>:
>
> I had toyed with the idea for a book, but concluded if an editor thinks
even a
> successful hike couldn't sell, my mishmash of a a journey along the
Appalachian
> Ridges certainly wouldn't attract readers.
>
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